Betty Furness
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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Climax!
1954 · Beth Jaynes
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
Studio One
1948 · Coral, Princess Livits...
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Maggie Watson
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · Self - Commercial Spok...
Your Show of Shows
1950 · Herself
Swing Time
1936 · Margaret Watson
The Kill
1952 · Self - Commercial Spok...
The Defender (Studio One)
1957 · Self / Commercial Spok...
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
Ace of Aces
1933 · Card Playing Party Gue...
Flying Down to Rio
1933 · Belinha's Friend (uncr...
The President's Mystery
1936 · Charlotte Brown
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934 · Joan Shadwell
Beggars in Ermine
1934 · Joyce Dawson
Cross Fire
1933 · Pat "Mike" Plummer
Studio One: Wuthering Heights
1950 · Announcer
Twelve Angry Men
1954 · Herself / Commercial S...
Ellis in Freedomland
1952 · Spokeswoman for Westin...
Scarlet River
1933 · Babe Jewel
Calm Yourself
1935 · Mary Elizabeth Allenby
It Can't Last Forever
1937 · Carol Wilson
The Keeper of the Bees
1935 · Molly
Let's Fall in Love
1933 · Linda
They Wanted to Marry
1937 · Sheila Hunter
Lucky Devils
1933 · Ginger
Headline Shooter
1933 · Miss Saunders
North of Shanghai
1939 · Helen Warner
The Good Old Soak
1937 · Lucy Hawley
Here Comes Cookie
1935 · Phyllis Allen
Magnificent Obsession
1935 · Joyce Hudson
Shadow of Doubt
1935 · Lisa
The Band Plays On
1934 · Kitty O'Brien
Emergency Call
1933 · Alice Averill
The Great Jasper
1933 · Sylvia Bradfield
Mama Steps Out
1937 · Leila Cuppy
McFadden´s Flats
1935 · Molly McFadden
Dangerous Corner
1934 · Mrs. Betty Whitehouse
All American Chump
1936 · Kitty Crane
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
1933 · Evangeline
Gridiron Flash
1934 · Jane Thurston
Mister Cinderella
1936 · Patricia 'Pat' Randolp...
Fair Warning
1937 · Kate Farnham
The Rockingham Tea Set
1950 · Self - Commercial Spok...
A Wicked Woman
1934 · Yancey Stroud, aka Yan...
Renegades of the West
1932 · Mary Fawcett
Midshipman Jack
1933 · Ruth Rogers
A Bolt of Lightning
1951 · Self - Commercial Spok...
The Play of the Nativity of the Child Jesus
1952 · Self
Pontius Pilate
1952
The Three Wise Guys
1936 · Clarabelle Brooks
Westinghouse Total Electric Home
1959 · Narrator