Arlene Francis

Arlene Francis was born Arlene Francis Kazanjian on October 20, 1907 in Boston, Massachusetts, of Armenian descent. She died on May 31, 2001 in San Francisco, California at the age of 93 after a long bout with Alzheimer's disease and cancer.

Career

Arlene Francis had one of the broader and varied careers of any entertainer of the 20th century. She was an accomplished actress with 25 Broadway plays to her credit, from La Gringa in 1928 all the way up to Don't Call Back in 1975. She also performed in many, many local theatre and off-Broadway plays during her career.

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Broadway - 1928 - 1975 - Off-Broadway

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Arlene was also a well known New York radio personality, having hosted several radio shows,including one that she hosted up until her diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in the 1980s.

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Arlene was also an accomplished game player, including some 25 years on the legendary US panel game show What's My Line. She appeared for the first time on the 2nd episode of What's My Line in 1950 and remained right through to the end of the syndicated version of the program in 1975. She also appeared on many other game shows, including Match Game, Password and essentially any other program that Mark Goodson and Bill Todman produced. The cable/satellite network GSN often programs Arlene's What's My Line? episodes in the early morning hours, and occasionally her episodes on other game shows.

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What's My Line - 1950 - 1975 - Match Game - Password - Mark Goodson - Bill Todman

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