Faye Emerson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 8, 1917
- Died
- March 9, 1983 (aged 65)
- Birthplace
- Elizabeth, Louisana, USA
Biography
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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Filmography
Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes
TV · as Self - Television Host (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Match Game
TV · as Self - Team Captain · 5 eps
The David Susskind Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The George Gobel Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Main Street to Broadway
Movie · as Self
I've Got a Secret
TV · as Self · 328 eps
Guilty Bystander
Movie · as Georgia
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Your Show of Shows
TV · 4 eps
The Jack Benny Program
TV · as Faye Emerson · 1 ep
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 9 eps
Studio One
TV · as Melissa · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · as The Glamour Girl · 1 ep
Nobody Lives Forever
Movie · as Toni Blackburn
Her Kind of Man
Movie · as Ruby Marino
Danger Signal
Movie · as Hilda Fenchurch
Hotel Berlin
Movie · as Tillie Weiler
Between Two Worlds
Movie · as Maxine Russell
The Mask of Dimitrios
Movie · as Irana Preveza
Hollywood Canteen
Movie · as Self
Uncertain Glory
Movie · as Louise
Crime by Night
Movie · as Ann Marlow
The Desert Song
Movie · as Hajy
The Very Thought of You
Movie · as Cora 'Cuddles' Colton
In Our Time
Movie · as Friend of Count Stephan in Nightclub (uncredited)
Destination Tokyo
Movie · as Mrs. Cassidy
The Hard Way
Movie · as Ice Cream Parlor Waitress
Find the Blackmailer
Movie · as Mona Vance
Women at War
Movie · as Anastasia 'Stormy' Hart
Air Force
Movie · as Susan McMartin
Food and Magic
Movie
Lady Gangster
Movie · as Dot Burton
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Movie · as Peg
Juke Girl
Movie · as Violet 'Murph' Murphy
Murder in the Big House
Movie · as Gladys Wayne
Secret Enemies
Movie · as Paula Fengler
Manpower
Movie · as Nurse Who Lost Draw (uncredited)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Movie · as Rose Chadwick
The Nurse's Secret
Movie · as Miss Hill
At the Stroke of Twelve
Movie · as Miss LaMond
Bad Men of Missouri
Movie · as Martha Adams
Blues in the Night
Movie · as Dr. Morse's Nurse (uncredited)