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Betty Lawford

Actor
Born February 1, 1912Died November 20, 1960 (48 years)
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Betty Lawford (February 1, 1912 – November 20, 1960) was a United States-based English film and stage actress.

Her parents, Ernest Lawford and Janet Slater Lawford, were also actors, and she was a cousin of the actor and socialite Peter Lawford.

Lawford's stage debut came in a Players' Club production of Henry IV. She followed that with appearances in Julius Caesar and The Lady Lies. Her Broadway credits include Glamour Preferred (1940), Walk With Music (1940), The Women (1936), There's Wisdom in Women (1935), Heat Wave (1931), The Lady Lies (1928), and King Henry IV, Part I (1926).

She was briefly married to the American actor-director Monta Bell.

She died at Roosevelt Hospital, Manhattan, following an illness of three weeks.

Known For

  • The Devil Thumbs a Ride
  • Berkeley Square
  • The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Filmography

1950
1947
The Devil Thumbs a Ride · as Agnes Smith
1937
Stolen Holiday · as Helen Tuttle
1937
Criminal Lawyer · as Betty Walker
1936
Love Before Breakfast · as Countess Jane Campanella
1933
Gallant Lady · as Cynthia Haddon
1933
Berkeley Square · as Marjorie Frant
1933
The Monkey's Paw · as Rose
1931
Secrets of a Secretary · as Sylvia Merritt
1930
Old English · as Phyllis
1929
1929
Gentlemen of the Press · as Dorothy Snell Hanley

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