Faye Emerson
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| Faye Emerson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Faye Margaret Emerson July 8, 1917 Elizabeth, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | March 9, 1983 (aged 65) Deya, Majorca, Spain |
| Spouse(s) | Skitch Henderson (1950-1957) Elliott Roosevelt (1944-1950) William Crawford (1938-1942) |
Faye Margaret Emerson (July 8, 1917 – March 9, 1983) was an American film actress. She is remembered as an actress in many Warner Bros. films beginning in 1941. She was born in tiny Elizabeth in Allen Parish in south central Louisiana. In 1944, she played one of her more memorable roles as Zachary Scott's ex in The Mask of Dimitrios.
In 1948, she made her move to television, acting in various anthology series, such as The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre, The Philco Television Playhouse and Goodyear Television Playhouse. She served as host for several short-lived talk shows and musical/variety shows including Paris Cavalcade of Fashions (1948), The Faye Emerson Show (1950), Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951), Author Meets the Critics (1952) and Faye and Skitch (1953). She also made numerous guest appearances on various variety shows and game shows.
Although the Faye Emerson Show on CBS only lasted one season, it gave her wide exposure because her time slot immediately followed the CBS Evening News and alternated weeknights with the popular The Perry Como Show.
Emerson hosted or appeared on so many talk shows—usually wearing long, low-cut gowns—and game shows such as I've Got a Secret that she was known as "The First Lady of Television". The glamorous Emerson was so popular in the early 1950s, it was rumored that the newly created Emmy Award was named after her.
She was once married to Elliott Roosevelt, son of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Emerson was later married to band leader Skitch Henderson in the 1950s. Once a Hollywood starlet enjoying the show business spotlight, the wealthy Emerson moved to Spain and spent the rest of her life in seclusion.
She died of stomach cancer in Deya, Majorca in 1983 at the age of sixty-five.
According to author Gabe Essoe in The Book of TV Lists, on one of her Faye Emerson Show segments, her low-cut gown slipped, "and she exposed her ample self coast to coast."
[edit] Partial filmography
- Air Force (1943)
- Destination Tokyo (1943)
- Between Two Worlds (1944)
- The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
- The Very Thought of You (1944)
- Hotel Berlin (1945)
- Danger Signal (1945)
- Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
- Guilty Bystander (1950)
