Betty Blythe
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieMy Fair Lady
1964
Lady at Ball (uncredited)
movieRunaway Daughters
1956
Party Guest (uncredited)
movieHollywood Story
1951
Herself
movieRebecca
1950
Mrs. Danvers
movieLuxury Liner
1948
Miss Fenmoor (uncredited)
movieShed No Tears
1948
Mrs. Peet (Uncredited)
movieLetter from an Unknown Woman
1948
Frau Kohner (uncredited)
movieMadonna of the Desert
1948
Mrs. Brown
movieJiggs and Maggie in Society
1947
Mrs. Vacuum
movieThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
Floor Manager (uncredited)
movieSomething in the Wind
1947
Society Matron (uncredited)
movieUndercurrent
1946
Saleslady (uncredited)
movieJoe Palooka, Champ
1946
Mrs. Stafford
movieThe Postman Always Rings Twice
1946
Customer (uncredited)
movieThe Undercover Woman
1946
Cissy Van Horn
movieAdventure
1945
Mrs. Buckley (uncredited)
movieThey Were Expendable
1945
Officer's Wife (uncredited)
movieBud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
Mrs. Murdock (uncredited)
movieDocks of New York
1945
Mrs. Darcy
movieA Fig Leaf for Eve
1944
Lavinia Sardham
movieCharlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
1944
Mrs. Manning
movieBar 20
1943
Mrs. Stevens
movieSpotlight Scandals
1943
Mrs. Baker
movieCrime Doctor
1943
Mrs. Harrington
movieSarong Girl
1943
Miss Ellsworth
movieGirls in Chains
1943
Mrs. Grey
movieDawn on the Great Divide
1942
Mrs. Elmira Corkle
moviePiano Mooner
1942
Society Woman
movieHouse of Errors
1942
Mrs. Martha Randall
movieFreckles Comes Home
1942
Minerva Potter
movieInflation
1942
Next Door Neighbor Who Begins Hoarding (uncredited)
movieTuxedo Junction
1941
Miss Hornblower
movieThe Miracle Kid
1941
Madame Gloria
movieTop Sergeant Mulligan
1941
Mrs. Lewis
movieHonky Tonk
1941
Mrs. Wilson
movieOur Wife
1941
Minor Role (uncredited)
moviePuddin' Head
1941
Mrs. Bowser
movieSis Hopkins
1941
Mrs. Farnsworth
movieMisbehaving Husbands
1940
Effie Butler
movieEarl of Puddlestone
1940
Millicent Potter-Potter
movieThe Women
1939
Mrs. South (uncredited)
movieGangster's Boy
1938
Mrs. Davis
movieDelinquent Parents
1938
Mrs. Wharton
movieRomance of the Limberlost
1938
Mrs. Parker
movieHold That Kiss
1938
Wedding Guest at Piermont's
movieLife in Sometown, U.S.A.
1938
Mrs. Himber (uncredited)
movieTopper
1937
Mrs. Goodrich (uncredited)
movieEspionage
1937
Train Passenger
movieRainbow on the River
1936
Flower Buyer (uncredited)
movieThe Gorgeous Hussy
1936
Mrs. Wainwright
movieYours for the Asking
1936
May (uncredited)
movieMurder at Glen Athol
1936
Ann Randel
movieWestern Courage
1935
Mrs. Hanley
movieThe Spanish Cape Mystery
1935
Mrs. Godfrey
movieCheers of the Crowd
1935
Lil Langdon Walton
movieThe Perfect Clue
1935
Ursula Chesebrough
movieNight Alarm
1934
Mrs. Elizabeth Van Dusen
movieA Girl of the Limberlost
1934
Mrs. Parker
movieTwo Heads on a Pillow
1934
Mrs. Agnes Walker
movieThe Scarlet Letter
1934
Innkeeper
movieMoney Means Nothing
1934
Mrs. Ferris
movieBadge of Honor
1934
Mrs. Claire van Alstyne
movieEver Since Eve
1934
Mrs. Vandergrift
movieBefore Midnight
1933
Mavis Fry
movieOnly Yesterday
1933
Mrs. Vincent (Uncredited)
moviePilgrimage
1933
Janet Prescot
movieBack Street
1932
Gossip (uncredited)
movieTom Brown of Culver
1932
Dolores Delight
movieLena Rivers
1932
Mathilda Nichols
movieStolen Love
1928
Modiste
Sisters of Eve
1928
Mrs. Wenham Gardner
Into No Man's Land
1928
The Countess
movieGlorious Betsy
1928
Princess Fredericka
movieThe Girl from Gay Paree
1927
Mademoiselle Fanchon
movieA Million Bid
1927
Mrs. Gordon
movieSnowbound
1927
Julia Barry
movieShe
1925
Ayesha
moviePercy
1925
Lolita
movieFolly of Vanity
1924
Mrs. Ridgeway (modern sequence)
movieIn Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
1924
Rita Sismondi
movieThe Breath of Scandal
1924
Sybil Russell
movieChu-Chin-Chow
1924
Zahrat
movieThe Spitfire
1924
Jean Bronson
movieHow Women Love
1922
Rosa Roma
movieHis Wife's Husband
1922
Olympia Brewster
movieFair Lady
1922
Countess Margherita
movieCharge It
1921
Mille Garreth
movieMother o' Mine
1921
Fan Baxter
movieThe Queen of Sheba
1921
Queen of Sheba
movieNomads of the North
1920
Nanette
movieOccasionally Yours
1920
Bunny Winston
movieThe Silver Horde
1920
Mildred Wayland
movieBurnt Wings
1920
Helen
movieThe Third Generation
1920
Helen Van Dusen
movieThe Undercurrent
1919
Mariska
movieBeating the Odds
1919
Hebe Norse
movieMiss Ambition
1918
Edith Webster
movieThe King of Diamonds
1918
Lucille Bennett
movieThe Green God
1918
Muriel Temple
movieA Game with Fate
1918
Elaine Huntington
movieThe Business of Life
1918
Elena Clydesdale
movieOver the Top
1918
Madame Arnot
