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Aliases: Elizabeth Mary Furness
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?
(1950) Self - PanelistStudio One
(1948) Self - Commercial SpokeswomanClimax!
(1954) Ann KilgoreThirteen Women
(1932) Thirteenth Woman (scenes deleted)Magnificent Obsession
(1935) Joyce HudsonTwelve Angry Men
(1954) Herself / Commercial SpokeswomanBeggars in Ermine
(1934) Joyce DawsonEmergency Call
(1933) Alice AverillActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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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 |