Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 08, 1917
Died
Mar 09, 1983
Place of Birth
Elizabeth, Louisana, USA
Credits
43 titles
Faye Emerson
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
Filmography
The Match Game
Self - Team Captain
The David Susskind Show
Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
The George Gobel Show
Self
Main Street to Broadway
Self
I've Got a Secret
Self
The Jack Benny Program
Faye Emerson
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Guilty Bystander
Georgia
Your Show of Shows
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist
Studio One
Melissa
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Glamour Girl
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Nobody Lives Forever
Toni Blackburn
Her Kind of Man
Ruby Marino
Danger Signal
Hilda Fenchurch
Hotel Berlin
Tillie Weiler
Hollywood Canteen
Self
The Very Thought of You
Cora 'Cuddles' Colton
Crime by Night
Ann Marlow
The Mask of Dimitrios
Irana Preveza
Between Two Worlds
Maxine Russell
Uncertain Glory
Louise
In Our Time
Friend of Count Stephan in Nightclub (uncredited)
Destination Tokyo
Mrs. Cassidy
The Desert Song
Hajy
Food and Magic
Find the Blackmailer
Mona Vance
Women at War
Anastasia 'Stormy' Hart
Air Force
Susan McMartin
The Hard Way
Ice Cream Parlor Waitress
Secret Enemies
Paula Fengler
Juke Girl
Violet 'Murph' Murphy
Murder in the Big House
Gladys Wayne
Lady Gangster
Dot Burton
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Peg
Blues in the Night
Dr. Morse's Nurse (uncredited)
At the Stroke of Twelve
Miss LaMond
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Rose Chadwick
Manpower
Nurse Who Lost Draw (uncredited)
Bad Men of Missouri
Martha Adams
The Nurse's Secret
Miss Hill