Barbara Walters: What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.

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Barbara Walters

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

In Paris and Italy, the summer after graduating from college.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2004 source ↗

Others on this question

Pauline McLynn Irish character actress and author

I hope the happiest moment is still ahead of me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 July 2023 source ↗

Zoë Wanamaker American-born British actress

Getting married at Islington register office in 1994.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 March 2013 source ↗

Lesley Sharp British actress

When I am up in the air and about to hit the water, literally and metaphorically.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 May 2021 source ↗

Kathy Lette Australian-British author

When the book of my enemy was discounted.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗

Christopher and Dana Reeve. Robert and Michelle Smithdas—teachers who are both deaf and blind. Oprah Winfrey.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2004 source ↗

A fireplace, a book, and a snowy day, with no possibility of getting into the office.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 October 2004 source ↗

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