Esther Rantzen
June 22, 1940 (86 years old) in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Dame Esther Louise Rantzen DBE (22 June 1940 – 30 September 2026) was an English journalist and television presenter who presented the BBC television series "That's Life!" for 21 years, from 1973 until 1994. She worked with various charitable causes and founded the charities Childline, a helpline for children, in 1986, and The Silver Line, designed to combat loneliness in older people's lives, in 2012.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Barry Humphries at the BBC as Self (archive material)
- 2021 · Wogan: Now You're Talking as Self
- 2017 · The Baby Boomers' Guide to Growing Old as Self
- 2014 · The Home That 2 Built as Self
- 2012 · Tales of Television Centre as Self
- 2011 · Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- 2011 · ITV Exposure as
- 2009 · We Need Answers as Self - Contestant
- 2008 · Cash in the Celebrity Attic as Self
- 2007 · The Big Questions as Self
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2003 · The Terry and Gaby Show as
- 2002 · I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! as Self
- 2001 · The Tranquilliser Trap as Self
- 1999 · It's Only TV But I Like It as Self
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · A Night in with the Girls as
- 1996 · TFI Friday as
- 1994 · Ready, Steady, Cook as Self - Contestant
- 1994 · Room 101 as Self
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1991 · Pebble Mill as Self
- 1987 · Daytime Live as
- 1987 · Going Live! as Self
- 1987 · That's GCSE as Herself
- 1984 · Royal Variety Performance 1984 as
- 1982 · Countdown as
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1982 · Wogan as Self - Presenter
- 1982 · Wogan as Self - Host
- 1980 · Children In Need as Self
- 1979 · Question Time as Self - Panellist
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1973 · That's Life! as
- Future · Esther as Self - Host