Acting

Betty Furness

Born January 3, 1916 · New York City, New York, USA

Died April 2, 1994 · aged 78

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…

Known For

Flying Down to Rio

Flying Down to Rio · 1933

Flying Down to Rio

MovieComedyRomance

An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends try to help him, while learning the local dance, The Carioca. The first pairing of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and their only pre-Code film.

Swing Time

Swing Time · 1936

MovieRomanceComedy

Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky.

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs · 1936

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

MovieMusicComedy

Winners of the Lucky Stars National Dance Contest - one woman from each state of the United States - are welcomed to Palm Springs. Being the desert playground for the movie stars, the women are introduced to the cavalcade of famous faces vacationing in Palm Springs at the time of their visit.

The Band Plays On

The Band Plays On · 1934

The Band Plays On

A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.

The Life of Vergie Winters

The Life of Vergie Winters · 1934

The Life of Vergie Winters

A small town politician, kept from marrying the love of his life, eventually marries another woman and his career ascends, but he secretly continues the relationship with his true love.

It Can't Last Forever

It Can't Last Forever · 1937

It Can't Last Forever

MovieComedyCrime

Russ Matthews, a theatrical agent who is not above pulling off a hoax or two or more to further the career of his clients (and himself), and a newspaper gossip-columnist, Carol Wilson, get involved with gangsters when one of Larry's radio-program future-predicting cons gets out of hand.

Ace of Aces

Ace of Aces · 1933

A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the fight. He becomes a fighter pilot, and undergoes a complete personality change.

Studio One: Wuthering Heights

Studio One: Wuthering Heights · 1950

Studio One: Wuthering Heights

Mistreated foundling Heathcliff and his stepsister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting revenge, even well into the next generation.

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Flying Down to Rio

Flying Down to Rio · 1933

Flying Down to Rio

MovieComedyRomance

An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends try to help him, while learning the local dance, The Carioca. The first pairing of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and their only pre-Code film.

Belinha's Friend (uncredited)

Swing Time

Swing Time · 1936

MovieRomanceComedy

Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky.

Margaret Watson

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs · 1936

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

MovieMusicComedy

Winners of the Lucky Stars National Dance Contest - one woman from each state of the United States - are welcomed to Palm Springs. Being the desert playground for the movie stars, the women are introduced to the cavalcade of famous faces vacationing in Palm Springs at the time of their visit.

The Band Plays On

The Band Plays On · 1934

The Band Plays On

A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.

Kitty O'Brien

The Life of Vergie Winters

The Life of Vergie Winters · 1934

The Life of Vergie Winters

A small town politician, kept from marrying the love of his life, eventually marries another woman and his career ascends, but he secretly continues the relationship with his true love.

Joan Shadwell

It Can't Last Forever

It Can't Last Forever · 1937

It Can't Last Forever

MovieComedyCrime

Russ Matthews, a theatrical agent who is not above pulling off a hoax or two or more to further the career of his clients (and himself), and a newspaper gossip-columnist, Carol Wilson, get involved with gangsters when one of Larry's radio-program future-predicting cons gets out of hand.

Carol Wilson

Ace of Aces

Ace of Aces · 1933

A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the fight. He becomes a fighter pilot, and undergoes a complete personality change.

Card Playing Party Guest (uncredited)

Studio One: Wuthering Heights

Studio One: Wuthering Heights · 1950

Studio One: Wuthering Heights

Mistreated foundling Heathcliff and his stepsister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting revenge, even well into the next generation.

Announcer

Gridiron Flash

Gridiron Flash · 1934

MovieComedyDrama

A college football team recruits a tough convict.

Jane Thurston

Magnificent Obsession

Magnificent Obsession · 1935

Magnificent Obsession

MovieDramaRomance

A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death.

Joyce Hudson

Scarlet River

Scarlet River · 1933

MovieComedyRomance

Unable to find open range near Hollywood, western actor Tom Baxter and his troop head to Judy Blake's ranch to shoot their film.

Babe Jewel

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men · 1933

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

MovieComedyRomance

Tough Aggie gives a street guy polish and a rich kid gumption.

Evangeline

The Keeper of the Bees

The Keeper of the Bees · 1935

The Keeper of the Bees

MovieDramaRomance

A severely traumatized World War I veteran, believing that he's living on borrowed time, comes upon a peaceful little village and meets an old man called Bee Master and his protégé, Little Scout, who try to convince him that he has more to live for than he thinks he does.

Molly

The Good Old Soak

The Good Old Soak · 1937

The Good Old Soak

A small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.

Lucy Hawley

Let's Fall in Love

Let's Fall in Love · 1933

Let's Fall in Love

MovieRomanceMusic

A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role.

Linda

All American Chump

All American Chump · 1936

All American Chump

A country bumpkin who's a mathematical genius falls into the hands of gangsters.

Kitty Crane

Emergency Call

Emergency Call · 1933

A surgeon and an ambulance driver fight racketeers who take over their hospital.

Alice Averill

North of Shanghai

North of Shanghai · 1939

North of Shanghai

In this newspaper drama, a female reporter and a newsreel cameraman are both assigned to cover the Sino-Japanese war. They meet on the boat ride over and decide to team up. They are further assisted by a Chinese cameraman. The three of them manage to expose of spy ring operating out of the Shanghai office of the woman's newspaper.

Helen Warner

Shadow of Doubt

Shadow of Doubt · 1935

Shadow of Doubt

MovieMysteryComedy

When a Hollywood producer is murdered, the most likely suspect is a man who is smitten with the victim's fiancee.

Lisa

Mama Steps Out

Mama Steps Out · 1937

MovieComedyRomance

A Fort Wayne, Indiana housewife (Alice Brady) drags her husband (Guy Kibbee) and daughter (Betty Furness) to Europe for culture.

Leila Cuppy

Cross Fire

Cross Fire · 1933

MovieRomanceWestern

Tom and five older respected business men run the Sierra mine. When Tom leaves for Europe to fight in WW1, everything is OK. When he returns after the war he finds his former assistant not only in control of the mine but the whole town. His former partners have fled becoming outlaws and are now robbing the mine shipments of money they believe is really theirs.

Pat "Mike" Plummer

Lucky Devils

Lucky Devils · 1933

MovieActionDrama

Two Hollywood stuntmen compete for the same pretty extra.

Ginger

Fair Warning

Fair Warning · 1937

In California's Death Valley a chemistry whiz-kid helps a sheriff track the man who murdered a wealthy mine owner who had been staying at a fancy winter resort.

Kate Farnham

They Wanted to Marry

They Wanted to Marry · 1937

They Wanted to Marry

MovieComedyRomance

Newspaper photographer Jim Tyler sneaks into a society girl's wedding, and the bride's sister decides she prefers him to her upper-crust suitors. She even likes his pigeon, who travels everywhere with him.

Sheila Hunter

Studio One

Studio One · 1948

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.

Coral, Princess Livitski

Climax!

Climax! · 1954

SeriesDramaMystery

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.

Beth Jaynes

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse · 1948

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour · 1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.

Maggie Watson