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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.
1957
as Self / Commercial Spokeswoman
1954
as Beth Jaynes
1954
as Ann Kilgore
1954
as Herself / Commercial Spokeswoman
1952
as Self
1952
as Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
1952
as Spokeswoman for Westinghouse
1952
1950
as Maggie Watson
1950
as Herself
1950
as Self
1950
as Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
1948
as Coral, Princess Livitski
1948
as Self - Commercial Spokeswoman
1948
1939
as Helen Warner
1937
as Carol Wilson
1937
as Lucy Hawley
1937
as Kate Farnham
1937
as Leila Cuppy
1937
as Sheila Hunter
1936
as Patricia 'Pat' Randolph
1936
as Kitty Crane
1936
as Charlotte Brown
1936
as Margaret Watson
1936
1936
as Clarabelle Brooks
1935
as Joyce Hudson
1935
as Phyllis Allen
1935
as Molly
1935
as Mary Elizabeth Allenby
1935
as Molly McFadden
1935
as Lisa
1934
as Kitty O'Brien
1934
as Yancey Stroud, aka Yancey Trice
1934
as Mrs. Betty Whitehouse
1934
as Jane Thurston
1934
as Joan Shadwell
1934
as Joyce Dawson
1933
as Linda
1933
as Belinha's Friend (uncredited)
1933
as Card Playing Party Guest (uncredited)
1933
as Evangeline
1933
as Ruth Rogers
1933
as Miss Saunders
1933
as Alice Averill
1933
as Pat "Mike" Plummer
1933
as Babe Jewel
1933
as Sylvia Bradfield
1933
as Ginger
1932
as Mary Fawcett