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