The Resume

(September 29, 1922-January 31, 2015)
Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Birth name was Emma Matzo
Appeared on Broadway in 'The Skin Of Our Teeth' (1943)
Appeared in the films 'The Strange Loves of Martha Ivers' (1946), 'Dead Reckoning' (1947), 'Desert Fury' (1947), 'Variety Girl' (1947), 'I Walk Alone' (1948), 'Pitfall' (1948), 'Too Late For Tears' (1949), 'Dark City' (1950), 'The Racket' (1951), 'Scared Stiff' (1953), 'Loving You' (1957) and 'Pulp' (1972)
Recorded the album 'Lizabeth' (1957)

Why she might be annoying:

She dropped the initial 'E' from her stage name 'just to be different.'
She was typecast as a film noir femme fatale.
Her film career dried up after 'Confidential' magazine reported that her name was found on the client list of a lesbian call girl ring.
She provided the voice over for cat food commercials.

Why she might not be annoying:

She was compared to Lauren Bacall for her looks and husky voice.
A Conde Nast editor said she was 'something special... what every man in uniform wants his girlfriend to look like.'
During one of her rare interviews (2008), she said that Kate Moss looked like 'a vagrant,' noting 'She'd have lasted ten seconds under the Hollywood studio system.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Actors Who Think They Can Sing
• Actresses Appearing in Elvis Presley Movies
• Alan Ladd's Leading Ladies
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 30]
• Charlton Heston’s Leading Ladies
• Edith Head Models
• Film Noir Femme Fatales
• Humphrey Bogart's Leading Ladies
• I Died in 2015 (Ranked: 92)
• I Had a Peek-a-Boo Hairstyle [Veronica Lake Style]
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[R-T]
• Look at Me, I'm Armed
• Profiles 29501-29750 (Ranked: 29613)
• Sued the Tabloids
• Women With Deep Voices

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 27 Votes: 29.63% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 14 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 21 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying