The most durable sports commentator is György Szepesi (Hungary, b. 5 February 1922) who has been working for Hungarian Radio (Magyar Radio) since first covering a football match between Hungary and Austria on 20 August 1945. He has commentated on 15 Olympic Games, and most recently celebrated his 60 year jubilee covering Hungary vs Argentina on 14 August 2005. He continues to commentate on Hungarian Radio on every Wednesday morning.
Charlie D’Angelo of Clifton, New Jersey, USA, has been working as an ice-cream man non-stop for 30 years since 1979 in his Iggy’s Igloo ice-cream truck.
Mary Hart (USA) has had an anchor career at CBS Television Distribution’s Entertainment Tonight since 19 September 1982 and continued until 20 May 2011, a total of 28 years 243 days. Guinness World Records classifies the genre of an entertainment television show as “shows which encompass a primary focus on breaking and exclusive news stories in music, television, film and interviews with high profile talents and celebrities.” The ET format of the show was syndicated internationally, but still serves as the pioneer of the genre.
The longest career as an actress is 86 years and was achieved by Dercy Goncalves (Brazil, b. 26 June 1907) who ran away from home and joined a travelling theatre in 1922 and acted on stage, in television and film until 2008 when she starred in the film Nossa vida nao cabe num opala at the age of 101. Dercy Goncalves sadly died on 19 July 2008, the much-celebrated actress was commemorated by a host of Brazilians including current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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Linda Green (USA) has been with the Jubilee! production show at Bally’s, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, as principal dancer/showgirl since its opening night of 30 July 1981. Having performed in over 13,800 shows, yet still required to re-audition for the position twice a year, she finally left the show at the age of 51 on 9 September 2004 after 23 years 41 days. She performed two shows each night, six nights each week without fail and attributes her stamina to swimming a mile twice a
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The longest career as a theatre producer of the same production is 40 years 7 months and was achieved by Vado Souza (Brazil) in his one-man show “O Navio Negreiro” from 23 October 1971 to May 2012. A certificate was presented to Vado after a special performance at Churrascaria Vento Haragano, São Paulo, Brasil, on 17 May 2012. Vado Souza (b.15 Jan 1948) began his adult life as a footballer for FC Guarani Campinas before embarking on his acting career. The play “O Navio Negreiro”
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The longest career as a television news broadcaster was achieved by Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros (Ecuador) who anchored television news without interruption from 1 March 1967 until today (last verified on 22 May 2014), a total of 47 years 83 days. Alfonso began his career as a television news anchor for Ecuavisa on 1 March, 1967, the same year of the foundation of the TV channel. Since then, he has been a part of the news program Televistazo and is currently the news vice-president
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The weekly sports show Estadio Uno, produced by SIFAR S.A, Uruguay and currently broadcast on Channel 5 of Sistema Nacional de Televisión, has been directed continuously by Julio Sánchez Padilla (Uruguay) since it was first aired on 5 July 1970.
The record for the longest working career of a TV chef belongs to Eva Vicenta Uranga Roig Vda. de Zarate (Mexico) or ‘Mrs Zarate’ as she is known, who presented her first cookery show, Cocina Al Minuto (Televisora Tapatia, Mexico) on 1 December 1960. She currently presents the same show (under the different name) Hasta La Cocina (Televisa Guadalajara Co., Mexico) in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. History: Cocina Al Minuto (Cooking in a minute); 1 December 1960 – December 1963. Cocine Mejor (Cook Better); January 1964-September
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The longest Olympic career is that of Richard Torriani (Switzerland) (1911-88) from 1928 to 1948. He played in 1928, 1936 and 1948, winning two bronze medals (1928 and 1948).