Cast
Betty Furness
Acting
Cast
Betty Furness
Known for
Acting
Born
1916-01-03
From
New York City, New York, USA
Died
1994-04-02
Also known as Elizabeth Mary Furness
Biography
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.
★5.9
MOVIE1933
Ace of Aces
as Card Playing Party Guest (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1936
Swing Time
as Margaret Watson
★4.8
MOVIE1934
Gridiron Flash
as Jane Thurston
★6.4
MOVIE1933
Lucky Devils
as Ginger
★6.3
MOVIE1933
Flying Down to Rio
as Belinha's Friend (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1957
The Defender (Studio One)
as Self / Commercial Spokeswoman
★6.3
MOVIE1933
Emergency Call
as Alice Averill
★7.4
MOVIE1935
Magnificent Obsession
as Joyce Hudson
MOVIE1952
Ellis in Freedomland
as Spokeswoman for Westinghouse
★8.0
MOVIE1952
The Kill
as Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
★6.3
MOVIE1933
Headline Shooter
as Miss Saunders
★7.9
MOVIE1954
Twelve Angry Men
as Herself / Commercial Spokeswoman
★7.3
MOVIE1937
Fair Warning
as Kate Farnham
★5.8
MOVIE1937
They Wanted to Marry
as Sheila Hunter
★4.5
MOVIE1936
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
★8.0
MOVIE1939
North of Shanghai
as Helen Warner
★8.0
MOVIE1933
Midshipman Jack
as Ruth Rogers
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Mister Cinderella
as Patricia 'Pat' Randolph
★7.3
MOVIE1937
Mama Steps Out
as Leila Cuppy
★8.3
MOVIE1934
The Band Plays On
as Kitty O'Brien
★7.2
MOVIE1935
Here Comes Cookie
as Phyllis Allen
★5.7
MOVIE1934
The Life of Vergie Winters
as Joan Shadwell
★5.0
MOVIE1934
A Wicked Woman
as Yancey Stroud, aka Yancey Trice
★5.6
MOVIE1933
Scarlet River
as Babe Jewel
★6.8
MOVIE1934
Dangerous Corner
as Mrs. Betty Whitehouse
★7.3
MOVIE1934
Beggars in Ermine
as Joyce Dawson
★6.0
MOVIE1935
Calm Yourself
as Mary Elizabeth Allenby
★6.6
MOVIE1935
Shadow of Doubt
as Lisa
★5.8
MOVIE1936
The President's Mystery
as Charlotte Brown
★6.5
MOVIE1933
Cross Fire
as Pat "Mike" Plummer
★6.0
MOVIE1935
The Keeper of the Bees
as Molly
★7.0
MOVIE1951
A Bolt of Lightning
as Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
★8.0
MOVIE1933
The Great Jasper
as Sylvia Bradfield
★9.0
MOVIE1937
The Good Old Soak
as Lucy Hawley
★8.0
MOVIE1935
McFadden´s Flats
as Molly McFadden
★6.5
MOVIE1937
It Can't Last Forever
as Carol Wilson
★8.0
MOVIE1933
Let's Fall in Love
as Linda
★9.0
MOVIE1936
The Three Wise Guys
as Clarabelle Brooks
★4.0
MOVIE1952
The Play of the Nativity of the Child Jesus
as Self
MOVIE1952
Pontius Pilate
★6.2
MOVIE1936
All American Chump
as Kitty Crane
★10.0
MOVIE1950
The Rockingham Tea Set
as Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
★7.8
MOVIE1933
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
as Evangeline
★6.0
MOVIE1932
Renegades of the West
as Mary Fawcett
★9.0
MOVIE1950
Studio One: Wuthering Heights
as Announcer
MOVIE1959
Westinghouse Total Electric Home
as Narrator