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Maria
Shriver (b.
1955) Maria
Owings
Shriver-
(b. November 6, 1955) Maria
Shriver is a former news journalist, a
best-selling author, the former First Lady
of California, and is a member of
America's best known political family, the
Kennedys. She currently married to former
Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger,
with whom she has four children. Shriver
and Schwarzenegger are separated and are
heading toward a divorce
settlement. Shriver
was born in Chicago in 1955 to two very
political parents. She is a member of
Kennedy family through her
mother,
Eunice
Kennedy
Shriver,
who is the sister of President John
Kennedy and Senator
Ted
Kennedy.
Her father, Sargent Shriver, is a former
ambassador
and a former candidate for the U.S.
Vice-Presidency. Maria Shriver was born
into politics, and seemingly cannot escape
from the political life. Though she did
not marry into a political family, her
husband, action-movie star Arnold
Schwarzenegger, ran for and won
California's special gubernatorial race in
2003. Shriver, an acclaimed journalist,
resigned from NBC to assume her new duties
as the First Lady of California. Her
husband won a second full term in the 2006
election, easily defeating his Democratic
opponent. In
1972, her father ran for the
Vice-Presidency as the running mate of
Senator George McGovern. Maria accompanied
her father on the campaign, riding in the
back of the campaign plane, chatting with
the press corps. It was this experience
that led her away from the family
professions, law and politics, and toward
a medium where she could shape the
message: television news
reporting. After
college, her first television jobs were in
the writing and production departments at
KYW-TV in Philadelphia, and WJZ-TV in
Baltimore. Soon, she got her big break at
CBS. Her
national television reporting career began
at CBS, in the network's Los Angeles
bureau. She later became the co-anchor of
the CBS Morning News with Forrest Sawyer.
Shriver
worked at NBC from 1989-2004. She took a
leave of absence from the network when her
husband declared his candidacy for the
Governor's position, and resigned after
his inauguration in 2004. She
first met bodybuilder Arnold
Schwarzenegger at a Kennedy-sponsored
political event in 1977. They married in
1986 and now have four
children. As
First Lady, she is working on support for
military families, the Special Olympics
(which was co-founded by her mother), and
worked toward the completion of a Women's
History Museum in Sacramento. She
is the author of four best-selling books,
and just published a fifth book,
And
One More Thing Before You
Go.
(April, 2005) Shriver's
husband won a second term as the
California governor in November,
2006. In
2008, Maria Shriver endorsed Democratic
Presidential candidate Barack Obama, while
her husband, Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger, endorsed the Republican
candidate, John McCain. Their family
political differences were on display for
the world to see, as the lawn at their
family home in Brentwood , sprouted
competing campaign signs endorsing Obama
AND McCain. See video of Maria Shriver
endorsing Barack Obama below. In
July, 2008, Maria Shriver published a new
book, called, Just
Who Will You Be?: Big Question. Little
Book. Answer
Within,
and on August 1, had an appearance on the
Oprah Winfrey Show where she discussed her
new book. In
August, 2009, Maria Shriver's mother,
Eunice
Kennedy
Shriver,
suffered a series of strokes (source:
Schwarzenegger,
Maria Shriver at Eunice Shriver's
bedside-LA
Times, August 8,
2009)
. Maria Shriver, her husband, Governor
Arnold Schwarzeneggerm and other members
of the Shriver and Kennedy clan arrived at
Eunice Shriver's bedside at
Cape
Cod Hospital in
Barnstable,
Massachusetts. Eunice
Kennedy Shriver passed away in the early
morning hours of August 11, 2009, with her
family at her bedside. In
the Autumn of 2009, Maria Shriver
partnered with the Center for American
Progress to produce the Shriver
Report,
a look at the changing nature of
women’s roles in society,
particularly their rise in the
workplace. In
January, 2011, Governor Schwarzenneger
ended his second term, and both he and
Maria Shriver returned to life as private
citizens.
