Ellerbee was born Linda Jane Smith in Bryan, Texas. She attended River Oaks Elementary School, Lanier Middle School, and Lamar High School in Houston.
She also attended See more

At NBC, Ellerbee worked as a reporter on Today. Her first anchor job was on the prime-time version of Weekend. Ellerbee joined Lloyd Dobyns as co-host of Weekend when the show moved … See more

In 1992, Ellerbee was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy. Since then, she has spent much of her time speaking to groups about how she fought the cancer and how women need to fight the disease, demand better medical … See more

National television and film
• Reporter, the Washington bureau of NBC News, 1976–1978
• Co-anchor, network news magazine Weekend , 1978–1979
• Correspondent, NBC Nightly News, … See more

Non-fiction
• Ellerbee, Linda (1986). And So It Goes: Adventures in Television. G.P. Putnam's Sons. ISBN 0-399-13047-0.
• Ellerbee, Linda (1991). Move On: Adventures in the … See more

• 1992 NOW NYC's Women of Power & Influence Award
• 1998 Personal Peabody Award
• 2011: Paul White Award, Radio Television Digital News Association See more

• Linda Ellerbee biography on the Museum of Broadcast Communications website
• Linda Ellerbee at IMDb
• Linda Ellerbee at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Linda Ellerbee at See more