HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Frances Buss Buch, a pioneer of network TV and the first female TV director, has died in western North Carolina. She was 92.
Her great-nephew, Mark Spencer, confirmed Saturday that Buch died Tuesday at a rest home in Hendersonville.
Spencer said his great-aunt’s boldness led to her success “at a time when broadcasting was definitely a man’s world.”
The family says Buch joined CBS as a receptionist in 1941 and was soon asked to be in front of the camera. By 1945, CBS promoted her to be TV’s first female director.
