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Arlene Francis is a Actor American born on 20 october 1907 at Boston (USA)

Arlene Francis

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Birth name Arlene Francis Kazanjian
Nationality USA
Birth 20 october 1907 at Boston (USA)
Death 31 may 2001 (at 93 years) at San Francisco (USA)

Arlene Francis (born Arline Francis Kazanjian; October 20, 1907 – May 31, 2001) was an American actress, radio 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 through the mid-1970s, on both the network and syndicated versions of the show.

Biography

Francis was married twice. Her first marriage was to Neil Agnew, from 1935–45. Agnew worked in the sales department of Paramount Pictures, which required frequent business trips that left Francis home alone. The marriage ended in divorce in 1945.


She wrote of this experience in her 1978 autobiography: Having made the actual physical break, it was easier for me than I had thought to explain to Neil some of what I felt, what I had been feeling for so long a time. Not all, of course. There were areas which I couldn't discuss even then, which would be too hurtful to him, I felt. I saw him fairly often, and he courted me as though we had just met, but I was building up strengths which enabled me to resist not only his blandishments (including a lovely little house which he bought in New York as an enticement to get me to change my mind) but those of my parents, who also would have given anything to see me go back to the status which had been quo.
Francis's second marriage was to actor and producer Martin Gabel, from 1946 until he died of a heart attack on May 22, 1986. Gabel was a frequent guest panelist on What's My Line? The couple, who often exchanged endearments on the show, had a son, Peter Gabel, born January 28, 1947, a legal scholar associated with New College of California in San Francisco. Peter Gabel was an associate editor of Tikkun. While working at the 1964 New York World's Fair, Peter surprised his mother as a contestant on What's My Line.

Francis was known for a heart-shaped diamond pendant, a gift from Gabel, which she wore on nearly all of her What's My Line appearances. A mugger robbed her of the pendant as she was exiting a New York City taxi in 1988.

Best films

With These Hands (1950)
(Actress)

Usually with

Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
(2 films)
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
(1 films)
John Berry
John Berry
(1 films)
Jack Arnold
Jack Arnold
(1 films)
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Filmography of Arlene Francis (10 films)

