Eve Pollard

Actress

Popular As Evelyn Pollard

Birthday December 25, 1945

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Paddington, London, England

Age 80 years old

Nationality United Kingdom

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1938

Her mother had left Austria in 1938 and her Hungarian father arrived with the Free French in 1940.

She attended a girls' grammar school in London where she developed a love of journalism.

1939

She married Barry Winkleman (born 1939) in Hendon, north London, in 1968.

They have a daughter, TV presenter Claudia Winkleman.

1943

Evelyn, Lady Lloyd, ( Pollard, formerly Winkleman, born 25 December 1943) is an English author and journalist, and has been the editor of several tabloid newspapers.

Pollard was born in Paddington, London.

In her early years Pollard (then known as Pollak) lived in Maida Vale, London, with her Jewish parents Izzo and Martha; and younger twin brothers, Peter and Ralph Pollak, who now live in Southern California.

1967

Her career began at Honey magazine, where she eventually became fashion editor in 1967.

She moved to the Daily Mirror the following year.

1971

Her publications include Jackie, a biography of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1971), and she has jointly written four novels: Splash (1995), Best of Enemies (1996), Double Trouble (1997) and Unfinished Business (1998).

1975

Their marriage ended in divorce in 1975.

1979

In April 1979 in Islington, London, Pollard married Nicholas Lloyd, a former editor of the Daily Express (1986–95); they have a son, Oliver.

1982

She has also worked in television as features editor of TV-am (1982–1983) and devised Frocks on the Box, which ran for two 13-part series in the 1980s, for the ITV contractor TVS.

She has often appeared on radio and TV and was a regular participant in Through the Keyhole.

1985

In 1985, she was launch editor-in-chief of Elle magazine in the US and edited Sunday magazine for the News of the World and You magazine for the Mail on Sunday.

1992

In 1992, she founded Women in Journalism.

She was the first Chair and is still the Honorary President of the organisation, which advises members on networking, campaigning and training.

1997

She was sent up in the Brass Eye episode "Science" in 1997.

1999

She has been a member, appointed in 1999, of the Competition Commission’s Newspaper Takeover Panel.

2003

In 2003 Pollard was a guest panellist on the talk show Loose Women.

In 2003, she became the Vice-Chairman of Wellbeing of Women, a charity dedicated to improving the health of women and babies in the UK.

She still holds that post.

2008

Pollard was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours List for services to journalism.

2016

In 2016, she was appointed the first Chair of Reporters without Borders in the UK.

2019

In June 2019, she was awarded the prestigious Journalist Laureate prize by the London Press Club.

She was given the accolade for being an inspirational editor and broadcaster.