Faye Emerson

Known for ActingBorn 1917-07-08Died 1983-03-09Elizabeth, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Match Game

The Jack Benny Program

The George Gobel Show

I've Got a Secret

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Main Street to Broadway

Your Show of Shows

Hollywood Canteen

Between Two Worlds

Juke Girl

The David Susskind Show

What's My Line?

The Mask of Dimitrios

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Ed Sullivan Show

Destination Tokyo

Women at War

Murder in the Big House

Manpower

Uncertain Glory

Find the Blackmailer

The Philco Television Playhouse

Air Force

In Our Time

Nobody Lives Forever

The Very Thought of You

Crime by Night

The Hard Way

Her Kind of Man

Blues in the Night

Hotel Berlin

Bad Men of Missouri

The Desert Song

Danger Signal

At the Stroke of Twelve

Food and Magic

Secret Enemies

Lady Gangster

The Nurse's Secret

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Guilty Bystander

Studio One

Nine Lives Are Not Enough