![Betty Furness](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/dOTEBhoo63jVuctzzeAtDWAjpM1.jpg)
Betty Furness
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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 Swing Time (1936). By the end of the decade, she had appeared in over forty films, but during the 1940s, she found it difficult to secure acting roles. In 1948, Furness was performing in the television series Studio One, which was broadcast live. She filled in for an actor to promote Westinghouse products during the advertisement break, and impressed the company with her easy and professional manner. They offered her a contract to promote their products and she thus became closely associated with them.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.513 |
Birthday | 1916-01-03 |
Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
Also Known As | Elizabeth Mary Furness, |
![Swing Time](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cECQGtw13ooPIuEpVWOUlUXaAnO.jpg)
1936
![Swing Time](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cECQGtw13ooPIuEpVWOUlUXaAnO.jpg)
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6.8/212
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![Flying Down to Rio](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zKBXy84eN6tgwXaYsiFSCgq0GBc.jpg)
1933
![Flying Down to Rio](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zKBXy84eN6tgwXaYsiFSCgq0GBc.jpg)
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6.1/58
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![Magnificent Obsession](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/i3l0BTL3u2f0zf9aaxr0G7Yl5K.jpg)
1935
![Magnificent Obsession](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/i3l0BTL3u2f0zf9aaxr0G7Yl5K.jpg)
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7.382/17
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![Emergency Call](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/JzXimZIfzs8BhZ9FLWuRdzV3Df.jpg)
1933
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Emergency Call
5.8/4
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![The President's Mystery](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/fXm5k2Me1v6x2tcllTWVDuQ9Lny.jpg)
1936
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5.3/7
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1934
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6/2
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1934
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5.7/3
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![The Keeper of the Bees](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uOAxrfleyDA8doVkCq0QzjV6GWv.jpg)
1935
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6/7
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1937
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6/1
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![Headline Shooter](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/Auyw7VdfXpOC72kJlJxMhlYN5Wz.jpg)
1933
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5.8/4
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![Mister Cinderella](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1936
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6/2
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![A Wicked Woman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/debmmpBlVHa7MnquipTRvi06KIl.jpg)
1934
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5/3
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![Shadow of Doubt](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jWQX6PKkRcQBWZs67wgYXlGZ6jn.jpg)
1935
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6.2/4
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![Here Comes Cookie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/fGGlPErXw4PQsGiw1mZJhoqHKqd.jpg)
1935
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6.5/4
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![Gridiron Flash](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6cVAaZlVQV4b0yXAfEaBMubbdyV.jpg)
1934
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3.3/3
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1933
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7/3
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![Let's Fall in Love](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5UM8a25LXoqwHyPhGHN3BpvoAuv.jpg)
1933
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7.5/2
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![Scarlet River](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sWBtkAh6Izx71HQIy9g9bH4f7sc.jpg)
1933
![Scarlet River](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sWBtkAh6Izx71HQIy9g9bH4f7sc.jpg)
Scarlet River
4.5/4
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![Calm Yourself](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/t1PoDvAiHmbHTmNqCbxLBPwCJow.jpg)
1935
![Calm Yourself](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/t1PoDvAiHmbHTmNqCbxLBPwCJow.jpg)
Calm Yourself
4.5/2
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![They Wanted to Marry](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4lLqvjsGWg5dCIuaVmRS9V46FPr.jpg)
1937
![They Wanted to Marry](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4lLqvjsGWg5dCIuaVmRS9V46FPr.jpg)
They Wanted to Marry
5/3
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![Lucky Devils](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sl8wz6ANcfh4c6cE57VvzOE8MGY.jpg)
1933
![Lucky Devils](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sl8wz6ANcfh4c6cE57VvzOE8MGY.jpg)
Lucky Devils
6.3/3
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![The Great Jasper](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eKPDpYEuCpxGqJkSOz1REAMEFr3.jpg)
1933
![The Great Jasper](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eKPDpYEuCpxGqJkSOz1REAMEFr3.jpg)
The Great Jasper
0/0
Generational saga about a failed streetcar conductor, who finds success as an Atlantic City fortune teller, and his son. Drama.
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![The Bands Plays On](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1RwdhE5JPcwnhmhzSRIbZORQubk.jpg)
1934
![The Bands Plays On](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1RwdhE5JPcwnhmhzSRIbZORQubk.jpg)
The Bands Plays On
8.5/2
A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.
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![Ace of Aces](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/daVvDyyFNp86zw1LCflrElaxpBJ.jpg)
1933
![Ace of Aces](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/daVvDyyFNp86zw1LCflrElaxpBJ.jpg)
Ace of Aces
5.6/5
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![The Life of Vergie Winters](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/iguti300GJ86e9sNY7DsXDKA7vb.jpg)
1934
![The Life of Vergie Winters](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/iguti300GJ86e9sNY7DsXDKA7vb.jpg)
The Life of Vergie Winters
5.9/7
A small town politician, kept from marrying the love of his life, eventually marries another woman and his career ascends, but he secretly continues t...
