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person_profile-Betty Blythe

Betty Blythe Died at age: 78

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Betty Blythe

Date of Birth:

Aug 31, 1893

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Apr 07, 1972

Biography of

Betty Blythe

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Betty Blythe (born Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter, September 1, 1893 – April 7, 1972) was an American actress best known for her dramatic roles in exotic silent films such as The Queen of Sheba (1921). She appeared in 63 silent films and 56 talking pictures (known as talkies) over the course of her career.

    She is famous for being one of the first actresses to appear on film in the nude, or nearly so, during the Roaring Twenties.

    She is reported to have said, "A director is the only man besides your husband who can tell you how much of your clothes to take off."

    Blythe began her stage work in such theatrical pieces as So Long Letty and The Peacock Princess. She worked in vaudeville as the "California Nightingale" singing songs such as "Love Tales from Hoffman".

    After touring Europe and the States, she entered films in 1918 at the Vitagraph Studios in Brooklyn, then she was brought to Hollywood's Fox studio as a replacement for actress Theda Bara.

    As famous for her revealing costumes as for her dramatic skills, she became a star in such exotic films as The Queen of Sheba (1921) (in which she wore nothing above the waist except a string of beads), Chu-Chin-Chow (made in 1923; released by MGM in the US 1925) and She (1925).

    She was also seen to good advantage in less revealing films like Nomads of the North (1920) with Lon Chaney and In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter (1924), produced by Samuel Goldwyn.

    Other roles were as an opera star, unbilled in Garbo's The Mysterious Lady. She continued to work as a character actress. One of her last roles was a small uncredited role in a crowd scene in 1964's My Fair Lady.

    Betty Blythe's name lives on through the Betty Blythe Vintage TeaRoom in West Kensington.

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Filmography of

Betty Blythe

Found 90 Movies in total

My Fair Lady

Lady at Ball (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1964

Runaway Daughters

Party Guest (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1956

Hollywood Story

Herself ( Actor )

... 1951

Luxury Liner

Miss Fenmoor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Shed No Tears

Mrs. Peet (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Frau Kohner (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Madonna of the Desert

Mrs. Brown ( Actor )

... 1948

Jiggs and Maggie in Society

Mrs. Vacuum ( Actor )

... 1947

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Floor Manager (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

Something in the Wind

Society Matron (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

Undercurrent

Saleslady (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Joe Palooka, Champ

Mrs. Stafford ( Actor )

... 1946

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Customer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

The Undercover Woman

Cissy Van Horn ( Actor )

... 1946

Adventure

Mrs. Buckley (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

They Were Expendable

Officer's Wife (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

Mrs. Murdock (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Docks of New York

Mrs. Darcy ( Actor )

... 1945

A Fig Leaf for Eve

Lavinia Sardham ( Actor )

... 1944

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

Mrs. Manning ( Actor )

... 1944

... 1943

Bar 20

Mrs. Stevens ( Actor )

... 1943

Spotlight Scandals

Mrs. Baker ( Actor )

... 1943

Crime Doctor

Mrs. Harrington ( Actor )

... 1943

Sarong Girl

Miss Ellsworth ( Actor )

... 1943

Girls in Chains

Mrs. Grey ( Actor )

... 1943

Presenting Lily Mars

Dowager ( Actor )

... 1943

Dawn on the Great Divide

Mrs. Elmira Corkle ( Actor )

... 1942

House of Errors

Mrs. Martha Randall ( Actor )

... 1942

Freckles Comes Home

Minerva Potter ( Actor )

... 1942

Tuxedo Junction

Miss Hornblower ( Actor )

... 1941

The Miracle Kid

Madame Gloria ( Actor )

... 1941

Top Sergeant Mulligan

Mrs. Lewis ( Actor )

... 1941

Honky Tonk

Mrs. Wilson ( Actor )

... 1941

Our Wife

Minor Role (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Puddin' Head

Mrs. Bowser ( Actor )

... 1941

Sis Hopkins

Mrs. Farnsworth ( Actor )

... 1941

Federal Fugitives

Marcia ( Actor )

... 1941

Misbehaving Husbands

Effie Butler ( Actor )

... 1940

Earl of Puddlestone

Millicent Potter-Potter ( Actor )

... 1940

The Women

Mrs. South (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Gangster's Boy

Mrs. Davis ( Actor )

... 1938

Delinquent Parents

Mrs. Wharton ( Actor )

... 1938

Romance of the Limberlost

Mrs. Parker ( Actor )

... 1938

Hold That Kiss

Wedding Guest at Piermont's ( Actor )

... 1938

Topper

Mrs. Goodrich (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

Espionage

Train Passenger ( Actor )

... 1937

Rainbow on the River

Flower Buyer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

The Gorgeous Hussy

Mrs. Wainwright ( Actor )

... 1936

... 1936

Murder at Glen Athol

Ann Randel ( Actor )

... 1936

Western Courage

Mrs. Hanley ( Actor )

... 1935

The Spanish Cape Mystery

Mrs. Godfrey ( Actor )

... 1935

Cheers of the Crowd

Lil Langdon Walton ( Actor )

... 1935

The Perfect Clue

Ursula Chesebrough ( Actor )

... 1935

... 1935

Night Alarm

Mrs. Elizabeth Van Dusen ( Actor )

... 1934

A Girl of the Limberlost

Mrs. Parker ( Actor )

... 1934

Two Heads on a Pillow

Mrs. Agnes Walker ( Actor )

... 1934

The Scarlet Letter

Innkeeper ( Actor )

... 1934

Money Means Nothing

Mrs. Ferris ( Actor )

... 1934

Badge of Honor

Mrs. Claire van Alstyne ( Actor )

... 1934

Ever Since Eve

Mrs. Vandergrift ( Actor )

... 1934

Before Midnight

Mavis Fry ( Actor )

... 1933

Only Yesterday

Mrs. Vincent (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

Pilgrimage

Janet Prescot ( Actor )

... 1933

Back Street

Gossip (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Tom Brown of Culver

Dolores Delight ( Actor )

... 1932

Lena Rivers

Mathilda Nichols ( Actor )

... 1932

Stolen Love

Modiste ( Actor )

... 1928

Glorious Betsy

Princess Fredericka ( Actor )

... 1928

Domestic Troubles

Carrie ( Actor )

... 1928

The Girl from Gay Paree

Mademoiselle Fanchon ( Actor )

... 1927

A Million Bid

Mrs. Gordon ( Actor )

... 1927

Snowbound

Julia Barry ( Actor )

... 1927

She

Ayesha ( Actor )

... 1925

Percy

Lolita ( Actor )

... 1925

Folly of Vanity

Mrs. Ridgeway (modern sequence) ( Actor )

... 1925

... 1924

Chu-Chin-Chow

Zahrat ( Actor )

... 1924

Fair Lady

Countess Margherita ( Actor )

... 1922

Charge It

Mille Garreth ( Actor )

... 1921

The Queen of Sheba

Queen of Sheba ( Actor )

... 1921

Nomads of the North

Nanette ( Actor )

... 1920

The Silver Horde

Mildred Wayland ( Actor )

... 1920

Burnt Wings

Helen ( Actor )

... 1920

The Undercurrent

Mariska ( Actor )

... 1919

Beating the Odds

Hebe Norse ( Actor )

... 1919

Over the Top

Madame Arnot ( Actor )

... 1918

Slander

Actor

... 1916