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Arlene Francis was an American actress, radio and television talk show host, and game show panelist. She is known for her long-standing role as a panelist on the television game show What's My Line?, on which she regularly appeared for 25 years, from 1950–1975 on both the network and syndicated versions of the show.
Birth Name
Arline Francis Kazanjian
Born
Sunday, 20 October 1907
Died
Thursday, 31 May 2001
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Game Show Show | Self | 2023 |
American Dynasties: The Kennedys | Self | 2018 |
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words | Self / Herself | 2016 |
Pioneers of Television | Self | 2008 |
Billy Wilder Speaks | Self | 2006 |
Game Show Moments Gone Bananas | Self | 2005 |
Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling | Self - Panelist of What's My Line? | 2005 |
Television: The First Fifty Years | Self | 1999 |
The Howard Stern Show | Self | 1990 |
Tattinger's | Self | 1988 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Game Show Show | Self | 2023 |
American Dynasties: The Kennedys | Self | 2018 |
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words | Self / Herself | 2016 |
Pioneers of Television | Self | 2008 |
Billy Wilder Speaks | Self | 2006 |
Game Show Moments Gone Bananas | Self | 2005 |
Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling | Self - Panelist of What's My Line? | 2005 |
Television: The First Fifty Years | Self | 1999 |
The Howard Stern Show | Self | 1990 |
Tattinger's | Self | 1988 |
American Masters | Self - 'What's My Line' Panelist | 1986 |
NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 1986 |
Garbo Talks | Self | 1984 |
Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Self | 1983 |
The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979 |
Fedora | Newscaster | 1978 |
Match Game PM | Self - Panelist | 1975 |
What's My Line? At 25 | Self - Co-Host / Host | 1975 |
Match Game | Herself - Panelist | 1973 |
The Price Is Right | 1972 | |
Harvey | Betty Chumley | 1972 |
Allen Ludden's Gallery | Self | 1969 |
What's My Line? | Self - Panelist | 1968 |
Laura | Mrs. Ann Treadwell / Ann Treadwell | 1968 |
Get the Message | Self | 1964 |
Missing Links | Self | 1963 |
The Thrill of It All | Mrs. Fraleigh | 1963 |
The Match Game | Self - Team Captain | 1962 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest Host / Herself - Guest | 1962 |
The Tonight Show | Self - Guest Host | 1962 |
One, Two, Three | Phyllis MacNamara | 1961 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Co-Host | 1961 |
The Gertrude Berg Show | Mrs. Evans | 1961 |
Password | Self - Celebrity Contestant / Self | 1961 |
Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
Five Fingers | Cardin | 1959 |
The Bell Telephone Hour | Self - Host | 1959 |
The Arlene Francis Show | Self - Host | 1957 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Herself - Guest Host / Herself | 1957 |
The Mike Wallace Interview | Self - TV Hostess | 1957 |
To Tell the Truth | Self - Celebrity Mystery Guest Decoy Contestant | 1956 |
The Tonight Show | Self | 1954 |
Home | Self - Host | 1954 |
The United States Steel Hour | 1953 | |
Person to Person | Self | 1953 |
Lux Video Theatre | Eddie Sloan / Anne | 1950 |
The Arthur Murray Party | Self | 1950 |
With These Hands | Jenny Brody | 1950 |
Answer Yes or No | Self - Panelist | 1950 |
Your Show of Shows | Self - Guest Performer | 1950 |
What's My Line? | Herself - Panelist / Self - Panelist / Panelist | 1950 |
This Is Show Business | Self / Self - Panelist | 1949 |
Your Big Moment | Self - Host | 1949 |
Suspense | Eva | 1949 |
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Herself - Speaking for S&H Green Stamps | 1948 |
Celebrity Time | Herself / Herself - Substitute Host | 1948 |
All My Sons | Sue Bayliss | 1948 |
Lights Out | Sylvia Willis | 1946 |
Stage Door Canteen | Arlene Francis | 1943 |
Too Much Johnson | Mrs. Clairette Dathis / Mrs. Dathis | 1938 |
Murders in the Rue Morgue | Woman of the Streets | 1932 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1956 | Emmy | Best Contributing to Daytime Programming | Nominated |