Betty Furness

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1916-01-03 (78 years old)

Deathday

1994-04-02

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Betty 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...

Acting

1936

Swing Time

as Margaret Watson

1950

The Rockingham Tea Set

as Self - Commercial Spokeswoman

1952

The Kill

as Self - Commercial Spokeswoman

1933

Flying Down to Rio

as Belinha's Friend (uncredited)

1935

Magnificent Obsession

as Joyce Hudson

1933

Emergency Call

as Alice Averill

1936

The President's Mystery

as Charlotte Brown

1934

Beggars in Ermine

as Joyce Dawson

1934

Dangerous Corner

as Mrs. Betty Whitehouse

1933

Headline Shooter

as Miss Saunders

1937

Mama Steps Out

as Leila Cuppy

1936

Mister Cinderella

as Patricia 'Pat' Randolph

1934

1934

A Wicked Woman

as Yancey Stroud, aka Yancey Trice

1935

1952

Ellis in Freedomland

as Spokeswoman for Westinghouse

1935

Here Comes Cookie

as Phyllis Allen

1934

Gridiron Flash

as Jane Thurston

1933

1933

Scarlet River

as Babe Jewel

1957

The Defender (Studio One)

as Self / Commercial Spokeswoman

1935

Calm Yourself

as Mary Elizabeth Allenby

1937

They Wanted to Marry

as Sheila Hunter

1933

Lucky Devils

as Ginger

1933

The Great Jasper

as Sylvia Bradfield

1934

The Band Plays On

as Kitty O'Brien

1935

McFadden´s Flats

as Molly McFadden

1933

Ace of Aces

as Card Playing Party Guest (uncredited)

1933

Midshipman Jack

as Ruth Rogers

1933

Cross Fire

as Pat "Mike" Plummer

1937

The Good Old Soak

as Lucy Hawley

1936

All American Chump

as Kitty Crane

1939

North of Shanghai

as Helen Warner

1932

Renegades of the West

as Mary Fawcett

1954

Twelve Angry Men

as Herself / Commercial Spokeswoman

1936

The Three Wise Guys

as Clarabelle Brooks

1937

Fair Warning

as Kate Farnham

1937

It Can't Last Forever

as Carol Wilson

1951

A Bolt of Lightning

as Self - Commercial Spokeswoman

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