Arlene Francis (born Arline Francis Kazanjian October 20, 1907 - May 31, 2001) was an American actress, radio talk show host and game show panelist of Armenian and Greek descent. She is probably best known for her long-standing role as a panelist on the television game show What's My Line?, on which she regularly appeared for twenty-five years, from 1950 through the mid-1970s. October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... “Quiz show” redirects here. ... Whats My Line? was a weekly panel game show originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. ...

Heritage and early life

Her Armenian father was studying art in Paris at age 16 when he learned that both his parents were dead in one of the Hamidian massacres perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire in Armenia between 1894 and 1896. (Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire was unknown to many Americans for nearly a century.) Aram Kazanjian then immigrated to the United States and became a portrait photographer, opening his own studio in Boston in the early 20th Century. He was an early practitioner of body paint, often photographing young women after painting on them. Later in life, when his daughter was at the height of her fame, Mr. Kazanjian painted canvasses of dogwoods, "rabbits in flight" and other forces of nature, selling them at auction in New York. ^[1] Contemporary political cartoon portraying Hamid as a butcher of the Armenians During the long reign of Sultan Hamid, unrest and rebellion occurred in many areas of the Ottoman Empire. ... Motto دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1680, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299–1326) Bursa (1326–65) Edirne (1365–1453) Constantinople (Ä°stanbul, 1453–1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy [[Category:Former monarchies}}|Ottoman Empire, 1299]] Sultans  - 1281–1326...

"I think I was about seven years old," Arlene wrote in her 1978 autobiography, "when Father decided that New York offered greater opportunities for success, and we moved from Boston into that flat [in Washington Heights, Manhattan]. It was a good move professionally, and when he decided to specialize in children's photographs, he became very successful indeed, one of the best known in his field." ^[2] Except for sojourns in the Los Angeles area, Arlene remained a New Yorker after she "was about seven years old" until her son moved her to a San Francisco nursing home in 1993. ^[3] Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in the northern reaches of the borough of Manhattan. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

Career

Arlene Francis had a broad and varied career as an entertainer. She was an accomplished actress with 25 Broadway plays to her credit, from La Gringa in 1928 to Don't Call Back in 1975. She also performed in many local theatre and off-Broadway plays. Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ...

Francis was a well known New York City radio personality, having hosted several radio programs, including a long-running midday chat show on WOR-AM. In the 1940s, she emceed a network radio game show, Blind Date, which she also hosted on television from 1949 to 1952. She was one of the regular contributors to NBC Radio's Monitor in the 1950s and 1960s. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... WOR-AM is a class A (nighttime clear channel), AM radio station located in New York, New York, USA, operating on 710kHz. ... The 1986 Peacock logo, designed by Chermayeff & Geismar. ... Monitor host Dave Garroway NBC Monitor was a weekend radio program broadcast from June 12, 1955 to January 26, 1975. ...

Francis was a regular panelist on the game show What's My Line? throughout almost its entire network run on CBS from 1950 to 1967, and she also appeared in the show's revival as a syndicated show the following year. She joined the original show on its second episode in 1950 and remained a panelist until the end of the syndicated version of the program in 1975. The original show, which featured guests whose occupation, or "line," the panelists were to guess, became one of the classic television game shows, noted for the urbanity of its host and panelists. Francis also appeared on many other game shows, including Match Game, Password and other programs produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Whats My Line? was a weekly panel game show originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... The Match Game was an American television game show, most often hosted by Gene Rayburn. ... Allen Ludden Password was a long-running American game show produced by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. ... Mark Goodson (January 14, 1915 – December 18, 1992) was an accomplished American television producer who specialized in game shows. ... Bill Todman (July 31, 1916-July 29, 1979) was an American television producer born in New York City. ...

Francis was a pioneer for women on television, one of the first women to host a program that was not musical or dramatic. From 1954 to 1957 she was host and editor-in-chief of Home, NBC's ambitious hour-long daytime magazine program oriented toward women, which was conceived by network president Pat Weaver as a complement to the network's Today and Tonight programs. Newsweek magazine put her on its cover as "the first lady of television." She also hosted Talent Patrol in the mid 1950s. The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Sylvester Pat Weaver (December 21, 1908 - March 17, 2002) was the father of actress Sigourney Weaver. ... Today, usually referred to as The Today Show to avoid ambiguity, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on the NBC television network. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ...

She acted in several films, debuting in the role of a prostitute in Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932). (She got that role after traveling to Los Angeles with her mother, who had a friend who knew David Selznick very well. Francis' only acting experience at that point was in a small Shakespearean production in the convent school from which she had recently graduated. Her La Gringa on Broadway might have preceded that first trip to Hollywood, but she omitted this theatrical "debut" from of her autobiography entirely. ^[4]) Murders in the Rue Morgue is a 1932 (see 1932 in film) horror/Mystery film starring Bela Lugosi and directed by Robert Florey Categories: | | | | | ... David Oliver Selznick (May 10, 1902 - June 22, 1965), was an influential Hollywood producer, best known for producing the epic blockbuster Gone With the Wind (1939) which earned him an Oscar. ...

