![Faye Emerson](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/AkyZVIWCWOddczi8nGkMnVMIOtA.jpg)
Faye Emerson
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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 8.803 |
Birthday | 1917-07-08 |
Place of Birth | Elizabeth, Louisana, USA |
Also Known As | Faye Margaret Emerson, |
![Manpower](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/BgQWakoUD5PyPFArPoGWZkPMto.jpg)
1941
![Manpower](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/BgQWakoUD5PyPFArPoGWZkPMto.jpg)
Manpower
6.8/14
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tens...
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Manpower
![Destination Tokyo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tt5Bpv0ERcfKxMpL8og7guTCvWN.jpg)
1943
![Destination Tokyo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tt5Bpv0ERcfKxMpL8og7guTCvWN.jpg)
Destination Tokyo
6.7/59
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Destination Tokyo
![Lady Gangster](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/nwhWpcaS9jUqFkwxAQH4m3DT9Rt.jpg)
1942
![Lady Gangster](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/nwhWpcaS9jUqFkwxAQH4m3DT9Rt.jpg)
Lady Gangster
5.75/18
An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money fro...
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Lady Gangster
![Between Two Worlds](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/t1NeBrt65qUJCcOBOqf8MlTcnOy.jpg)
1944
![Between Two Worlds](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/t1NeBrt65qUJCcOBOqf8MlTcnOy.jpg)
Between Two Worlds
7/33
Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it becomes apparent that they all have something in commo...
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Between Two Worlds
![Nobody Lives Forever](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8ZcFY245dLwVp4ao5kPeXHrQOne.jpg)
1946
![Nobody Lives Forever](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/8ZcFY245dLwVp4ao5kPeXHrQOne.jpg)
Nobody Lives Forever
6.2/20
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![The Mask of Dimitrios](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/wsf399maXMnhOWfQSjOxErURxzN.jpg)
1944
![The Mask of Dimitrios](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/wsf399maXMnhOWfQSjOxErURxzN.jpg)
The Mask of Dimitrios
7/49
A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. H...
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![The Hard Way](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bWRQ6bCL8glZ8IfSPGDlfNqbO8F.jpg)
1943
![The Hard Way](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bWRQ6bCL8glZ8IfSPGDlfNqbO8F.jpg)
The Hard Way
6.6/19
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
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The Hard Way
![Danger Signal](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dTMfktEGDOxBd10wC2KnnWXJ2rs.jpg)
1945
![Danger Signal](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dTMfktEGDOxBd10wC2KnnWXJ2rs.jpg)
Danger Signal
5.8/15
After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide, conniving philanderer Ronnie Mason relocates to Los Angeles...
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![Guilty Bystander](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4Kc1ILzvZq4HsbqlfHDwiUd9RBw.jpg)
1950
![Guilty Bystander](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4Kc1ILzvZq4HsbqlfHDwiUd9RBw.jpg)
Guilty Bystander
5.4/24
A drunken ex-cop gets a shot at redemption when his young son is kidnapped after a smuggling deal goes belly up.
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![Hollywood Canteen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4ifU2c7Kbt4sCLbTdLFBqnhPYDp.jpg)
1944
![Hollywood Canteen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4ifU2c7Kbt4sCLbTdLFBqnhPYDp.jpg)
Hollywood Canteen
7.3/26
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club...
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![Her Kind of Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/u63Nq3Vf3YAVEEvK9GwIcRALyTN.jpg)
1946
![Her Kind of Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/u63Nq3Vf3YAVEEvK9GwIcRALyTN.jpg)
Her Kind of Man
5.8/6
A singer can't choose between a charismatic gangster and an honest newspaperman.
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![Uncertain Glory](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uCGksCMaDEqacHEnsn2zNvpquQY.jpg)
1944
![Uncertain Glory](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uCGksCMaDEqacHEnsn2zNvpquQY.jpg)
Uncertain Glory
6.6/21
In occupied France, a convicted thief and murderer escapes the guillotine when a bombing raid strikes the prison, but is quickly re-captured by the in...
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![Find the Blackmailer](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4pQnWOdH55oiw88n9EhheDpGcNL.jpg)
1943
![Find the Blackmailer](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4pQnWOdH55oiw88n9EhheDpGcNL.jpg)
Find the Blackmailer
6.5/8
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![Nine Lives Are Not Enough](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5ZQWG1o8LSw7qTn4fpEOSkH6IoY.jpg)
1941
![Nine Lives Are Not Enough](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5ZQWG1o8LSw7qTn4fpEOSkH6IoY.jpg)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
5/4
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![Wild Bill Hickok Rides](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bSPD2bfMtqtxy2XSiQpEQtNxyRL.jpg)
1942
![Wild Bill Hickok Rides](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/bSPD2bfMtqtxy2XSiQpEQtNxyRL.jpg)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
4.7/3
The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
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![Women at War](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dnZ4QhbIlOLjQMN5JRCKwMqM0jW.jpg)
1943
![Women at War](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dnZ4QhbIlOLjQMN5JRCKwMqM0jW.jpg)
Women at War
6.2/4
Three young women arrive at the Women's Army Corps facility in Fort Des Moines for varied reasons and with different goals. Mary Savage is a war widow...
