Faye Emerson
Born
July 8, 1917
Died
March 9, 1983 (65 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Elizabeth, Louisana, USA
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
The Match Game
Self - Team Captain · (5 episodes)
1962
The David Susskind Show
Self · (1 episode)
1959
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (1 episode)
1957
The George Gobel Show
Self · (1 episode)
1954
Main Street to Broadway
Self
1953
I've Got a Secret
Self - Panelist · (328 episodes)
1952
The Jack Benny Program
Faye Emerson · (1 episode)
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · (1 episode)
1950
Guilty Bystander
Georgia
1950
Your Show of Shows
(4 episodes)
1950
What's My Line?
Self · (5 episodes)
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist · (4 episodes)
1950
Studio One
Melissa · (1 episode)
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Glamour Girl · (1 episode)
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948
Nobody Lives Forever
Toni Blackburn
1946
Her Kind of Man
Ruby Marino
1946
Danger Signal
Hilda Fenchurch
1945
Hotel Berlin
Tillie Weiler
1945
Hollywood Canteen
Self
1944
The Very Thought of You
Cora 'Cuddles' Colton
1944
Crime by Night
Ann Marlow
1944
The Mask of Dimitrios
Irana Preveza
1944
Between Two Worlds
Maxine Russell
1944
Uncertain Glory
Louise
1944
In Our Time
Friend of Count Stephan in Nightclub (uncredited)
1944
Destination Tokyo
Mrs. Cassidy
1943
The Desert Song
Hajy
1943
Food and Magic
1943
Find the Blackmailer
Mona Vance
1943
Women at War
Anastasia 'Stormy' Hart
1943
Air Force
Susan McMartin
1943
The Hard Way
Ice Cream Parlor Waitress
1943
Secret Enemies
Paula Fengler
1942
Juke Girl
Violet 'Murph' Murphy
1942
Murder in the Big House
Gladys Wayne
1942
Lady Gangster
Dorothy Burton
1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Peg
1942
At the Stroke of Twelve
Miss LaMond
1941
Blues in the Night
Dr. Morse's Nurse (uncredited)
1941
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Rose Chadwick
1941
Manpower
Nurse Who Lost Draw (uncredited)
1941
Bad Men of Missouri
Martha Adams
1941
The Nurse's Secret
Miss Hill
1941