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Betty Blythe (1893–1972)


Brunette, buxom matinee idol Betty Blythe capitalised on the 'roaring 20's' infatuation with exotic screen sirens to achieve a brief period of stardom. She was notoriously one of the first actresses to ever appear nude (or in various stages of undress) on screen. It wasn't that Betty couldn't act, as well - in fact... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1964 My Fair Lady
Lady at Ball (uncredited)
 
1958 The Lineup (TV series)
Mrs. DeSues
The Slowboat Murphy Case (1958) … Mrs. DeSues
 
1957 The Helen Morgan Story
Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1956 Runaway Daughters
Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1955-1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Emma / Mrs. Austin / Mrs. Forester / …
Because of You (1956) … Mrs. Gordon
Mildred Pierce (1956) … Mrs. Forester
Millie's Daughter (1956) … Mrs. Austin
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1956) … Mrs. Pennock
Bedtime Story (1955) … Emma
 
1956 Lust for Life
Dowager (uncredited)
 
1955 The Lonesome Trail
Mrs. Wells
 
1952 Dangerous Assignment (TV series)
Countess
The Decoy Story (1952) … Countess
 
1952 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
The Imposter (1952)
 
1952 Racket Squad (TV series)
Mrs. Burton
The Case of the Hearse Chasers (1952) … Mrs. Burton
 
1951 Hollywood Story
Betty Blythe
 
1950 Jiggs and Maggie Out West
Society Woman (uncredited)
 
1949 Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters
Mrs. Van Belden (uncredited)
 
1949 The Barkleys of Broadway
Theater Lobby Guest (uncredited)
 
1948 Luxury Liner
Miss Fenmoor (uncredited)
 
1948 Shed No Tears
Mrs. Peet - the Landlady (uncredited)
 
1948 Letter from an Unknown Woman
Frau Kohner (uncredited)
 
1948 Madonna of the Desert
Mrs. Brown
 
1947 Jiggs and Maggie in Society
Mrs. Vacuum
 
1947 Cass Timberlane
Nurse (uncredited)
 
1947 Song of Love
Lady with Opera Glasses (uncredited)
 
1947 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Floor Manager (uncredited)
 
1947 Something in the Wind
Society Matron (uncredited)
 
1946 Undercurrent
Saleslady (uncredited)
 
1946 Joe Palooka, Champ
Mrs. Stafford
 
1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice
Customer (uncredited)
 
1946 The Undercover Woman
Cissy Van Horne
 
1946 The Hoodlum Saint
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1946 The Kid from Brooklyn
Mrs. LeMoyne's Friend (uncredited)
 
1945 Adventure
Mrs. Buckley (uncredited)
 
1945 They Were Expendable
Officer's Wife (uncredited)
 
1945 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Mrs. Murdock (uncredited)
 
1945 Love, Honor and Goodbye
Wife (uncredited)
 
1945 Her Highness and the Bellboy
Diplomat's Wife (uncredited)
 
1945 Docks of New York
Mrs. Darcy
 
1944 Marriage Is a Private Affair
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1944 A Fig Leaf for Eve
Lavinia Sardham
 
