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What's My Line?

Season 11 1959 - 1960
TV-G

  • 1959-09-07T02:30:00Z on CBS
  • 25m
  • 21h 40m (52 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Game Show, Family, Comedy
What's My Line? was one of network television's longest running and most beloved prime time game shows, with a broadcast run of seventeen and one-half years. The game consisted of four panelists trying to guess the occupation of a guest contestant. As the questioning rotated, a panel member asked questions, and the guest would answer either "yes" or "no." A contestant received $5 for each "no" answer, and ten "no" answers ended the game in favor of the contestant. A mystery guest segment was also included, in which the panelists were blindfolded.

52 episodes

Season Premiere

1959-09-07T02:30:00Z

11x01 Esther Williams

Season Premiere

11x01 Esther Williams

  • 1959-09-07T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mr. I. W. Hardin aka Wayne Hardin - ""Head Football Coach for U.S. Naval Academy"" (born in Arkansas, currently living in California; 32 years old) Game 2: Dorothy M. Fraser - ""Sells Submachine Guns, Pistols, Rifles & Shotguns"" (she is the Sales Manager for Harrington and Richardson, from Worcester, Massachusetts) Game 3: Esther Williams (as Mystery Guest)

1959-09-14T02:30:00Z

11x02 June Allyson

11x02 June Allyson

  • 1959-09-14T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Branch Rickey - ""President of New Continental Baseball League"" Game 2: Marilyn Picard - ""Fingerprint Expert"" (from Brooklyn & White Plains, NY) Game 3: June Allyson (as Mystery Guest #2)

1959-09-21T02:30:00Z

11x03 Claudette Colbert

11x03 Claudette Colbert

  • 1959-09-21T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Henry McFarland - ""Jail Warden"" (at the Hudson County Jail in New Jersey; from Jersey City, NJ) Game 2: Judy Grable - ""Professional Wrestler"" (from Miami, Florida, she began her career at age 18) Game 3: Claudette Colbert (as Mystery Guest)

1959-09-28T02:30:00Z

11x04 Garry Moore

11x04 Garry Moore

  • 1959-09-28T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Glenn Stoneburner - ""Tests Tubas (For Musical Instrument Mfr.)"" Game 2: Barbara Morris - ""Seal Trainer"" Game 3: Garry Moore (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Nancy Weis - ""Fills Orders For World Series Tickets""

Game 1: LCDR M. L. Davison, USN - ""Hurricane Hunter (U.S. Navy Flier)"" Lieutenant Commander Morgan L. Davison flew propeller airplanes into hurricanes for weather research for the U.S. Navy; he uses the Radar Super Constellation airplane; from Jacksonville, Florida) Game 2: Carita Mann - ""Sells Money Belts"" (from New York City, NY) Game 3: George Montgomery & Dinah Shore (as Mystery Guest Duo)

1959-10-12T02:30:00Z

11x06 Hedda Hopper

11x06 Hedda Hopper

  • 1959-10-12T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Victor Borge (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""Poultry Farmer (Raises Rock Cornish Hens)"" Game 2: Norman Niblo - ""London ""Bobby"" (Policeman)"" (from London, England) Game 3: Hedda Hopper (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Elfriede H. Germann - ""Stockbroker"" (originally from Munich Germany; currently from New York)

1959-10-19T02:30:00Z

11x07 Gary Cooper

11x07 Gary Cooper

  • 1959-10-19T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Edward Karlson - ""Whaling Captain"" (from Durban, South Africa) Game 2: Edna L. Yates - ""Garbage Collector"" (from Lake Placid, Florida, she is head of their Sanitation Department) Game 3: Gary Cooper (as Mystery Guest)

1959-10-26T03:30:00Z

11x08 Phil Silvers

11x08 Phil Silvers

  • 1959-10-26T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mr. R. S. Colley - ""Develops and Makes Space Suits for Astronauts"" (for B. F. Goodrich Company; he is working on the Mercury Project; from Cuyahoga Falls, OH) Game 2: Miss Nancy Guerrieri - ""Men's Barber"" (from Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, she is 16 years old) Game 3: Phil Silvers (as Mystery Guest) He first signs in as Rock Hudson; see notes below Game 4: Marion E. Swink - ""Prints Race Track Programs"" (from New York, and Salisbury, North Carolina)

