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Betty Furness
New York City, New York, USA
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 b…
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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.
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1959
Westinghouse Total Electric Home
Movie Narrator
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1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV show Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
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1957
The Defender (Studio One)
Movie Self / Commercial Spokeswoman
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1954
Climax!
TV show Beth Jaynes
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1954
Twelve Angry Men
Movie Herself / Commercial Spokeswoman
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1952
The Play of the Nativity of the Child Jesus
Movie Self
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1952
The Kill
Movie Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
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1952
Ellis in Freedomland
Movie Spokeswoman for Westinghouse
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1952
Pontius Pilate
Movie
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1951
A Bolt of Lightning
Movie Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
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1950
Studio One: Wuthering Heights
Movie Announcer
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1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV show Maggie Watson
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1950
Your Show of Shows
TV show Herself
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1950
What's My Line?
TV show Self
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1950
The Rockingham Tea Set
Movie Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
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1948
Studio One
TV show Coral, Princess Livitski
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1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV show
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1939
North of Shanghai
Movie Helen Warner
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1937
It Can't Last Forever
Movie Carol Wilson
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1937
The Good Old Soak
Movie Lucy Hawley
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1937
Fair Warning
Movie Kate Farnham
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1937
They Wanted to Marry
Movie Sheila Hunter
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1937
Mama Steps Out
Movie Leila Cuppy
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1936
Mister Cinderella
Movie Patricia 'Pat' Randolph
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1936
All American Chump
Movie Kitty Crane
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1936
The President's Mystery
Movie Charlotte Brown
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1936
Swing Time
Movie Margaret Watson
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1936
The Three Wise Guys
Movie Clarabelle Brooks
- 1936
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1935
Magnificent Obsession
Movie Joyce Hudson
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1935
Here Comes Cookie
Movie Phyllis Allen
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1935
The Keeper of the Bees
Movie Molly
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1935
Calm Yourself
Movie Mary Elizabeth Allenby
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1935
McFadden´s Flats
Movie Molly McFadden
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1935
Shadow of Doubt
Movie Lisa
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1934
The Band Plays On
Movie Kitty O'Brien
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1934
A Wicked Woman
Movie Yancey Stroud, aka Yancey Trice
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1934
Dangerous Corner
Movie Mrs. Betty Whitehouse
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1934
Gridiron Flash
Movie Jane Thurston
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1934
The Life of Vergie Winters
Movie Joan Shadwell
