Person Details

Birthday: 1916-01-03 15:31:22

Death: 1994-04-02 15:31:22

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 28

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Elizabeth Mary Furness (January 3, 1916 – April 2, 1994) was an American actress, consumer advocate, and current affairs commentator. She began her professional career as a model before being noticed by a talent scout and being signed to a film contract in 1932 by RKO Studios. Her first film role was as the "Thirteenth Woman" in the film Thirteen Women (1932) but her scenes were deleted before the film's release. Over the next few years, she appeared in several RKO films, and became a popular actress. Among her film successes were Magnificent Obsession (1935) and the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film Swing Time (1936). By the end of the decade, she had appeared in over forty films, but during the 1940s, she found it difficult to secure acting roles. In 1948, Furness was performing in the television series Studio One, which was broadcast live. She filled in for an actor to promote Westinghouse products during the advertisement break, and impressed the company with her easy and professional manner. They offered her a contract to promote their products and she thus became closely associated with them.

Most Famous Work

What's My Line?
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7

What's My Line?

(1950) Self - Panelist
Studio One
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4

Studio One

(1948) Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
Climax!
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3

Climax!

(1954) Ann Kilgore
Thirteen Women
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6

Thirteen Women

(1932) Thirteenth Woman (scenes deleted)
Magnificent Obsession
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8

Magnificent Obsession

(1935) Joyce Hudson
Twelve Angry Men
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8

Twelve Angry Men

(1954) Herself / Commercial Spokeswoman
Beggars in Ermine
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7

Beggars in Ermine

(1934) Joyce Dawson
Emergency Call
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6

Emergency Call

(1933) Alice Averill

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1957 Self / Commercial Spokeswoman
1956 N/A
1954 Beth Jaynes
Ann Kilgore
Herself / Commercial Spokeswoman
1952 Self
Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
Spokeswoman for Westinghouse
N/A
1950 Maggie Watson
Herself
Self - Panelist
Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
1948 Coral, Princess Livitski
Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
N/A
1939 Helen Warner
1937 Carol Wilson
Lucy Hawley
Kate Farnham
Sheila Hunter
Leila Cuppy
1936 Patricia 'Pat' Randolph
Kitty Crane
Charlotte Brown
Margaret Watson
N/A
1935 Joyce Hudson
Phyllis Allen
Molly
Mary Elizabeth Allenby
Molly McFadden
Lisa
1934 Kitty O'Brien
Yancey Stroud, aka Yancey Trice
Mrs. Betty Whitehouse
Jane Thurston
Joan Shadwell
Joyce Dawson
1933 Linda
Belinha's Friend (uncredited)
Card Playing Party Guest (uncredited)
Evangeline
Ruth Rogers
Miss Saunders
Alice Averill
Pat "Mike" Plummer
Babe Jewel
Sylvia Bradfield
Ginger
1932 Mary Fawcett
Thirteenth Woman (scenes deleted)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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