1959-11-02T03:30:00Z

11x09 Harry Belafonte

11x09 Harry Belafonte

  • 1959-11-02T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Ann Faulkner - ""Television Cameraman"" Game 2: Lee A. Sullivan, Sr. - ""Makes Ferris Wheels"" Game 3: Harry Belafonte (as Mystery Guest)

11x10 Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman

  • 1959-11-09T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: E. A. F. Holm - ""Inspector in Royal Canadian Mounted Police"" (this Canadian Mountie is dressed in full uniform; he is a liaison officer in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; the panel is blindfolded) Game 2: Birute Macezinskas - ""Makes Lollipops"" (for Barton's Candy Company; originally from Lithuania; currently from Brooklyn, NY) Game 3: Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman (as Mystery Guest Duo, and they sign each other's names)

1959-11-16T03:30:00Z

11x11 Fabian

11x11 Fabian

  • 1959-11-16T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Juanita Kidd Stout - ""Judge"" (from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Game 2: Robert C. Wishart - ""Makes Horse Liniment"" (from Conway, Massachusetts) Game 3: Fabian (as Mystery Guest) (also known as Fabian Forte)

1959-11-23T03:30:00Z

11x12 Walter Brennan

11x12 Walter Brennan

  • 1959-11-23T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Tom Dooley, M.D. (as Mystery Guest #1 and the panel is blindfolded) - ""Doctor / Runs Jungle Hospital in Laos"" (John gives Dr. Dooley a donation check for $5,000) Game 2: Diana Tessler - ""Makes Wigs, Toupees & Hair Pieces"" (for Hairline, Inc.; she is left-handed) Game 3: Walter Brennan (as Mystery Guest #2)

1959-11-30T03:30:00Z

11x13 Rodgers & Hammerstein

11x13 Rodgers & Hammerstein

  • 1959-11-30T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Grace Lake - ""Window Washer"" (from Byram Township, Sussex County, New Jersey) Game 2: Robert Sullivan - ""Grows Christmas Trees"" (in Sheerland Forest; from Berks County, Reading, Pennsylvania) Game 3: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II (as Mystery Guest Duo) Game 4: James Wilfong - ""Shoes Horses"" (from Ann Arbor, Michigan)

1959-12-07T03:30:00Z

11x14 Art Carney

11x14 Art Carney

  • 1959-12-07T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Frances Parrish (Frances Knight Parrish) - ""Director of the United States Passport Office"" (she states that she'd like color photos for the passport photos; from Newport, Rhode Island) Game 2: George B. Hansburg - ""Inventor & Manufacturer of Pogo Sticks"" (he discusses the origin of the pogo stick; from Walker Valley, New York) Game 3: Art Carney (as Mystery Guest)

1959-12-14T03:30:00Z

11x15 Arlene Dahl

11x15 Arlene Dahl

  • 1959-12-14T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Perian Conerly - ""Writes Football Column For Newspapers"" (she is the wife of Charley Conerly, a famous football quarterback; he comes out after her game; he was given the prestigious Jim Thorpe Award today; from Clarksdale, Mississippi; see notes below) Game 2: Sandy Qackett - ""House Painter"" (from Wellington, Kansas) Game 3: Arlene Dahl (as Mystery Guest)

1959-12-21T03:30:00Z

11x16 PREEMPTED WEEK #5 OF 25

11x16 PREEMPTED WEEK #5 OF 25

  • 1959-12-21T03:30:00Z25m

1959-12-28T03:30:00Z

11x17 Maureen O'Hara

11x17 Maureen O'Hara

  • 1959-12-28T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Gerald Behn - ""Secret Service Agent (Guarded President Eisenhower on Recent Trip)"" (from Virginia) Game 2: Hazel Williams - ""Sardine Taster"" (from Bangor, Maine) Sardine Taster Game 3: Maureen O'Hara (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Sal Russo - ""Complaint Adjuster for Dept. Store"" (for Saks 5th Avenue Department Store; from New Rochelle, New York)

1960-01-04T03:30:00Z

11x18 Tom Poston

11x18 Tom Poston

  • 1960-01-04T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Norma Brooks - ""Dental Assistant"" Game 2: Henry H. Swartz - ""Sells Tranquilizer Pills for Dogs"" Game 3: Tom Poston (as Mystery Guest)