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![Juke Girl](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zAdikgD2MfMOR2UWk7ICWJi18Ik.jpg)
1942
![Juke Girl](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zAdikgD2MfMOR2UWk7ICWJi18Ik.jpg)
Juke Girl
6.5/4
During the depths of the Great Depression a hitch-hiker Steve Talbot and jukebox-joint hostess Lola Mears stumble into Cat-Tail Florida where farmers...
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![Crime by Night](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sEyuLneLDz9JV88RfNGeoQQlZ81.jpg)
1944
![Crime by Night](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sEyuLneLDz9JV88RfNGeoQQlZ81.jpg)
Crime by Night
5.8/6
A private eye and his secretary probe a murder and find an international spy.
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![Murder in the Big House](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7J1y0Rel47zkVeqZMN4n244exum.jpg)
1942
![Murder in the Big House](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7J1y0Rel47zkVeqZMN4n244exum.jpg)
Murder in the Big House
6.5/4
When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy...
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![Secret Enemies](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xjJqgenw45GqxF9k3j7HN0rHOEE.jpg)
1942
![Secret Enemies](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xjJqgenw45GqxF9k3j7HN0rHOEE.jpg)
Secret Enemies
5.2/4
FBI agents Carl Becker and John Trent raid a New York hotel, sending Nazi spies to an upstate hunting lodge.
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![Hotel Berlin](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/iRg3U3zRa6Ls1dn0WywSWujfQz9.jpg)
1945
![Hotel Berlin](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/iRg3U3zRa6Ls1dn0WywSWujfQz9.jpg)
Hotel Berlin
6.1/12
An assortment of diverse characters gather at the Hotel Berlin in World War II Germany as the Third Reich falls.
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![The Desert Song](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rXPmi8QqcBc6TZ8dX28i9vB747O.jpg)
1943
![The Desert Song](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rXPmi8QqcBc6TZ8dX28i9vB747O.jpg)
The Desert Song
5.9/8
Paul Hudson, leads a group of desert bandits against some Nazis, who want to use them as cheap labor for their railroad.
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The Desert Song
![The Very Thought of You](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vkGvnHWAE2r1pNRyZhax5226hPt.jpg)
1944
![The Very Thought of You](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vkGvnHWAE2r1pNRyZhax5226hPt.jpg)
The Very Thought of You
6.222/9
Army sergeants Dave and "Fixit" spend a three-day pass in Pasadena, where they meet Janet and Cora, two young women who work in a parachute factory.
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![Main Street to Broadway](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uz0nqO92BletlO98WrxdtJmVB4y.jpg)
1953
![Main Street to Broadway](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uz0nqO92BletlO98WrxdtJmVB4y.jpg)
Main Street to Broadway
6.5/2
In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspira...
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![The Nurse's Secret](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/i3llv5C6xCRnnIlZFJ04ZRifFZr.jpg)
1941
![The Nurse's Secret](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/i3llv5C6xCRnnIlZFJ04ZRifFZr.jpg)
The Nurse's Secret
5/4
An apparent suicide by a rich woman leads her nurse and a policeman to an insurance scam.
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![Air Force](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/mqH4V49GvANYsu1q4SW4CFUTFZe.jpg)
1943
![Air Force](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/mqH4V49GvANYsu1q4SW4CFUTFZe.jpg)
Air Force
6.3/53
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of t...
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Air Force
![At the Stroke of Twelve](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dKGlgkPRsiR25VU0lruEm6eWGPa.jpg)
1941
![At the Stroke of Twelve](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/dKGlgkPRsiR25VU0lruEm6eWGPa.jpg)
At the Stroke of Twelve
5/1
This entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short story, "The Old Doll's House". Racketeer Lance McGowan, on...
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![Bad Men of Missouri](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2wmPxuOCptlAjQ5YZmXKWUeeoGW.jpg)
1941
![Bad Men of Missouri](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/2wmPxuOCptlAjQ5YZmXKWUeeoGW.jpg)
Bad Men of Missouri
5.6/5
The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been buyin...
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Bad Men of Missouri
![Blues in the Night](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/A6anBd0LJIZ4fnsh70THxUtuCD.jpg)
1941
![Blues in the Night](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/A6anBd0LJIZ4fnsh70THxUtuCD.jpg)
Blues in the Night
6.24/25
A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and love affairs, as they try to stay together and find...
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Blues in the Night
![Food and Magic](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gmZ70JypYxSPRb5JcaeAmbPLLQV.jpg)
1943
![Food and Magic](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/gmZ70JypYxSPRb5JcaeAmbPLLQV.jpg)
Food and Magic
5/5
A sideshow barker uses magic and visual aids to alert the public that proper food management is both a resource and a weapon that could be to America'...
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![In Our Time](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5wae06KRspRGVvmC1TgpsxlsAi.jpg)
1944
![In Our Time](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/5wae06KRspRGVvmC1TgpsxlsAi.jpg)
In Our Time
6.4/5
It is early 1939 in Poland when Mrs. Bromley and Jennifer come to buy antiques for her business in London. Jennifer meets Count Stephen and they wine,...
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