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Betty Furness

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Biography

Born

1/3/1916, New York, New York

Died

4/2/1994

Birth Name

Elizabeth Mary Furness

Gender

Female

Credits

Star (2)

Role
- Studio One
  Spokesperson (1949-1958)
  - S 10: Ep 48 Image of Fear
    9/29/58
  - S 10: Ep 47 No Place to Run
    9/15/58
  - S 10: Ep 46 Music U.S.A.
    9/8/58
  - S 10: Ep 45 The Lady Died at Midnight
    9/1/58
  - S 10: Ep 44 Bellingham
    8/25/58
  - + 458 More Credits
- Penthouse Party
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 39 6/8/1951
    6/8/51
  - S 1: Ep 38 6/1/1951
    6/1/51
  - S 1: Ep 37 5/25/1951
    5/25/51
  - S 1: Ep 36 5/18/1951
    5/18/51
  - S 1: Ep 35 5/11/1951
    5/11/51
  - + 29 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Studio One
  Spokesperson (1949-1958)
  - S 9: Ep 26 The Playwright and the Stars
    4/8/57
- What's My Line?
  Guest Panelist
Guest Star (20)

Role
- Our World
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 15 A Crowded Room Autumn, 1949
    2/12/87
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 2: Ep 18 Show #0193
    3/2/83
- The David Frost Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 99 January 15, 1970
    1/15/70
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 31 October 16, 1968
    10/16/68
  - S 1: Ep 34 April 18, 1968
    4/18/68
  - S 8: Ep 4 September 6, 1973
    9/6/73
  - S 5: Ep 209 July 16, 1971
    7/16/71
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 93 January 10, 1968
    1/10/68
  - S 5: Ep 144 March 23, 1967
    3/23/67
  - S 10: Ep 99 January 13, 1972
    1/13/72
  - S 8: Ep 149 March 26, 1970
    3/26/70
- ABC Stage 67
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 8 The People Trap
    11/9/66
- The Match Game
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 44 Betty Furness & Allan Sherman
    6/29/64
- What's My Line?
  Guest Panelist
  - S 13: Ep 52 EPISODE #628
    8/26/62
  - S 6: Ep 18 EPISODE #239
    1/2/55
  - S 2: Ep 41 EPISODE #56
    6/24/51
  - S 2: Ep 39 EPISODE #54
    6/10/51
  - S 2: Ep 25 EPISODE #40
    3/4/51
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Jack Benny Program
  Herself
  - S 11: Ep 5 John Wayne Show
    11/20/60
- Climax!
  Ann Kilgore
  - S 4: Ep 24 The Thief With the Big Blue Eyes
    3/6/58
- Studio One
  Regina
  - S 9: Ep 31 Babe in the Woods
    5/13/57
- Climax!
  Beth Jaynes
  - S 2: Ep 3 Silent Decision
    9/15/55
- Person to Person
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 37 May 13, 1955
    5/13/55
- Studio One
  Irene
  - S 7: Ep 31 Affairs of State
    4/18/55
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Maggie Watson
  - S 5: Ep 8 11/21/1954 - Let's Face It
    11/21/54
- Studio One
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 11 Confessions of a Nervous Man
    11/30/53
  - S 5: Ep 19 Mark of Cain
    2/2/53
  - S 4: Ep 31 Hold Back the Night
    4/14/52
- This Is Show Business
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 4 9/30/1951
    9/30/51
- Celebrity Time
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 19 5/13/1951
    5/13/51
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  Unknown
  - S 1: Ep 44 Pretty Little Parlor
    8/21/49
- Studio One
  Bit Part
  - S 1: Ep 2 Let Me Do the Talking
    11/26/48

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Trivia
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- Betty Furness became TV's first female spokesperson in 1949 for Westinghouse.
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- Betty: The idea of getting just anybody to act a commercial is silly. It takes just as much talent and experience –-maybe more-– to get across a sales message or a demonstration as it does to commit murder or to make love convincingly before the camera.
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