Betty Blythe

Betty Blythe

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1893-08-31
Deathday: 1972-04-07 (78 years old)

Biography

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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.

Filmography

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Movies 102

self 1

Lady at Ball (uncredited)
My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady (1964)

Movie
3.5
Party Guest (uncredited)
Runaway Daughters

Runaway Daughters (1956)

Movie
Miss Fenmoor (uncredited)
Luxury Liner

Luxury Liner (1948)

Movie
Mrs. Peet - the Landlady
Shed No Tears

Shed No Tears (1948)

Movie
Society Matron (uncredited)
Something in the Wind

Something in the Wind (1947)

Movie
Saleslady (uncredited)
Undercurrent

Undercurrent (1946)

Movie
Mrs. Buckley (uncredited)
Adventure

Adventure (1945)

Movie
Officer's Wife (uncredited)
They Were Expendable

They Were Expendable (1945)

Movie
6
Mrs. Stevens
Bar 20

Bar 20 (1943)

Movie
Mrs. Martha Randall
House of Errors

House of Errors (1942)

Movie
Next Door Neighbor Who Begins Hoarding
Inflation

Inflation (1942)

Movie
Minor Role (uncredited)
Our Wife

Our Wife (1941)

Movie
Marcia - Lane's Sister
Federal Fugitives

Federal Fugitives (1941)

Movie
Millicent Potter-Potter
Earl of Puddlestone

Earl of Puddlestone (1940)

Movie
Mrs. South (uncredited)
The Women

The Women (1939)

Movie
Wedding Guest at Piermont's
Hold That Kiss

Hold That Kiss (1938)

Movie
Mrs. Goodrich (uncredited)
Topper

Topper (1937)

Movie
4.25
Train Passenger
Espionage

Espionage (1937)

Movie
Flower Buyer (uncredited)
Rainbow on the River

Rainbow on the River (1936)

Movie
Mrs. Elizabeth Van Dusen
Night Alarm

Night Alarm (1934)

Movie
Mrs. Claire van Alstyne
Badge of Honor

Badge of Honor (1934)

Movie
Mrs. Vincent (Uncredited)
Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday (1933)

Movie
Gossip (uncredited)
Back Street

Back Street (1932)

Movie
Mrs. Mathilda Nichols
Lena Rivers

Lena Rivers (1932)

Movie
Mrs. Wenham Gardner
Sisters of Eve

Sisters of Eve (1928)

Movie
Princess Fredericka
Glorious Betsy

Glorious Betsy (1928)

Movie
Mrs. Ridgeway (modern sequence)
Folly of Vanity

Folly of Vanity (1924)

Movie
Countess Margherita
Fair Lady

Fair Lady (1922)

Movie

Ratings

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1932
1938
1934
1964
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1893-08-31

Deathday
1972-04-07 (78 years old)

Birth Place
Los Angeles, California, USA

Relationships
Paul Scardon (1919-01-01 - 1954-01-01)

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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