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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 8, 1917
Died
March 9, 1983
Place of Birth
Elizabeth, Louisana, USA
Also Known As
- Faye Margaret Emerson
Faye Emerson
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
8.1
Self - Team Captain
The Match Game
1962
5.0
Self
The David Susskind Show
1959
🎬
7.0
Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
🎬
7.3
Self
The George Gobel Show
1954
6.5
Self
Main Street to Broadway
1953
7.4
Self
I've Got a Secret
1952
7.8
Faye Emerson
The Jack Benny Program
1950
6.8
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
5.5
Georgia
Guilty Bystander
1950
6.3
Your Show of Shows
1950
Credits
The Match Game
as Self - Team Captain
1962
8.1
The David Susskind Show
as Self
1959
5.0
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
🎬
The George Gobel Show
as Self
1954
7.3
Main Street to Broadway
as Self
1953
6.5
I've Got a Secret
as Self
1952
7.4
The Jack Benny Program
as Faye Emerson
1950
7.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
Guilty Bystander
as Georgia
1950
5.5
Your Show of Shows
1950
6.3
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
1950
6.9
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
Studio One
as Melissa
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
as The Glamour Girl
1948
6.3
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Nobody Lives Forever
as Toni Blackburn
1946
6.2
Her Kind of Man
as Ruby Marino
1946
5.9
Danger Signal
as Hilda Fenchurch
1945
5.8
Hotel Berlin
as Tillie Weiler
1945
5.8
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
1944
7.3
The Very Thought of You
as Cora 'Cuddles' Colton
1944
6.2
Crime by Night
as Ann Marlow
1944
6.0
The Mask of Dimitrios
as Irana Preveza
1944
7.0
Between Two Worlds
as Maxine Russell
1944
7.0
Uncertain Glory
as Louise
1944
6.8
In Our Time
as Friend of Count Stephan in Nightclub (uncredited)
1944
6.4
Destination Tokyo
as Mrs. Cassidy
1943
6.8
The Desert Song
as Hajy
1943
5.9
Food and Magic
1943
5.0
Find the Blackmailer
as Mona Vance
1943
6.4
Women at War
as Anastasia 'Stormy' Hart
1943
6.4
Air Force
as Susan McMartin
1943
6.5
The Hard Way
as Ice Cream Parlor Waitress
1943
6.3
Secret Enemies
as Paula Fengler
1942
5.2
Juke Girl
as Violet 'Murph' Murphy
1942
6.5
Murder in the Big House
as Gladys Wayne
1942
6.5
Lady Gangster
as Dorothy Burton
1942
5.5
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Peg
1942
4.7
Blues in the Night
as Dr. Morse's Nurse (uncredited)
1941
6.2
At the Stroke of Twelve
as Miss LaMond
1941
5.0
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Rose Chadwick
1941
5.0
Manpower
as Nurse Who Lost Draw (uncredited)
1941
6.7
Bad Men of Missouri
as Martha Adams
1941
5.6
The Nurse's Secret
as Miss Hill
1941
5.0