1944 Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
Mrs. Manning
 
1943 Where Are Your Children?
Mrs. Cheston
 
1943 Mr. Muggs Steps Out
Margaret Murray
 
1943 Bar 20
Mrs. Stevens
 
1943 Farmer for a Day (short)
 
1943 Spotlight Revue
Mrs. Baker
 
1943 Crime Doctor
Mrs. Harrington (uncredited)
 
1943 Sarong Girl
Miss Ellsworth
 
1943 Girls in Chains
Mrs. Grey
 
1943 Presenting Lily Mars
Dowager (uncredited)
 
1942 Dawn on the Great Divide
Mrs. Elmira Corkle
 
1942 Piano Mooner (short)
 
1942 Two Yanks in Trinidad (uncredited)
 
1942 House of Errors
Mrs. Martha Randall
 
1942 Yokel Boy
Woman Reporter (uncredited)
 
1942 Freckles Comes Home
Mrs. Minerva Potter
 
1942 Inflation (short)
Next Door Neighbor Who Begins Hoarding (uncredited)
 
1941 Tuxedo Junction
Miss Hornblower
 
1941 The Miracle Kid
Madame Gloria
 
1941 Top Sergeant Mulligan
Mrs. Lewis
 
1941 Honky Tonk
Mrs. Wilson
 
1941 No Greater Sin
Mrs. Richards (uncredited)
 
1941 Our Wife
Dress Woman (uncredited)
 
1941 Puddin' Head
Mrs. Bowser
 
1941 Sis Hopkins
Mrs. Farnsworth
 
1941 Federal Fugitives
Marcia - Lane's Sister
 
1940 Misbehaving Husbands
Effie Butler
 
1940 Earl of Puddlestone
Millicent Potter-Potter
 
1939 The Women
Mrs. South (uncredited)
 
1938 Gangster's Boy
Mrs. Davis
 
1938 Delinquent Parents
Mrs. Wharton
 
1938 Romance of the Limberlost
Mrs. Parker
 
1938 Hold That Kiss
Wedding Guest at Piermont's (uncredited)
 
1938 Life in Sometown, U.S.A. (short)
Mrs. Himber (uncredited)
 
1938 Man-Proof
Country Club Woman (uncredited)
 
1937 What Do You Think? (Number Two) (short) (uncredited)
 
1937 Conquest
Princess Mirska (uncredited)
 
1937 Topper
Mrs. Goodrich (uncredited)
 
1937 Espionage
Train Passenger (uncredited)
 
1936 Rainbow on the River
Flower Buyer (uncredited)
 
1936 The Gorgeous Hussy
Mrs. Wainwright
 
1936 Yours for the Asking
May (uncredited)
 
1936 Murder at Glen Athol
Ann Randel
 
1936 It's Up to You
Martha
 
1935 Western Courage
Mrs. Hanley
 
1935 The Spanish Cape Mystery
Mrs. Godfrey
 
1935 Anna Karenina
Woman (uncredited)
 
1935 Cheers of the Crowd
Lil Langdon Walton
 
1935 The Perfect Clue
Ursula Chesebrough
 
1934 I've Been Around
Woman
 
1934 Night Alarm
Mrs. Elizabeth Van Dusen
 
1934 A Girl of the Limberlost
Mrs. Parker
 
1934 Two Heads on a Pillow
Mrs. Agnes Walker
 
1934 The Scarlet Letter
Innkeeper
 
1934 Money Means Nothing
Mrs. Ferris
 
1934 Badge of Honor
Mrs. Claire van Alstyne
 
1933 Before Midnight
Mavis Fry
 
1933 Only Yesterday
Mrs. Vincent (uncredited)
 
1933 Pilgrimage
Janet Prescot
 
1933 The King's Vacation
Mrs. Clarence Langley (uncredited)
 
1932 Back Street
Gossip (uncredited)
 
1932 Tom Brown of Culver
Dolores Delight
 
1932 Lena Rivers
Mrs. Mathilda Nichols
 
1931 Adventure
 
1928 Stolen Love
Modiste
 
1928 Sisters of Eve
Mrs. Wenham Gardner
 
1928 Into No Man's Land
Th Countess
 
1928 Glorious Betsy
Princess Fredericka
 
1928 Domestic Troubles
Carrie
 
1927 The Girl from Gay Paree
Mademoiselle Fanchon
 
1927 Eager Lips
Paula
 
1927 A Million Bid
Mrs. Gordon
 
1927 Snowbound
Julia Barry
 
1925 She
Ayesha
 
1925 Speed
Mary Whipple
 
1925 Percy
Lolita
 
1925 Le puits de Jacob
Agar
 
1924 Folly of Vanity
Mrs. Ridgeway (modern sequence)
 
1924 The Breath of Scandal
Sybil Russell
 
1924 The Spitfire
Jean Bronson
 
1924 The Recoil
Norma Selbee
 
1924 A Woman's Secret
Dolores
 
1923 Chu-Chin-Chow
Zahrat
 
1923 Sinner or Saint
Mademoiselle Iris
 
1923 The Truth About Wives
Helen Frazer
 
1922 The Darling of the Rich
Charmion Winship
 
1922 How Women Love
Rosa Roma
 
1922/I His Wife's Husband
Olympia Brewster
 
1922 Fair Lady
Countess Margherita
 
1921 Disraeli
 
1921 Charge It
Mille Garreth
 
1921 Mother o' Mine
Fan Baxter
 
1921 Just Outside the Door
Floria Wheaton
 
1921 The Truant Husband
Vera Delauney
 
1920 Nomads of the North
Nanette Roland
 
1920 Occasionally Yours
Bunny Winston
 
1920 The Silver Horde
Mildred Wayland
 
1920 Burnt Wings
Helen
 
1920 The Third Generation
Helen Van Dusen
 
1919 The Undercurrent
Mariska
 
1919 Dust of Desire
Corrinne Torrence
 
1919 The Man Who Won
Barbara Le Moyne
 
1919 Beauty-Proof
Carol Thorpe
 
1919 Fighting Destiny
Caryl Rundlege
 
1919 Silent Strength
Ruth Madison
 
1918 Hoarded Assets
Claire Dawson
 
1918 Miss Ambition
Edith Webster
 
1918/II The Grouch (short)
The Hatcheck Girl
 
1918 The King of Diamonds
Lucille Bennett
 
1918 The Green God
Muriel Temple
 
1918 All Man
Belle Foliot
 
1918 Tangled Lives
Hilda Howland
 
1918 The Brief Debut of Tildy (short)
Aileen
 
1918 A Game with Fate
Elaine Huntington
 
1918 The Little Runaway
Eileen Murtagh
 
1918 The Business of Life
Elena Clydesdale
 
1918 Over the Top
Madame Arnot
 
1918 Compliments of the Season (short)
The Lady
 
1917 His Own People
Lady Mary Thorne
 
1916 Slander
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1931 Stars of Yesterday (documentary short)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2003 Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (video documentary)
Herself (from Queen of Sheba) (uncredited)
 
1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (documentary short)
Herself
 

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Personal Details


Height:

5' 7½" (1.71 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

A director is the only man besides your husband who can tell you how much of your clothes to take off. See more »

Trivia:

Founder of B.B. Productions, Inc., a film production company, in 1922. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo