Check Out These Multitalented Hosts of The View Before They Were Famous

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Jenny McCarthy Senior Yearbook Photo in 1990

Chicago native McCarthy has done it all: hosted game shows, written books, modeled, and acted.

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Jenny McCarthy Joins The View

Famous Playboy model and actress-comedian Jenny McCarthy was confirmed in 2013 as The View's replacement for co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Famously outspoken and a strong personality, McCarthy has been an interesting transplant on ABC's popular talk show.

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Joy Behar in an Early Head Shot Photo

Joy Behar got her start as a stand-up comedian in the 1980s before branching out into acting, talk shows, and hosting a radio show.

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Joy Behar on The View

Behar is one of the original cohosts of The View, joining the show at its inception in 1997. Her comments have sometimes brought her under fire, and she remains one of the strongest personalities on the show. Here are some more famous TV hosts: NYE Hosts, Before They Were Stars photos!

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Elisabeth Hasselbeck, High School Yearbook Photo

Hasselbeck was a high school and college softball star in her native Massachusetts before taking the world of shoe design and Survivor by storm.

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Elisabeth Hasselbeck on The View

The youngest member of The View, Hasselbeck is often the most controversial with her strident conservative views. Although known for some famous sparring with her cohosts (remember the Rosie incident?), she brings balance to the show.

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Whoopi Goldberg Doing Stand-up, 1984

Goldberg may have gotten her start as a comedian, but her acting talent did not go unnoticed as she starred in critically acclaimed dramas like The Color Purple and Ghost (for which she won an Academy Award). She has continued to act in television and film and engage in political activism.

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Whoopi Goldberg on The View

Goldberg, one of the few people to EGOT (win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony), joined The View in 2007. Check out an entire photo gallery that looks back on funnywoman Kathy Griffin's comedic career!

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Barbara Walters, Senior Year Yearbook Photo, 1947, Birch Wathen School, New York City

Walters has been breaking news stories since the 1940s, starting with her high school newspaper, Birch Leaves. She used the paper as the jumping-off point for a journalistic career that would span more than six decades.

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Barbara Walters on The View

Although Walters has many journalistic commitments, the award winner has still made time to stop by and tackle the important issues with her cohosts as often as she can. Now, that she's retiring Walters will get a much deserved break but we'll certainly miss her!