1960-01-11T03:30:00Z

11x19 George Jessel

11x19 George Jessel

  • 1960-01-11T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mr. Chan Wu Nam - ""Superintendent of Korean National Police"" (He signed his name in Asian characters. This is an educated guess as to the spelling.) Game 2: Connie Clark - ""Monkey Keeper for Research Project"" Game 3: George Jessel (as Mystery Guest

1960-01-18T03:30:00Z

11x20 PREEMPTED WEEK #6 OF 25

11x20 PREEMPTED WEEK #6 OF 25

  • 1960-01-18T03:30:00Z25m

1960-01-25T03:30:00Z

11x21 Jack Paar

11x21 Jack Paar

  • 1960-01-25T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Evelyn I. Franke - ""Chiropractor"" Game 2: John E. Lingo, Jr. - ""Sells Flagpoles"" Game 3: Jack Paar (as Mystery Guest)

1960-02-01T03:30:00Z

11x22 Nelson Eddy

11x22 Nelson Eddy

  • 1960-02-01T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Sister Mary Christina - ""Dentist"" Game 2: Gedney Tuttle - ""Pickle Packer"" Game 3: Nelson Eddy (as Mystery Guest)

1960-02-08T03:30:00Z

11x23 Julie Andrews

11x23 Julie Andrews

  • 1960-02-08T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Don L. Brown - ""Director of Physical Education at Women's College"" Game 2: Thelma Wagner - ""Makes Horse Blankets"" Game 3: Julie Andrews (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Judy Joye - ""Professional Skin Diver (Search, Salvage, Instruction, Etc.)""

1960-02-15T03:30:00Z

11x24 Peter Lorre

11x24 Peter Lorre

  • 1960-02-15T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Fred E. Pfister - ""Chief Timer for Winter Olympics"" Game 2: Jo-Ag-Quis-Ho (As written in his Native American language.) AKA Orrin Lyons - ""Designs Valentine Cards"" Game 3: Peter Lorre (as Mystery Guest)

1960-02-22T03:30:00Z

11x25 Charles Laughton

11x25 Charles Laughton

  • 1960-02-22T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Cordelia Sharp - ""Motorcycle Cop"" Game 2: Lin Brown - ""Runs Marriage Bureau (Matchmaker)"" Game 3: Charles Laughton (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Tobias Cohen - ""Sells Used Aircraft Carriers, Battleships, Cruisers, Etc.""

1960-02-29T03:30:00Z

11x26 Peggy Lee

11x26 Peggy Lee

  • 1960-02-29T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Page Wightman - ""Livestock Auctioneer"" Game 2: E.V. Haytis - ""Sells High Explosives"" Game 3: Peggy Lee (as Mystery Guest)

1960-03-07T03:30:00Z

11x27 Gisele MacKenzie

11x27 Gisele MacKenzie

  • 1960-03-07T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Graham Liens (pronounced ""Lyons"") - ""Sells Baby Carriages"" Game 2: Morna Campbell - ""TV Newscaster"" Game 3: Gisele MacKenzie (as Mystery Guest)

1960-03-14T03:30:00Z

11x28 Kathryn & Arthur Murray

11x28 Kathryn & Arthur Murray

  • 1960-03-14T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Richard Hanley - ""Elizabeth Taylor's Secretary"" Game 2: Carolyn Herron - ""Exterminator"" Game 3: Kathryn Murray & Arthur Murray (as Mystery Guest Duo)

1960-03-21T03:30:00Z

11x29 PREEMPTED WEEK #7 OF 25

11x29 PREEMPTED WEEK #7 OF 25

  • 1960-03-21T03:30:00Z25m

1960-03-28T03:30:00Z

11x30 Shelley Winters

11x30 Shelley Winters

  • 1960-03-28T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Vivian Sirratt - ""Cattle Photographer"" Game 2: William Taylor - ""Makes Square Manhole Covers"" Game 3: Shelley Winters (as Mystery Guest)

1960-04-04T03:30:00Z

11x31 Jane Fonda

11x31 Jane Fonda

  • 1960-04-04T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Louise Eammons - ""Census Taker (Took Census at Homes of our Panel)"" Game 2: Nick Padilla - ""Designs Maternity Clothes"" Game 3: Jane Fonda (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Edward Fenn - ""Butler""

