Full Name | Arlene Francis |
Net Worth | $20 Million |
Date Of Birth | October 20, 1907 |
Died | May 31, 2001, San Francisco, California, United States |
Place Of Birth | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
Height | 5' 5¾" (1.67 m) |
Occupation | Actress, radio presenter, television personality |
Profession | Actor, Radio personality, TV Personality |
Education | Finch College |
Spouse | Martin Gabel, Neil Agnew |
Children | Peter Gabel |
Parents | Aram Kazanjian, Leah Kazanjian |
Nicknames | Arlene Francis, Francis, Arlene |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0290086 |
Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Best Contributing to Daytime Programming, Primetime Emmy Award for Best Female Personality Continuing Performance |
Movies | Fedora, The Thrill of It All, One, Two, Three, All My Sons, Too Much Johnson, Murders in the Rue Morgue |
TV Shows | What's My Line?, Talent Patrol, The Price Is Right, The Comeback Story, Blind Date, The Arlene Francis Show, Home, By Popular Demand |
Star Sign | Libra |
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1 | Was offered the role of Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote (1984) but declined because she felt the part would be mundane. |
2 | Often wore glasses - usually tinted, and typically off-camera - as a result of various eye injuries and hyperopia (farsightedness). |
3 | Her favorite song was "My Funny Valentine," composed by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. |
4 | She was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6432 Hollywood Boulevard and for Television at 1735 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. |
5 | On December 4, 1954, she was awarded a citation for outstanding performance in her profession by Emerson College in Boston. |
6 | Hosted a daily radio show broadcast locally on New York's WOR from 1960 until 1985, when the station canceled it. |
7 | Began practicing yoga in the 1950s when that was unusual for New Yorkers of her generation. She never referred to it on What's My Line? (1950). Arlene was able to share her interest with Jess Stearn, author of one of the first best-selling books on yoga. Dorothy Kilgallen plugged the book in her newspaper column in 1965, misspelling his first name as "Jesse." Either Dorothy or her editor placed the item immediately after one about an upcoming Las Vegas singing engagement of Johnnie Ray. |
8 | Began her Broadway career in early 1928 in the flop play "La Gringa" (directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Claudette Colbert). She remained very active there until early 1954 when her TV commitments increased. Arlene continued to appear on Broadway with far less frequency through 1975 (see "Other Works"). |
9 | Granddaughter of Alfred Davis. |
10 | On May 26, 1963, Arlene was involved in an automobile accident in which she was injured and prevented her from being on the show that night. Kitty Carlisle stood in for her on that night. |
11 | She appeared in her only episode of the "CBS Radio Mystery Theater" in 1974. |
12 | She and her husband Martin Gabel were the parents of a son, Peter Gabel born January 28, 1947. |
13 | The heart-shaped diamond necklace she always wore was given to her by husband Martin Gabel. It triggered a heart-shaped diamond fad in the mid-50s. |
14 | Although semi-retired starting 1983, Arlene was the co-host up until about 1986-1987 of a local New York show that aired once a week (early Saturday nights) on WNBC-TV |
15 | In many of the newspapers that carried her obituary, the wrong photograph was published. |
16 | After unsuccessfully owning and operating a boutique on Madison Avenue in New York City, she dropped her surname, changed the spelling of her first name and headed to Hollywood. |
17 | In 1960, her maid accidentally dropped a barbell from her apartment window or balcony, killing a passerby. Ms. Francis paid $175,000 in damages. |
18 | Suffered from Alzheimer's disease from mid 1980s until her death in 2001. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Howard Stern Show | 1991 | TV Series | Herself |
Sally Jessy Raphael | 1989 | TV Series | Herself |
Tattinger's | 1988 | TV Series | Herself |
Hour Magazine | 1986 | TV Series | Herself |
NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration | 1986 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
Scarecrow and Mrs. King | 1984 | TV Series | Herself |
Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour | 1984 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
Over Easy | 1979 | TV Series | Herself |
The Mike Douglas Show | 1963-1978 | TV Series | Herself - Co-Host / Herself - TV Personality |
Match Game 73 | 1973-1976 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
Match Game PM | 1975 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
ABC Late Night | 1975 | TV Series | Herself - Host |
What's My Line? At 25 | 1975 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Co-Host |
What's My Line? | 1968-1974 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
He Said, She Said | 1970 | TV Series | Herself |
Allen Ludden's Gallery | 1969 | TV Series | Herself |
The 23rd Annual Tony Awards | 1969 | TV Special | Herself - Accepting Award for Best Director in a Play |
What's My Line? | 1950-1967 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
Girl Talk | 1965-1966 | TV Series | Herself |
I've Got a Secret | 1960-1966 | TV Series | Herself - Celebrity Guest / Herself / Herself - 'What's My Line?' Panel / ... |
To Tell the Truth | 1965 | TV Series | Herself |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1963-1965 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Host / Herself - Guest |
The Merv Griffin Show | 1962-1965 | TV Series | Herself |
Password All-Stars | 1961-1965 | TV Series | Herself - Celebrity Contestant |
Get the Message | 1964 | TV Series | Herself |
The Match Game | 1962-1964 | TV Series | Herself - Team Captain |
Missing Links | 1963 | TV Series | Herself |
What's My Line | 1963 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1958-1962 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Host / Herself |
The Tonight Show | 1962 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Host |
The 14th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1962 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
Here's Hollywood | 1961 | TV Series | Herself |
The Bell Telephone Hour | 1961 | TV Series | Herself - Host |
The Arthur Murray Party | 1960 | TV Series | Herself |
Today | 1960 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Home | 1954-1957 | TV Series | Herself - Hostess |
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | 1957 | TV Series | Herself - Speaking for S&H Green Stamps |
The Price Is Right | 1956 | TV Series | Sub-hostess (1961) |
Person to Person | 1955 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The Comeback Story | 1954 | TV Series | Herself - Emcee |
Who's There? | 1952 | TV Series | Herself - Host |
That Reminds Me | 1952 | TV Series | Herself - Host |
Your Show of Shows | 1950-1952 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Performer |
This Is Show Business | 1950 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist / Herself |
By Popular Demand | 1950 | TV Series | Host (1950) |
Answer Yes or No | 1950 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
Celebrity Time | 1950 | TV Series | Herself - Substitute Host |
Your Big Moment | 1949 | TV Series | Host (1949-1952) |
American Beauty | 1945 | Documentary short | Herself (narrator) (uncredited) |
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