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Betty Blythe
Born · August 31, 1893
Died · April 7, 1972 (78 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Bio
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.
My Fair Lady
Lady at Ball (uncredited)
7.5
1964
Runaway Daughters
Party Guest (uncredited)
3.9
1956
Hollywood Story
Herself
6.6
1951
Luxury Liner
Miss Fenmoor (uncredited)
5.2
1948
Shed No Tears
Mrs. Peet (Uncredited)
5.0
1948
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Frau Kohner (uncredited)
7.8
1948
Madonna of the Desert
Mrs. Brown
6.0
1948
Jiggs and Maggie in Society
Mrs. Vacuum
0.0
1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Floor Manager (uncredited)
6.7
1947
Something in the Wind
Society Matron (uncredited)
6.3
1947
Undercurrent
Saleslady (uncredited)
5.8
1946
Joe Palooka, Champ
Mrs. Stafford
0.0
1946
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Customer (uncredited)
7.0
1946
The Undercover Woman
Cissy Van Horn
2.0
1946
Adventure
Mrs. Buckley (uncredited)
6.2
1945
They Were Expendable
Officer's Wife (uncredited)
6.5
1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Mrs. Murdock (uncredited)
5.7
1945
Docks of New York
Mrs. Darcy
6.0
1945
A Fig Leaf for Eve
Lavinia Sardham
4.4
1944
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
Mrs. Manning
6.4
1944
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
0.0
1943
Bar 20
Mrs. Stevens
3.8
1943
Spotlight Scandals
Mrs. Baker
5.0
1943
Crime Doctor
Mrs. Harrington
6.2
1943
Sarong Girl
Miss Ellsworth
0.0
1943
Girls in Chains
Mrs. Grey
4.7
1943
Presenting Lily Mars
Dowager
6.1
1943
Dawn on the Great Divide
Mrs. Elmira Corkle
5.0
1942
Piano Mooner
Society Woman
0.0
1942
House of Errors
Mrs. Martha Randall
0.0
1942
Freckles Comes Home
Minerva Potter
5.0
1942
Inflation
Next Door Neighbor Who Begins Hoarding (uncredited)
5.0
1942
Tuxedo Junction
Miss Hornblower
0.0
1941
The Miracle Kid
Madame Gloria
5.0
1941
Top Sergeant Mulligan
Mrs. Lewis
5.0
1941
Honky Tonk
Mrs. Wilson
6.4
1941
Our Wife
Minor Role (uncredited)
5.7
1941
Puddin' Head
Mrs. Bowser
5.0
1941
Sis Hopkins
Mrs. Farnsworth
6.0
1941
Federal Fugitives
Marcia
5.4
1941
Misbehaving Husbands
Effie Butler
5.2
1940
Earl of Puddlestone
Millicent Potter-Potter
0.0
1940
The Women
Mrs. South (uncredited)
7.1
1939
Gangster's Boy
Mrs. Davis
0.0
1938
Delinquent Parents
Mrs. Wharton
8.0
1938
Romance of the Limberlost
Mrs. Parker
0.0
1938
Hold That Kiss
Wedding Guest at Piermont's
6.5
1938
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
Mrs. Himber (uncredited)
7.0
1938
What Do You Think? (Number Two)
0.0
1937
Topper
Mrs. Goodrich (uncredited)
6.7
1937
Espionage
Train Passenger
6.5
1937
Rainbow on the River
Flower Buyer
9.0
1936
The Gorgeous Hussy
Mrs. Wainwright
5.2
1936
Yours for the Asking
May
1.0
1936
Murder at Glen Athol
Ann Randel
6.5
1936
Western Courage
Mrs. Hanley
6.0
1935
The Spanish Cape Mystery
Mrs. Godfrey
5.4
1935
Cheers of the Crowd
Lil Langdon Walton
5.5
1935
The Perfect Clue
Ursula Chesebrough
5.7
1935
I've Been Around
2.5
1935
Night Alarm
Mrs. Elizabeth Van Dusen
3.7
1934
A Girl of the Limberlost
Mrs. Parker
1.0
1934
Two Heads on a Pillow
Mrs. Agnes Walker
0.0
1934
The Scarlet Letter
Innkeeper
4.9
1934
Money Means Nothing
Mrs. Ferris
4.0
1934
Badge of Honor
Mrs. Claire van Alstyne
5.2
1934
Ever Since Eve
Mrs. Vandergrift
0.0
1934
Before Midnight
Mavis Fry
4.0
1933
Only Yesterday
Mrs. Vincent (Uncredited)
6.8
1933
Pilgrimage
Janet Prescot
6.7
1933
Back Street
Gossip (uncredited)
6.1
1932
Tom Brown of Culver
Dolores Delight
5.2
1932
Lena Rivers
Mathilda Nichols
5.5
1932
Stars of Yesterday
Self
0.0
1931
Stolen Love
Modiste
0.0
1928
Sisters of Eve
Mrs. Wenham Gardner
0.0
1928
Into No Man's Land
The Countess
0.0
1928
Glorious Betsy
Princess Fredericka
5.8
1928
Domestic Troubles
Carrie
0.0
1928
The Girl from Gay Paree
Mademoiselle Fanchon
0.0
1927
A Million Bid
Mrs. Gordon
0.0
1927
Snowbound
Julia Barry
0.0
1927
She
Ayesha
5.7
1925
Percy
Lolita
0.0
1925
Folly of Vanity
Mrs. Ridgeway (modern sequence)
0.0
1925
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
Rita Sismondi
0.0
1924
Chu-Chin-Chow
Zahrat
0.0
1924
Southern Love
0.0
1924
The Truth About Wives
Helen Frazer
0.0
1923
How Women Love
Rosa Roma
0.0
1922
Fair Lady
Countess Margherita
0.0
1922
Disraeli
0.0
1921
Charge It
Mille Garreth
0.0
1921
The Queen of Sheba
Queen of Sheba
0.0
1921
Nomads of the North
Nanette
5.5
1920
The Silver Horde
Mildred Wayland
0.0
1920
Burnt Wings
Helen
0.0
1920
The Undercurrent
Mariska
0.0
1919
Beating the Odds
Hebe Norse
0.0
1919
Over the Top
Madame Arnot
0.0
1918
Slander
3.0
1916