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Faye Emerson
Born: 8th Jul 1917 Elizabeth, Louisana, USA - Died 9th Mar 1983
Dept: Acting
Faye Margaret Emerson was an American film and stage actress, and television interviewer who gained fame as a film actress in the 1940s, before transitioning to television in the 1950s, hosting her own talk show. Born in Louisiana, Emerson spent the majority of her early life in San Diego, California. She became interested in theater while attending San Diego State College, and subsequently pursued an acting career, appearing in stock theater in California. She subsequently signed a contract Warner Bros., and began appearing in their films in 1941. She starred in several films noir, including Lady Gangster, and Howard Hawks's war film Air Force. In 1944, she played one of her more memorable roles as Zachary Scott's former lover in The Mask of Dimitrios. From 1944 to 1950, she was married to Colonel Elliott Roosevelt, son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
In 1949, Emerson began hosting The Faye Emerson Show, a late-night talk show series. She went on to become a prolific television interviewer, which earned her the nickname "The First Lady of Television". Throughout the 1950s, she also appeared in numerous Broadway stage productions. Emerson formally retired from show business in 1963, and retired to Europe. She resided there until 1983, when she died of stomach cancer in Deià , Spain, aged 65. For her contributions to the motion picture industry, Emerson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Her star is located at 6529 Hollywood Blvd.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 43
Film: 31 (72%)
Television: 12 (28%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Action, Adventure, Western, Documentary
Filmography
Dec 1962 (first aired)
In this panel game show, contestants try to match answers given by six celebrities to humorous and often risque fill-in-the-blank questions. ... view
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Self - Team Captain (5 ep.)
Jan 1959 (first aired)
The David Susskind Show is an American television talk show hosted by David Susskind. The program began its existence in 1958 as Open End, and was bro ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
Jul 1957 (first aired)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during ... view
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Self (2 ep.)
Oct 1954 (first aired)
The George Gobel Show is an American television series hosted George Gobel that aired on NBC from 1954 to 1960. ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
1953
In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspira ... view
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Self
Jun 1952 (first aired)
A panel tries to determine a contestant's secret: something that is unusual, amazing, embarrassing, or humorous about that person. ... view
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Self (328 ep.)
Oct 1950 (first aired)
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days. ... view
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Faye Emerson (1 ep.)
Sep 1950 (first aired)
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notab ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
1950
A drunken ex-cop gets a shot at redemption when his young son is kidnapped after a smuggling deal goes belly up. ... view
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Georgia
Feb 1950 (first aired)
Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United States on NBC, from February 25, 1950, until June 5, 1954 ... view
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Unknown/various (4 ep.)
Feb 1950 (first aired)
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no ... view
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Self (6 ep.)
Self - Panelist (3 ep.)
Nov 1948 (first aired)
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, prese ... view
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Melissa (1 ep.)
Oct 1948 (first aired)
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was ... view
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The Glamour Girl (1 ep.)
Jun 1948 (first aired)
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
1946
A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece. ... view
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Toni Blackburn
1946
A nightclub singer can't choose between a charismatic small-time gangster and an honest newspaperman. ... view
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Ruby Marino
1945
After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide, conniving philanderer Ronnie Mason relocates to Los Angeles ... view
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Hilda Fenchurch
1945
An assortment of diverse characters gather at the Hotel Berlin in World War II Germany as the Third Reich falls. ... view
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Tillie Weiler
1944
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club ... view
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Self
1944
Army sergeants Dave and "Fixit" spend a three-day pass in Pasadena, where they meet Janet and Cora, two young women who work in a parachute factory. ... view
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Cora 'Cuddles' Colton
1944
A private eye and his secretary probe a murder and find an international spy. ... view
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Ann Marlow
1944
A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. H ... view
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Irana Preveza
1944
Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it becomes apparent that they all have something in commo ... view
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Maxine Russell
1944
In occupied France, a convicted thief and murderer escapes the guillotine when a bombing raid strikes the prison, but is quickly re-captured by the in ... view
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Louise
1944
It is early 1939 in Poland when Mrs. Bromley and Jennifer come to buy antiques for her business in London. Jennifer meets Count Stephen and they wine, ... view
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Friend of Count Stephan in Nightclub (uncredited)
1943
During World War II, Captain Cassidy and his crew of submariners are ordered into Tokyo Bay on a secret mission. They are to gather information in adv ... view
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Mrs. Cassidy
1943
Paul Hudson, leads a group of desert bandits against some Nazis, who want to use them as cheap labor for their railroad. ... view
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Hajy
1943
A sideshow barker uses magic and visual aids to alert the public that proper food management is both a resource and a weapon that could be to America' ... view
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1943
A private eye is hired by a mayoral candidate to prevent any sort of adverse publicity. It seems that, somewhere in town, there's a talking blackbird ... view
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Mona Vance
1943
Three young women arrive at the Women's Army Corps facility in Fort Des Moines for varied reasons and with different goals. Mary Savage is a war widow ... view
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Anastasia 'Stormy' Hart
1943
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of t ... view
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Susan McMartin
1943
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty. ... view
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Ice Cream Parlor Waitress
1942
FBI agents Carl Becker and John Trent raid a New York City hotel, sending Nazi spies to an upstate hunting lodge. ... view
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Paula Fengler
1942
During the depths of the Great Depression a hitch-hiker Steve Talbot and jukebox-joint hostess Lola Mears stumble into Cat-Tail Florida where farmers ... view
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Violet 'Murph' Murphy
1942
When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy... ... view
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Gladys Wayne
1942
An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 bank robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the mone ... view
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Dorothy Burton
1942
The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend. ... view
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Peg
1941
This entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short story, "The Old Doll's House". Racketeer Lance McGowan, on ... view
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Miss LaMond
1941
A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and love affairs, as they try to stay together and find ... view
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Dr. Morse's Nurse (uncredited)
1941
A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions. ... view
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Rose Chadwick
1941
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tens ... view
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Nurse Who Lost Draw (uncredited)
1941
The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been buyin ... view
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Martha Adams
1941
An apparent suicide by a rich woman leads her nurse and a policeman to an insurance scam. ... view
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Miss Hill