Sue Simmons Net Worth

In her three decades as a news anchor, Simmons has amassed a sizable fortune. Also, as of 2023, her estimated net worth is $5 million.

Sue Simmons Bio

Sue Simmons is an American retired news anchor who was best known for being the lead female anchor at WNBC in New York City from 1980 to 2012. When her contract with WNBC expired in June 2012, the network made the decision not to extend it. On June 15, 2012, not long after turning 70, she made her last broadcast.

Sue Simmons Age

As of 2023, Sue Simmons is 80 years old. Simmons was born on May 27, 1942, and raised in the Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village.

Sue Simmons Father

Her father, jazz bassist John Simmons, was friends with Nat King Cole, Art Tatum, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, and John Coltrane.

Sue Simmons Education Background

After graduating from Julia Richman High School in 1961, she opted to pursue a career rather than further her education.

Sue Simmons Career Background

At WTNH-TV in New Haven, Connecticut, she started out her career on consumer issues. From 1974 to 1976, she worked for WBAL-TV in Baltimore as an anchor for the station’s Action News and Baltimore At One broadcasts. She worked as a reporter and anchor at WRC-TV in Washington, DC, a station owned and run by NBC, from 1976 to 1980.

She served as a co-anchor for WNBC’s Live at Five newscasts from 1980 to 2007. Jack Cafferty, Tony Guida, Matt Lauer, Dean Shepherd, Jim Rosenfield, Perri Peltz, and David Ushery were some of the co-anchors she collaborated with. Live at Five made its final broadcast in 2007. She co-anchored with Chuck Scarborough on weeknights at 11 p.m.