The Telegraph quoted Anne Robinson as saying:
"I remember running away from home at 17 and getting a job in a nightclub and only realising later that all the other waitresses were on the game."
Anne Robinson's significant TV credits include hosting Weakest Link, Points of View, and Watchdog.
Before working in TV, Anne Robinson worked in Fleet Street and developed a drink problem.
She stopped drinking in 1978.
Anne Robinson's mother had built up a stall in Liverpool's St. John's market into a huge wholesale poultry business.
Anne Robinson had a long stint at the Daily Mail and she married its deputy news editor, Charlie Wilson.
They had a daughter Emma, but as an an alcoholic Anne Robinson lost custody when Emma was just one and the marriage broke down.
Anne Robinson gave up alcohol, and became a successful TV presenter.
Her major notoriety came as host of The Weakest Link.
Anne Robinson was voted the rudest person on television by TV Times.
Terry Wogan said Anne Robinson resembled a cross between Cruella De Vil and Hitler's mother.
In 2009, the BBC announced that Anne Robinson was returning as host of Watchdog, which she first presented between 1993 and 2001.