1960-04-11T03:30:00Z

11x32 Jack Lemmon

11x32 Jack Lemmon

  • 1960-04-11T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: John Daly - ""U.S. Income Tax Examiner"" (No relation to the host of WML!) Game 2: Oliver Leese - ""Raises Cactus"" Game 3: Jack Lemmon (as Mystery Guest)

1960-04-18T03:30:00Z

11x33 Jonathan Winters

11x33 Jonathan Winters

  • 1960-04-18T03:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Alex Pompez - ""Baseball Scout (S.F. Giants)"" Game 2: Emma Stachewicz - ""Breaks Eggs (10,000 Per Day)"" Game 3: Jonathan Winters (as Mystery Guest)

1960-04-25T02:30:00Z

11x34 Bob Cummings

11x34 Bob Cummings

  • 1960-04-25T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Robert Hewitt - ""Makes Ladies' Garters"" Game 2: Grace Luce - ""Paperhanger"" Game 3: Bob Cummings (as Mystery Guest)

1960-05-02T02:30:00Z

11x35 Laurence Harvey

11x35 Laurence Harvey

  • 1960-05-02T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Gloria Bale - ""Trapeze Artist"" Game 2: Charles ""Chic"" Gaylord - ""Makes Holsters for Guns"" Game 3: Laurence Harvey (as Mystery Guest)

1960-05-09T02:30:00Z

11x36 Gertrude Berg

11x36 Gertrude Berg

  • 1960-05-09T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Betty Rode - ""Butcher"" Game 2: D. Ronald Adams - ""Baker Wedding Cake for Princess Meg"" Game 3: Gertrude Berg (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Manny Schoedes - ""Candlestick Maker""

1960-05-16T02:30:00Z

11x37 James Cagney

11x37 James Cagney

  • 1960-05-16T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Bonnie Harrington - ""Kindergarten Teacher"" Game 2: Edward R. Blime - ""Racetrack Starter"" Game 3: James Cagney (as Mystery Guest)

1960-05-23T02:30:00Z

11x38 June Allyson

11x38 June Allyson

  • 1960-05-23T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: PFC Mary Luksis - ""Dental Technician for West Point Cadets"" Game 2: John Torp - ""Runs Flea Circus"" Game 3: June Allyson (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Sue Mandel - ""Trombone Player""

1960-05-30T02:30:00Z

11x39 Jane Wyman

11x39 Jane Wyman

  • 1960-05-30T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mary Ann Messiek - ""Justice of the Peace"" Game 2: Charles T. Reece - ""Inspects Atlas Missiles"" Game 3: Jane Wyman (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: John W. Mullhen - ""Sells Hay""

1960-06-06T02:30:00Z

11x40 Bobby Darin

11x40 Bobby Darin

  • 1960-06-06T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Mrs. Gladys Carter - ""Twists Chewing Tobacco"" (for Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company; she twists 1200 tobacco ""twists"" per day and has been employed by them for 33 years; Gladys is the mother of Don Carter, a professional bowler; from St. Louis, MO) Game 2: Mrs. Dorothy Logan - ""Gives Out Parking Tickets (N.Y.C. Police Traffic Dep't ""Meter Maid"")"" (salaried; from Brooklyn, NY) Game 3: Bobby Darin (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Miss Jeanne Parr - ""Television Weather Girl"" (for station WNHC in New Haven, Connecticut; salaried; from Stamford, CT)

1960-06-13T02:30:00Z

11x41 Van Johnson

11x41 Van Johnson

  • 1960-06-13T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Carol Bonnaviat - ""Judo Instructor"" Game 2: Thomas Hull - ""Burns Money"" Game 3: Van Johnson (as Mystery Guest)

1960-06-20T02:30:00Z

11x42 Ingemar Johansson

11x42 Ingemar Johansson

  • 1960-06-20T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Jean Ward - ""Barmaid in English Pub"" Game 2: Len Barron - ""Sells Bridal Veils"" Game 3: Ingemar Johansson (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Charles McCoy - ""Mosquito Exterminator"" (from Morris County, New Jersey)

11x43 Elaine May & Mike Nichols

  • 1960-06-27T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Arthur Mercate - ""Beer Salesman"" Game 2: O.T. Gillett - ""Cowboy"" Game 3: Elaine May & Mike Nichols (as Mystery Guest Duo) Game 4: Mitch Shapiro - ""Puts Sticks in Popsicles""