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![Midshipman Jack](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/CkVFVkT7YozMon6BnAEsaLA2Cf.jpg)
1933
![Midshipman Jack](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/CkVFVkT7YozMon6BnAEsaLA2Cf.jpg)
Midshipman Jack
6/1
Director Christy Cabanne's 1933 film dramatizes one year in the lives of four midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy.
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![Cross Fire](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/v3UnlfPPG4XIuxtazNkZBF2TCg9.jpg)
1933
![Cross Fire](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/v3UnlfPPG4XIuxtazNkZBF2TCg9.jpg)
Cross Fire
0/0
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...
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Cross Fire
![The Good Old Soak](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dZw3okeC0EFRWpNghfFKPZ3H2L6.jpg)
1937
![The Good Old Soak](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dZw3okeC0EFRWpNghfFKPZ3H2L6.jpg)
The Good Old Soak
0/0
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![All American Chump](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lbxnMHzAZghioBVIh3myEHSuNrX.jpg)
1936
![All American Chump](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lbxnMHzAZghioBVIh3myEHSuNrX.jpg)
All American Chump
5.8/6
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![North of Shanghai](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6w4zBkGWo1R5HYDqyNDlh6Hxm1X.jpg)
1939
![North of Shanghai](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6w4zBkGWo1R5HYDqyNDlh6Hxm1X.jpg)
North of Shanghai
0/0
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...
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![Twelve Angry Men](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rCQzHGuAod7S23apXYjHaxQHLlT.jpg)
1954
![Twelve Angry Men](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rCQzHGuAod7S23apXYjHaxQHLlT.jpg)
Twelve Angry Men
8/33
Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television series. Initially staged as a CBS live production on 20 S...
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![Renegades of the West](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7dMI2DZ2VBrPTfD7JYw9PQkYl4N.jpg)
1932
![Renegades of the West](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7dMI2DZ2VBrPTfD7JYw9PQkYl4N.jpg)
Renegades of the West
5.5/2
A cowboy goes undercover to catch the cattle thieves who killed his father.
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![Fair Warning](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uCkmFHkp00khhVTl0lmJEoDmyrc.jpg)
1937
![Fair Warning](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uCkmFHkp00khhVTl0lmJEoDmyrc.jpg)
Fair Warning
6/2
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![It Can't Last Forever](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ttfSYZk1cTRMRgy6NRXDHyXEyc1.jpg)
1937
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It Can't Last Forever
5/1
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 newspap...
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![Pontius Pilate](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/mJkVYmU286dL1o1iKedkb0xrTdW.jpg)
1952
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Pontius Pilate
0/0
The story, set 15 years after the Crucifixion, of the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who is depicted as a victim of circumstances.
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![The Arena](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/e4P535umpVirSO6xZEH0cGVmJDO.jpg)
1956
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The Arena
0/0
Arriving in Washington, a freshman senator gets an experienced advisor who warns him not to continue a heated feud with his state's senior salon, held...
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![Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/59ZEvHCyC3tHkfca6s6mVPFt2rk.jpg)
1936
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Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1/1
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![The Rockingham Tea Set](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xh5aTalVTmqRrS22xj3VjjJbIqr.jpg)
1950
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10/1
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![The Kill](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/wjuknAz1Y3FyAlsXiaDL7NhkRag.jpg)
1952
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8/2
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![The Play of the Nativity of the Child Jesus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2k2AAnURYfIKLsmxo4nIj0Qm9Dp.jpg)
1952
![The Play of the Nativity of the Child Jesus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2k2AAnURYfIKLsmxo4nIj0Qm9Dp.jpg)
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4/1
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![Ellis in Freedomland](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xieWN5rpnw2MbZFtZ2zNtrcLoyk.jpg)
1952
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0/0
Westinghouse claims its electric appliances "freed women from the drudgery of housework." The first half involves a dream salesman at work; the second...
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![The Defender (Studio One)](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/x71p8ISy8IQBc98Y2WfXOkDocmU.jpg)
1957
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The Defender (Studio One)
7.2/2
The pilot for the television series, "The Defenders." The story of Walter and Kenneth Pearson, a father-and-son legal team. Broadcast as two segments...
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![McFadden´s Flats](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
1935
![McFadden´s Flats](https://movieunlimited.net/assets/no-poster.png)
McFadden´s Flats
0/0
Dan McFadden builds an apartment house in a working-class neighborhood on New York's East Side called "McFadden's Flats." At the same time, Dan and hi...
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![The Three Wise Guys](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xWKW4AXlZqThkWUvr7xasQzCEsF.jpg)
1936
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0/0
Riding in his private car on Christmas day, railroad tycoon Hatcher prefers work to celebrating, while his son Joe prefers having a good time. In the...
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