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Portrait of Betty Furness

Acting

Betty Furness

Career

Active from 1932 to 1959, busiest in 1933 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
19
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Swing Time
Swing Time
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Betty Furness Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.6, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.8, average 5.5
  • Tension
    4.5, average 6.0
  • Violence
    2.8, average 4.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 3
  • Redemption 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Classic Western 2
  • 1930s Setting 2
  • Sentimental 2
  • Underdog Story 2
  • Redemption Arc 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

42
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

5 titles · average score 62
Westinghouse Total Electric Home
Westinghouse Total Electric Home (1959)

as Narrator

Climax!
Climax! (1954)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as Ann Kilgore / Beth Jaynes

Ellis in Freedomland
Ellis in Freedomland (1952)

as Spokeswoman for Westinghouse

Studio One: Wuthering Heights
Studio One: Wuthering Heights (1950)

as Announcer

The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Maggie Watson

1940s

2 titles · average score 65
Studio One
Studio One (1948)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Coral, Princess Livitski / Self - Commercial Spokeswoman

The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)

TV show

1930s

35 titles · average score 63
North of Shanghai
North of Shanghai (1939)

as Helen Warner

They Wanted to Marry
They Wanted to Marry (1937)

as Sheila Hunter

Mama Steps Out
Mama Steps Out (1937)

as Leila Cuppy

It Can't Last Forever
It Can't Last Forever (1937)

as Carol Wilson

The President's Mystery
The President's Mystery (1936)
GoodWatch score 68

as Charlotte Brown

Swing Time
Swing Time (1936)
GoodWatch score 83

as Margaret Watson

Mister Cinderella
Mister Cinderella (1936)

as Patricia 'Pat' Randolph

All American Chump
All American Chump (1936)

as Kitty Crane

The Keeper of the Bees
The Keeper of the Bees (1935)

as Molly

Calm Yourself
Calm Yourself (1935)

as Mary Elizabeth Allenby

Beggars in Ermine
Beggars in Ermine (1934)
GoodWatch score 57

as Joyce Dawson

Gridiron Flash
Gridiron Flash (1934)

as Jane Thurston