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Faye Emerson

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Faye Margaret Emerson (July 8, 1917March 9, 1983) was an American film actress and television interviewer, known as "The First Lady of Television". She acted in in many Warner Brothers films beginning in 1941. In 1944, she played one of her more memorable roles as Zachary Scott's ex in The Mask of Dimitrios. She was born in south central Louisiana the tiny community of Elizabeth, Allen Parish.

In 1948, she made a move to television and began acting in various anthology series including The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre, The Philco Television Playhouse and Goodyear Television Playhouse. She served as host for several short-lived talk shows and musical/variety shows including Paris Cavalcade of Fashions (1948), and The Faye Emerson Show (CBS, 1950).

Although The Faye Emerson Show only lasted one season, it gave her wide exposure because her time slot immediately followed the CBS Evening News and alternated weeknights with the popular The Perry Como Show. According to author Gabe Essoe in The Book of TV Lists, on one the show's segments, her low-cut gown slipped and "she exposed her ample self coast to coast."
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