Faye Emerson

Faye Margaret Emerson adalah seorang aktris film dan panggung Amerika, serta pewawancara televisi yang memperoleh ketenaran sebagai aktris film pada tahun 1940-an, sebelum beralih ke televisi pada tahun 1950-an, membawakan acara bincang-bincangnya sendiri. Lahir di Louisiana, Emerson menghabiskan sebagian besar masa kecilnya di San Diego, California. Dia menjadi tertarik pada teater saat kuliah di San Diego State College, dan kemudian mengejar karir akting, tampil di teater saham di California. Dia kemudian menandatangani kontrak Warner Bros., dan mulai tampil di film mereka pada tahun 1941. Dia membintangi beberapa film noir, termasuk Lady Gangster, dan film perang Air Force karya Howard Hawks. Pada tahun 1944, ia memainkan salah satu perannya yang paling berkesan sebagai mantan kekasih Zachary Scott di The Mask of Dimitrios. Dari tahun 1944 hingga 1950, ia menikah dengan Kolonel Elliott Roosevelt, putra Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Pada tahun 1949, Emerson mulai menjadi pembawa acara The Faye Emerson Show, sebuah serial acara bincang-bincang larut malam. Dia kemudian menjadi pewawancara televisi yang produktif, yang membuatnya mendapat julukan "Ibu Negara Televisi". Sepanjang tahun 1950-an, dia juga tampil di berbagai produksi panggung Broadway. Emerson secara resmi pensiun dari bisnis pertunjukan pada tahun 1963, dan pensiun ke Eropa. Dia tinggal di sana sampai tahun 1983, ketika dia meninggal karena kanker perut di Deià, Spanyol, pada usia 65 tahun. Atas kontribusinya pada industri film, Emerson menerima bintang di Hollywood Walk of Fame pada tahun 1960. Bintangnya terletak di 6529 Hollywood Blvd.

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.