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Actress

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words, 1h28
Origin France
Genres Documentary, Musical
Actors Frank Zappa, Theodore Bikel, Arlene Francis, Steve Allen, Mike Douglas, June Lockhart
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating74% 3.7423753.7423753.7423753.7423753.742375
Quand, le 4 décembre 1993, Frank Zappa disparaît, le monde perd avec lui l'un de ses artistes les plus créatifs, mais aussi l’un de ses plus grands provocateurs. Connu pour ses paroles acérées, régulièrement boycotté et censuré par les radios et l’industrie du disque, le compositeur et guitariste américain compte parmi les personnalités les plus énigmatiques et les plus controversées de l’histoire de la musique du XXe siècle. Que ce soit comme enfant terrible du rock avec son groupe The Mothers of Invention, comme satiriste iconoclaste dénonçant la politique et la société ou comme businessman autodidacte gérant sa propre production, la radicalité de ses compositions et son opinion intransigeante ont polarisé les passions.
Garbo Talks, 1h43
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher, Betty Comden, Catherine Hicks, Steven Hill
Roles Herself
Rating63% 3.1972253.1972253.1972253.1972253.197225
Estelle Rolfe's social activism and quick temper cause a lot of inconvenience for her grown son Gilbert, who often must go to a New York City jail precinct to pay her bail.
Fedora
Fedora (1978)
, 1h54
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors William Holden, Marthe Keller, Hildegard Knef, José Ferrer, Frances Sternhagen, Mario Adorf
Roles Newscaster
Rating67% 3.397673.397673.397673.397673.39767
The film's central character is a reclusive foreign-born actress, one of the greatest movie stars of the century, who inexplicably has retained her youthful beauty despite her advancing years. In the opening scene she commits suicide by throwing herself in front of a train, and among the mourners at her funeral is aging has-been Hollywood producer Barry "Dutch" Detweiler, with whom she once had a brief affair and who serves as the film's narrator.
The Thrill of It All, 1h48
Directed by Norman Jewison
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis, Edward Andrews, Reginald Owen, Zasu Pitts
Roles Mrs. Fraleigh
Rating68% 3.449163.449163.449163.449163.44916
The story centers around suburban housewife Beverly Boyer (Doris Day) and her husband, a successful obstetrician and devoted family man, Gerald (James Garner). Beverly is offered the opportunity to star in a television commercial advertising soap. After a shaky start, she gets a contract for nearly $80,000 per year to appear in weekly TV commercials. Soon the TV studio places greater and greater demands on the unlikely TV star. Gerald resents the fact that the appearances are taking up an increasing amount of her time, and becomes jealous of the level of attention that her new-found stardom has brought her. Their relationship slowly deteriorates until she decides to return as a housewife.
One, Two, Three, 1h55
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, Arlene Francis, James Cagney, Liselotte Pulver, Howard St. John
Roles Phyllis MacNamara
Rating78% 3.946293.946293.946293.946293.94629
C.R. "Mac" MacNamara is a high-ranking executive in the Coca-Cola Company, assigned to West Berlin after a business fiasco a few years earlier in the Middle East (about which he is still bitter). While based in Germany for now, Mac is angling to become head of Western European Coca-Cola Operations, based in London. After working on an arrangement to introduce Coke into the Soviet Union, Mac receives a call from his boss, W.P. Hazeltine, in Atlanta. Scarlett Hazeltine, the boss's hot-blooded but slightly dim 17-year-old socialite daughter, is coming to Berlin. Mac is assigned the unenviable task of taking care of this young whirlwind.
With These Hands, 52minutes
Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about the labor movement, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur le monde du travail, Political films, Disaster films
Actors Sam Levene, Arlene Francis, Joseph Wiseman, Alexander Scourby, Jack Arnold, Rudy Bond
Roles Jenny Brody
Rating54% 2.7443952.7443952.7443952.7443952.744395
Le documentaire s'intéresse à l'évolution des conditions de travail des ouvrières qui confectionnaient des vêtements (International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union), de 1910 où les conditions étaient déplorables, jusqu'aux années 1950, où les conditions et les salaires étaient bien meilleurs grâce à la création et l'intervention des syndicats.
All My Sons, 1h34
Directed by Irving Reis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Burt Lancaster, Howard Duff, Louisa Horton Hill, Arlene Francis, Harry Morgan
Roles Sue Bayliss
Rating72% 3.641183.641183.641183.641183.64118
Joe Keller is sorry to hear son Chris plans to wed Ann Deever and move to Chicago, for he hoped Chris would someday take over the manufacturing business Joe built from the ground up.
Stage Door Canteen, 2h12
Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Political films
Actors Cheryl Walker, Lon McCallister, Tallulah Bankhead, Kenny Baker, Margaret Early, Ralph Bellamy
Roles Arlene Francis (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.148593.148593.148593.148593.14859
The storyline of the film follows several women who volunteer for the Canteen and who must adhere to strict rules of conduct, the most important of which is that while their job is to provide friendly companionship to and be dance partners for the (often nervous) men who are soon to be sent into combat, no romantic fraternization is allowed. One volunteer who confesses to only becoming involved in the Canteen in order to be discovered by one of the Hollywood stars in attendance, ultimately finds herself falling in love with one of the soldiers.
Too Much Johnson, 1h7
Directed by Orson Welles, John Berry
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Joseph Cotten, Mary Wickes, Arlene Francis, Edgar Barrier, Ruth Ford, Eustace Wyatt
Roles Mrs. Dathis
Rating57% 2.85042.85042.85042.85042.8504
Un playboy new-yorkais séduit une femme mariée et se fait prendre sur le vif : afin d'échapper à la vengeance du mari, il se fait passer pour un planteur cubain qui dit s'être marié par correspondance et veut s'embarquer sur un bateau, mais le mari le poursuit sur les quais...
Murders in the Rue Morgue, 1h12
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland, Edgar George Ulmer, Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Horror, Crime, Romance
Actors Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames, Bert Roach, Brandon Hurst, Betty Ross Clarke
Roles Woman of the Streets
Rating62% 3.147663.147663.147663.147663.14766
The film is set in 1845 in Paris. A mad scientist, Dr. Mirakle (Bela Lugosi), abducts young virgin women and injects them with ape blood, in order to create a mate for his talking sideshow ape Erik (Charles Gemora, the gorilla performer).