Beker is famous for making fashion accessible to the rest of us, and has conducted many interviews with designers, models and editors at the top of their game.
To celebrate her 61th, we take a look at her best fashion moments on TV:
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Jeanne Beker walks backwards while interviewing Sean Lennon and almost gets trampled by press to interview Prince.
Jeanne talks to Jian Ghomeshi on Q about her life outside of fashion.
Jeanne talks about her plans for the future.
Jeanne interviews Madonna for her 1994 film "Body of Evidence" and calls it a bad movie.
Jeanne shows us what she carries in her bag.
Jeanne laments the models of today.
Jeanne gets a lot of celebrities and style editors to say "genius."
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Happy 61st birthday, Jeanne Beker!
The Canadian fashion icon, known for her ground-breaking work on 'Fashion Television,' celebrated the milestone on March 19 amid Toronto Fashion Week and surround...
Happy 61st birthday, Jeanne Beker!
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The Huffington Post Canada | Posted: 03/19/2013 11:18 am EDT | Updated: 03/19/2013 12:56 pm EDT