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Betty Blythe
Actor
Born August 31, 1893Died April 7, 1972 (78 years)
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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.
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
| 1964 | My Fair Lady · as Lady At Ball (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The Helen Morgan Story · as Party Guest |
| 1957 | O. Henry Playhouse (TV Series) · as Adelphia Montclair |
| 1956 | Runaway Daughters · as Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Lust for Life · as Dowager |
| 1954 | The Lineup (TV Series) · as Mrs. Desues |
| 1950 | Racket Squad (TV Series) · as Mrs. Burton |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Emma |
| 1950 | Dangerous Assignment (TV Series) · as Countess Esterhazy |
| 1949 | The Barkleys of Broadway · as Guest In Lobby |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1948 | Luxury Liner · as Miss Fenmoor (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Letter from an Unknown Woman · as Frau Kohner (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Shed No Tears · as Mrs. Peet (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Madonna of the Desert · as Mrs. Brown |
| 1947 | Cass Timberlane · as Nurse |
| 1947 | Song of Love · as Concertgoer With Opera Glasses |
| 1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · as Floor Manager (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Something in the Wind · as Society Matron (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Undercurrent · as Saleslady (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Postman Always Rings Twice · as Customer (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Joe Palooka, Champ · as Mrs. Stafford |
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint · as Minor Role |
| 1946 | The Kid from Brooklyn · as Mrs. Lemoyne's Friend |
| 1945 | They Were Expendable · as Officer's Wife (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Adventure · as Mrs. Buckley (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Her Highness and the Bellboy · as Diplomat's Wife |
| 1945 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood · as Mrs. Murdock (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Docks of New York · as Mrs. Darcy |
| 1944 | Marriage Is a Private Affair · as Bit Role |
| 1944 | A Fig Leaf for Eve · as Lavinia Sardham |
| 1944 | Charlie Chan in the Chinese Cat · as Mrs. Manning |
| 1943 | |
| 1943 | Bar 20 · as Mrs. Stevens |
| 1943 | Spotlight Scandals · as Mrs. Baker |
| 1943 | Crime Doctor · as Mrs. Harrington |
| 1943 | Sarong Girl · as Miss Ellsworth |
| 1943 | Girls in Chains · as Mrs. Grey |
| 1943 | Presenting Lily Mars · as Dowager |
| 1942 | Dawn on the Great Divide · as Mrs. Elmira Corkle |
| 1942 | Yokel Boy · as Woman Reporter |
| 1942 | Freckles Comes Home · as Minerva Potter |
| 1941 | The Miracle Kid · as Madame Gloria |
| 1941 | Honky Tonk · as Mrs. Wilson |
| 1941 | Our Wife · as Minor Role (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Puddin' Head · as Mrs. Bowser |
| 1941 | Sis Hopkins · as Mrs. Farnsworth |
| 1941 | Federal Fugitives · as Marcia |
| 1940 | Misbehaving Husbands · as Effie Butler |
| 1939 | The Women · as Mrs. South (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Gangster's Boy · as Mrs. Davis |
| 1938 | Delinquent Parents · as Mrs. Wharton |
| 1938 | Romance of the Limberlost · as Mrs. Parker |
| 1938 | Hold That Kiss · as Wedding Guest At Piermont's |
| 1938 | Man-Proof · as Country Club Woman |
| 1937 | Conquest · as Princess Mirska |
| 1937 | |
| 1937 | Espionage · as Train Passenger |
| 1936 | Rainbow on the River · as Flower Buyer |
| 1936 | The Gorgeous Hussy · as Mrs. Wainwright |
| 1936 | Yours for the Asking · as May (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Criminal Within · as Ann Randel |
| 1935 | Anna Karenina · as Spectator In Opera Box |
| 1935 | The Spanish Cape Mystery · as Mrs. Godfrey |
| 1935 | Cheers of the Crowd · as Lil Langdon Walton |
| 1935 | The Perfect Clue · as Ursula Chesebrough |
| 1934 | Night Alarm · as Mrs. Elizabeth Van Dusen |
| 1934 | A Girl of the Limberlost · as Mrs. Parker |
| 1934 | Two Heads on a Pillow · as Mrs. Agnes Walker |
| 1934 | The Scarlet Letter · as Innkeeper |
| 1934 | Money Means Nothing · as Mrs. Ferris |
| 1934 | Badge of Honor · as Mrs. Claire Van Alstyne |
| 1933 | Before Midnight · as Mavis Fry |
| 1933 | Only Yesterday · as Mrs. Vincent (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Pilgrimage · as Janet Prescot |
| 1933 | The King's Vacation · as Mrs. Clarence Langley |
| 1932 | Back Street · as Gossip (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Lena Rivers · as Mathilda Nichols |
| 1932 | Tom Brown of Culver · as Dolores Delight |
| 1931 | Anything But Ham · as Cast |
| 1928 | Glorious Betsy · as Princess Fredericka |
| 1925 | She · as Ayesha |
| 1921 | The Queen of Sheba · as Queen Of Sheba |
| 1920 | Nomads of the North · as Nanette |