Also in January, 2011, Maria Shriver's
father, Sargent
Shriver,
lost his long battle with Alzheimer's,
passing away at the age of 95. Life can be
a series of ups and downs and checks and
balances, sometimes with people needed to
check themselves and how they grow as a
person on a frequent basis. On
May 10, 2011, just two weeks after the
25th anniversary of their marriage, Maria
Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a
joint statement announcing that they were
separating: We
are continuing to parent our four
children together. They are the light
and the center of both of our lives. We
consider this a private matter and
neither we nor any of our friends or
family will have further comment. We
ask for compassion and respect from the
media and the public." Speculation
on the state of the Shriver-Schwarzenegger
marriage had circulated ever since his
term as governor ended. After once again
becoming a private citizen, Arnold
Schwarzenneger said he yearned to re-start
his movie career, signing up to film three
movies, including another
Terminator. Shriver, however, has
focused on her projects, including her
website,
a stint as guest editor of Oprah's
magazine, and other work. Both Maria and
Arnold have travelled the globe without
the other. Shriver was also seen in public
without her wedding ring. The couple
issued the above statement after
inquiries
from the LA
Times. On
May 17, former Governor Arnold
Schwarzenneger announced that he had
fathered a child with a member of his
household staff, rumored to be a maid,
over ten years before. Schwarzenneger
revealed that he disclosed this
information to Maria Shriver after he left
office in January of 2011. This apparantly
is the cause of Shriver leaving their
Brentwood home some weeks prior to the
announcement of their separation.
Some
media
sources
reported that the admission by
Schwarzenegger came after Shriver
confronted the hosuekeeper, Mildred Baena,
about the paternity of Baena's son. The
housekeeper then admitted the child was
Arnold's. Shriver then reportedly asked
her husband if he fathered Baena's child,
and he admitted that he did. On May 19, 2011, Maria
Shriver hired top divorce lawyer Laura
Wasser, and on July 1, 2011, Shriver filed
for a divorce from Arnold
Schwarzenneger. In
May, 2011, Maria Shriver appeared with
Oprah Winfrey on Oprah's farewell
show. Oprah
and Maria at Oprah's farewell show, May,
2011 Education: Awards: --Emmy
Award--As
co-anchor of NBC's coverage of 1988
Seoul
Summer Olympics Pass your 646-223
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Works: Ten
Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Went
Out Into The Real
World-- What's
Wrong With Timmy--with illustrator
Sandra Speidel What's
Happening To Grandpa?-- And
One More Thing Before You Go
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Uncle, Senator Ted Kennedy Family Robert
Sargent Shriver (b.
1915)--Father Eunice
Kennedy Shriver
(1921-2009)
--Mother Arnold
Schwarzenegger
(b. 1947) --Husband
(wed on 4-26-1986, separated
2011) Siblings Timothy
Perry Shriver (b.
1959)--Brother Mark
Kennedy Shriver (b.
1964)--Brother Anthony
Paul Kennedy Shriver (b.
1965)--Brother Children Christina
Aurelia Schwarzenegger - (b.
1991)
--Daughter Patrick
Schwarzenegger - (b. 1993)
--Son Christopher
Sargent Schwarzenegger - (b.
1997)
--Son Religion:
Roman
Catholic Associates,
Colleagues, &
Connections Forrest
Sawyer--Colleague
at CBS News The
Kennedy
Family--Relatives Links
and Resources on Maria
Shriver CBS
News
Interview--March
23, 2004 interview with Lesley
Stahl. California
State Government: First Lady
Maria
Shriver--Website
for First Lady Maria
Shriver. Maria
Shriver on Pinpointing Your
Passion--Article
by Maria Shriver Maria
Shriver - IMDb --Features
filmography, trivia, and a photo
gallery. Maria
Shriver: The importance of
family--From Oprah.com First
lady of fashion --The
Sacramento Bee - Jan 03, 2007 First
lady fills in for
Schwarzenegger --San
Francisco Chronicle - Jan 05,
2007 Schwarzenegger,
Maria Shriver at Eunice Shriver's
bedside-LA Times, August 8,
2009 Maria
Shriver's Report on American
Women: After the Cheery Headline,
Gloomy
Trends--Huffington
Post, Oct. 19, 2009 Maria
Shriver, where are
you?--Old
Feminist, Oct. 17,
2009 Site
Map--revision
in progress |
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