Faye Emerson
Acting • Born 1917-07-08 – Died 1983-03-09
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.
Filmography
44 credits
Manpower
Movie • 1941
Nurse Who Lost Draw (uncredited)
Destination Tokyo
Movie • 1943
Mrs. Cassidy
Lady Gangster
Movie • 1942
Dorothy Burton
Between Two Worlds
Movie • 1944
Maxine Russell
Nobody Lives Forever
Movie • 1946
Toni Blackburn
The Mask of Dimitrios
Movie • 1944
Irana Preveza
The Hard Way
Movie • 1943
Ice Cream Parlor Waitress
Danger Signal
Movie • 1945
Hilda Fenchurch
Guilty Bystander
Movie • 1950
Georgia
Hollywood Canteen
Movie • 1944
Self
Her Kind of Man
Movie • 1946
Ruby Marino
Uncertain Glory
Movie • 1944
Louise
Find the Blackmailer
Movie • 1943
Mona Vance
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Movie • 1941
Rose Chadwick
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Movie • 1942
Peg
Women at War
Movie • 1943
Anastasia 'Stormy' Hart
Juke Girl
Movie • 1942
Violet 'Murph' Murphy
Crime by Night
Movie • 1944
Ann Marlow
Murder in the Big House
Movie • 1942
Gladys Wayne
Secret Enemies
Movie • 1942
Paula Fengler
Hotel Berlin
Movie • 1945
Tillie Weiler
The Desert Song
Movie • 1943
Hajy
The Very Thought of You
Movie • 1944
Cora 'Cuddles' Colton
Main Street to Broadway
Movie • 1953
Self
The Nurse's Secret
Movie • 1941
Miss Hill
Air Force
Movie • 1943
Susan McMartin
At the Stroke of Twelve
Movie • 1941
Miss LaMond
Bad Men of Missouri
Movie • 1941
Martha Adams
Blues in the Night
Movie • 1941
Dr. Morse's Nurse (uncredited)
Food and Magic
Movie • 1943
In Our Time
Movie • 1944
Friend of Count Stephan in Nightclub (uncredited)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
The David Susskind Show
TV • 1959
Self
Studio One
TV • 1948
Melissa
The Match Game
TV • 1962
Self - Team Captain
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
I've Got a Secret
TV • 1952
Self
Your Show of Shows
TV • 1950
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
The Glamour Girl
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
Faye Emerson
The George Gobel Show
TV • 1954
Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Panelist