Yet, the simplicity paid off, with What’s My Line? winning three Emmy Awards for "Best Quiz or Audience Participation Show" in 1952, 1953, and 1958, and the Golden Globe for Best TV Show in 1962.

Actress Arlene Francis -- famous for her 25-year role on the television game show "What's My Line?" -- died Thursday in San Francisco after a long illness. She was 93. Ms. Francis died at Kaiser ...

Watching “What’s My Line?” every night opens an often-thrilling window onto America’s mid-20th-century preoccupations with the Cold War, popular culture, fashion, politics and science.