1960-07-04T02:30:00Z

11x44 The Trapp Family Choir

11x44 The Trapp Family Choir

  • 1960-07-04T02:30:00Z25m

IDENTICAL TWINS NIGHT! In honor of the 26th Annual ""International Twins Association"" Convention, all of the regular contestants are identical twin sets who are dressed alike.
Game 1: Miss LaVelda Rowe & Miss LaVona Rowe - ""News Photographers"" Game 2: Miss Barbara Harker & Miss Virginia Harker - ""Sell Worms"" Game 3: The Sound of Music (as Mystery Guest Cast) Game 4: Bernard Ross & Howard Ross - ""Dentists""
WML will again have a ""twins night"" on EPISODE #847 on January 29, 1967.

1960-07-11T02:30:00Z

11x45 Shelley Berman

11x45 Shelley Berman

  • 1960-07-11T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Lou Puckett - ""Plumber"" Game 2: Pauline Nesselrodt - ""Makes False Tails for Horses"" Game 3: Shelley Berman (as Mystery Guest)

1960-07-18T02:30:00Z

11x46 Jerry Lewis

11x46 Jerry Lewis

  • 1960-07-18T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Liza Redfield - ""Conducts Orchestra for Broadway Show ""The Music Man"""" Game 2: Arthur Abramson - ""Manufactures Sleeping Bags"" Game 3: Jerry Lewis (as Mystery Guest)

1960-07-25T02:30:00Z

11x47 Zsa Zsa Gabor

11x47 Zsa Zsa Gabor

  • 1960-07-25T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: William C. Westmoreland & John Davidson - ""Superintendents: West Point & Annapolis"" aka General William Westmoreland & Admiral John Davidson Game 2: Nancy Pomroy - ""Lobster Fisherman"" Game 3: Zsa Zsa Gabor (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Maureen Napier - ""Tour Guide on Sightseeing Boat (New York City)""

1960-08-01T02:30:00Z

11x48 Myrna Loy

11x48 Myrna Loy

  • 1960-08-01T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Sherrylyn Patecell - ""Rockette (Dancer at Radio City Music Hall)"" Game 2: Syd Simons - ""Make-Up Artist (Did Speakers at GOP Convention)"" Game 3: Myrna Loy (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Frank Prudenti - ""Bat Boy for N.Y. Yankees""

1960-08-08T02:30:00Z

11x49 Dina Merrill

11x49 Dina Merrill

  • 1960-08-08T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Arnold Palmer - ""Professional Golfer and Masters and National Champion"" Game 2: Michael Jackson - ""Rock ‘N' Roll Disc Jockey"" Game 3: Dina Merrill (as Mystery Guest #2) Game 4: Doris Mossotto - ""Dog Catcher""

1960-08-15T02:30:00Z

11x50 Jesse Owens

11x50 Jesse Owens

  • 1960-08-15T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Laurence N. Snyder - ""Head Coach U.S. Olympic Track Team (Coach - Ohio State University)"" Game 2: Albert W. Hall - ""Sells Chicken Feed"" (See notes below) Game 3: Jesse Owens (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Don Bragg - ""United States Army Private"" (Due to time constraits, Don did not sign in or play an actual game. Mr. Daly brought him on stage to introduce him, and had the panel make some ""free wild guesses"" as they used to do in the 1950 to 1955 episodes. See notes below.)

1960-08-22T02:30:00Z

11x51 Buddy Hackett

11x51 Buddy Hackett

  • 1960-08-22T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Robert M. White & Joseph A. Walker - ""X-15 Rocket Plane Test Pilots (Set Speed and Altitude Records)"" Game 2: Patricia Hewson - ""Pizza Pie Tester"" Game 3: Buddy Hackett (as Mystery Guest) Buddy signed in as ""Maralyn Monroe"". (Oops, he misspelled Marilyn!)

1960-08-29T02:30:00Z

11x52 Bette Davis

11x52 Bette Davis

  • 1960-08-29T02:30:00Z25m

Game 1: Robert, Theodore, Allan & Arthur Specht - ""Registered Nurses"" Game 2: Pat Hayes - ""Rides Brahma Bulls in Rodeos"" Game 3: Bette Davis (as Mystery Guest) Game 4: Anne Maciag - ""Zipper Tester""

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