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Faye Emerson
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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…
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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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2026
Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes
TV show Self - Television Host (archive footage)
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1962
The Match Game
TV show Self - Team Captain
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1959
The David Susskind Show
TV show Self
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1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV show Self
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1954
The George Gobel Show
TV show Self
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1953
Main Street to Broadway
Movie Self
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1952
I've Got a Secret
TV show Self
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1950
The Jack Benny Program
TV show Faye Emerson
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1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV show Self
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1950
Guilty Bystander
Movie Georgia
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1950
Your Show of Shows
TV show
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1950
What's My Line?
TV show Self
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1948
Studio One
TV show Melissa
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1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV show The Glamour Girl
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1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV show Self
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1946
Nobody Lives Forever
Movie Toni Blackburn
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1946
Her Kind of Man
Movie Ruby Marino
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1945
Danger Signal
Movie Hilda Fenchurch
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1945
Hotel Berlin
Movie Tillie Weiler
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1944
Hollywood Canteen
Movie Self
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1944
The Very Thought of You
Movie Cora 'Cuddles' Colton
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1944
Crime by Night
Movie Ann Marlow
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1944
The Mask of Dimitrios
Movie Irana Preveza
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1944
Between Two Worlds
Movie Maxine Russell
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1944
Uncertain Glory
Movie Louise
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1944
In Our Time
Movie Friend of Count Stephan in Nightclub (uncredited)
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1944
The Desert Song
Movie Hajy
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1943
Destination Tokyo
Movie Mrs. Cassidy
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1943
Food and Magic
Movie
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1943
Find the Blackmailer
Movie Mona Vance
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1943
Women at War
Movie Anastasia 'Stormy' Hart
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1943
Air Force
Movie Susan McMartin
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1943
The Hard Way
Movie Ice Cream Parlor Waitress
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1942
Secret Enemies
Movie Paula Fengler
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1942
Juke Girl
Movie Violet 'Murph' Murphy
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1942
Murder in the Big House
Movie Gladys Wayne
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1942
Lady Gangster
Movie Dot Burton
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1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Movie Peg
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1941
Blues in the Night
Movie Dr. Morse's Nurse (uncredited)
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1941
At the Stroke of Twelve
Movie Miss LaMond
