Betty Furness
Actor/Actriz
46
Movies
7
TV Shows
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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.
As Actor/Actress
What's My Line?
Self
Climax!
Beth Jaynes
The Philco Television Playhouse
Studio One
Coral, Princess Livitski
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Maggie Watson
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
Your Show of Shows
Herself
Gridiron Flash
Jane Thurston
Swing Time
Margaret Watson
Ace of Aces
Card Playing Party Guest (uncredited)
Lucky Devils
Ginger
The Defender (Studio One)
Self / Commercial Spokeswoman
Flying Down to Rio
Belinha's Friend (uncredited)
Headline Shooter
Miss Saunders
The Band Plays On
Kitty O'Brien
Magnificent Obsession
Joyce Hudson
The Kill
Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
Emergency Call
Alice Averill
Twelve Angry Men
Herself / Commercial Spokeswoman
Ellis in Freedomland
Spokeswoman for Westinghouse
The Life of Vergie Winters
Joan Shadwell
Beggars in Ermine
Joyce Dawson
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
A Wicked Woman
Yancey Stroud, aka Yancey Trice
Cross Fire
Pat "Mike" Plummer
Fair Warning
Kate Farnham
North of Shanghai
Helen Warner
Mister Cinderella
Patricia 'Pat' Randolph
Here Comes Cookie
Phyllis Allen
They Wanted to Marry
Sheila Hunter