Jacqueline Alexandre (born 1942) is a French

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and

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. She presented '' Soir 3'' on

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from 1987 to 1989. She is an avid collector of stamps from the early Victorian era.

Biography

After studying journalism, in 1969 she presented

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as a voice-over on

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. She worked as a TV announcer for the

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regional television station, then in the early 1970s as a summer replacement on the ORTF's first channel. In 1974, she presented the program “L'inconnue du dimanche”. In 1979, she hosted Chocolats du dimanche, broadcast on Sunday afternoons on Antenne 2, followed by À nous 2 in 1983, with the future star of TF1's 8 p.m. news,

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. Then in 1987, she left Antenne 2 for FR3, where she presented Soir 3, the nightly

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. A position she held until January 1989. She was known for being close to viewers. When she left FR3, some even called for her return. She hosted and produced major interviews with political and film

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, as did Richard Tripault, who presented the afternoon flashes at the same time. She went on to produce major documentaries for WNYC, an

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Television channel.

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