In the 1960s, Arlene Francis appeared in One, Two, Three (1961), directed by Billy Wilder and filmed on location in Munich, The Thrill of It All (1963), and in the television version of the play Laura (1968), which she had played on stage several times. Her final film performance was in the Billy Wilder film Fedora (1978). This article is about the movie. ... Billy Wilder (June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-born, Jewish-American journalist, screenwriter, film director, and producer whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. ... For other uses, see Munich (disambiguation). ... The Thrill Of It All is a 1963 romantic comedy film starring Doris Day and James Garner. ... Fedora is a 1978 film taken from a story by Tom Tryon and directed by Billy Wilder. ...

Francis wrote an autobiography in 1978 entitled Arlene Francis: A Memoir with help from a longtime friend, Florence Rome. She also wrote That Certain Something: The Magic of Charm in 1960 and a book/cookbook, No Time for Cooking, in 1961. Cover of the first English edition of 1793 of Benjamin Franklins autobiography. ...

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Trivia

• In 1960, a dumbbell being used to prop open a window in her New York City apartment slipped and fell eight stories onto a Detroit tourist who was in New York celebrating his 60th birthday, killing him.^[5]
• According to Francis's obituary in the Los Angeles Times (June 2, 2001), in 1963 she was driving on a rain-swept highway, when her car and another collided, killing the other driver. She suffered a concussion and a fractured shoulder.^[5] During her recuperation, Francis missed several weeks of What's My Line? broadcasts. Upon her return, she gamely wore outfits sporting cloaks and large scarves to camouflage her arm, which appeared to be in a sling.
• In 1988 on New York's Lexington Avenue, a thief snatched the heart-shaped necklace given to her by her husband on their first wedding anniversary and often worn on What's My Line?.^[5] Afterward, according to Andy Rooney in his book Common Nonsense, a New York City taxi driver commissioned Tiffany to make a replacement locket from their original design sketches and presented it to Francis as a gift.

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Personal life

Francis was married twice, first to Neil Agnew from 1935 to 1945. He worked in the Sales Department of Paramount Pictures, which necessitated frequent business trips during which Francis stayed home alone. According to the Los Angeles Times obituary of Francis (6/02/01), that marriage ended in divorce. In her 1978 autobiography, she writes poignantly of this experience. "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." ^[6] Information in this article or section has not been verified against sources and may not be reliable. ... This just IN !!!:paris hiltons new dog. ...

Francis' second marriage was to actor/producer Martin Gabel from 1946 until his death on May 22, 1986, of a heart attack. He 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, who is currently a law professor at the New College of California in San Francisco. He was at his mother's side when she died. Martin Gabel (born June 19, 1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died May 22, 1986 in New York, New York, USA from a heart attack) was an American actor, film director and film producer. ... is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Whats My Line? was a weekly panel game show originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. ... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... New College of California is a small San Francisco based liberal arts college founded in 1971 by Father John Jack Leary, formerly President of Gonzaga University. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

Francis had a relationship with Jess Stearn, who was a chronicler of psychic phenomena and a Newsweek associate editor, for many years. They shared an interest in yoga, which was unusual for Americans of their generation. Francis omitted his name entirely from her autobiography despite her putting in the index many friends whose names appear nowhere else in the book. Her connection with Stearn has been verified, however, by a longtime Malibu, California neighbor of his who has taught documentary filmmaking at UCLA. ^[7] Jess Stearn (April 26, 1914 - March 27, 2002), born in Syracuse NY, was a journalist and author of more than thirty books, nine of which were bestsellers. ... The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ... Location of MAlibu in Los Angeles County, California Coordinates: , Country United States of America State California County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1991-03-28 [2] Government  - Mayor Ken Kearsley [1] Area  - City  100. ...

Footnotes

1. ^ Pages 11 to 13 in Arlene Francis: A Memoir by Arlene Francis with Florence Rome. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978.
2. ^ Page 14 in Arlene Francis: A Memoir by Arlene Francis with Florence Rome. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978.
3. ^ Liz Smith reported Arlene's cross-country move in Liz's New York Newsday column in 1993.
4. ^ Pages 18 - 19 in Arlene Francis: A Memoir by Arlene Francis with Florence Rome. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978.
5. ^ ^{a b c} IMDb
6. ^ Page 59 of Arlene Francis: A Memoir by Arlene Francis with Florence Rome. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978.
7. ^ This bio of Suzanne Bauman lists several institutions, including UCLA, where she can be contacted and queried about her conversations with Jess Stearn.

External links

• [1] A Tribute to Arlene Francis
• Arlene Francis at the Internet Movie Database