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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 3, 1916
Died
April 2, 1994
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Elizabeth Mary Furness
Betty Furness
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.2
Self / Commercial Spokeswoman
The Defender (Studio One)
1957
3.3
Beth Jaynes
Climax!
1954
3.3
Ann Kilgore
Climax!
1954
7.9
Herself / Commercial Spokeswoman
Twelve Angry Men
1954
4.0
Self
The Play of the Nativity of the Child Jesus
1952
8.0
Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
The Kill
1952
0.0
Spokeswoman for Westinghouse
Ellis in Freedomland
1952
0.0
Pontius Pilate
1952
6.8
Maggie Watson
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
6.3
Herself
Your Show of Shows
1950
Credits
The Defender (Studio One)
as Self / Commercial Spokeswoman
1957
7.2
Climax!
as Beth Jaynes
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Ann Kilgore
1954
3.3
Twelve Angry Men
as Herself / Commercial Spokeswoman
1954
7.9
The Play of the Nativity of the Child Jesus
as Self
1952
4.0
The Kill
as Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
1952
8.0
Ellis in Freedomland
as Spokeswoman for Westinghouse
1952
0.0
Pontius Pilate
1952
0.0
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Maggie Watson
1950
6.8
Your Show of Shows
as Herself
1950
6.3
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
The Rockingham Tea Set
as Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
1950
10.0
Studio One
as Coral, Princess Livitski
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
North of Shanghai
as Helen Warner
1939
0.0
It Can't Last Forever
as Carol Wilson
1937
5.3
The Good Old Soak
as Lucy Hawley
1937
0.0
Fair Warning
as Kate Farnham
1937
6.0
Mama Steps Out
as Leila Cuppy
1937
6.0
They Wanted to Marry
as Sheila Hunter
1937
5.0
Mister Cinderella
as Patricia 'Pat' Randolph
1936
6.0
All American Chump
as Kitty Crane
1936
5.8
The President's Mystery
as Charlotte Brown
1936
5.3
Swing Time
as Margaret Watson
1936
6.8
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
1.0
The Three Wise Guys
as Clarabelle Brooks
1936
0.0
Magnificent Obsession
as Joyce Hudson
1935
7.4
Here Comes Cookie
as Phyllis Allen
1935
7.3
The Keeper of the Bees
as Molly
1935
6.0
Calm Yourself
as Mary Elizabeth Allenby
1935
4.5
McFadden´s Flats
as Molly McFadden
1935
0.0
Shadow of Doubt
as Lisa
1935
6.2
The Band Plays On
as Kitty O'Brien
1934
8.5
A Wicked Woman
as Yancey Stroud, aka Yancey Trice
1934
5.0
Dangerous Corner
as Mrs. Betty Whitehouse
1934
5.7
Gridiron Flash
as Jane Thurston
1934
3.3
The Life of Vergie Winters
as Joan Shadwell
1934
5.9
Beggars in Ermine
as Joyce Dawson
1934
6.3
Let's Fall in Love
as Linda
1933
7.5
Flying Down to Rio
as Belinha's Friend (uncredited)
1933
6.2
Ace of Aces
as Card Playing Party Guest (uncredited)
1933
5.6
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
as Evangeline
1933
7.2
Midshipman Jack
as Ruth Rogers
1933
6.0
Headline Shooter
as Miss Saunders
1933
5.8
Emergency Call
as Alice Averill
1933
5.8
Cross Fire
as Pat "Mike" Plummer
1933
6.0
Scarlet River
as Babe Jewel
1933
4.5
The Great Jasper
as Sylvia Bradfield
1933
0.0
Lucky Devils
as Ginger
1933
6.3
Renegades of the West
as Mary Fawcett
1932
5.5