9.0
9.0
Rainbow on the River
1936
as Flower Buyer (uncredited)
Betty Blythe
Acting
Born:August 31, 1893
Died:April 7, 1972(aged 78)
Birthplace:Los Angeles, California, USA
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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.
Filmography (97 movies)
8.0
8.0
Delinquent Parents
1938
as Mrs. Wharton
7.8
7.8
Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948
as Frau Kohner (uncredited)
7.5
7.5
My Fair Lady
1964
as Lady at Ball (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946
as Customer (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
1938
as Mrs. Himber (uncredited)
6.9
6.9
Pilgrimage
1933
as Janet Prescot
6.8
6.8
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Floor Manager (uncredited)
6.7
6.7
Topper
1937
as Mrs. Goodrich (uncredited)
6.6
6.6
Hollywood Story
1951
as Herself
6.5
6.5
Murder at Glen Athol
1936
as Ann Randel
6.5
6.5
Espionage
1937
as Train Passenger
6.5
6.5
Hold That Kiss
1938
as Wedding Guest at Piermont's
6.4
6.4
Honky Tonk
1941
as Mrs. Wilson
6.4
6.4
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
1944
as Mrs. Manning
6.3
6.3
Something in the Wind
1947
as Society Matron (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Adventure
1945
as Mrs. Buckley (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Crime Doctor
1943
as Mrs. Harrington
6.1
6.1
Back Street
1932
as Gossip (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Sis Hopkins
1941
as Mrs. Farnsworth
6.0
6.0
Romance of the Limberlost
1938
as Mrs. Parker
6.0
6.0
Western Courage
1935
as Mrs. Hanley
6.0
6.0
Madonna of the Desert
1948
as Mrs. Brown
6.0
6.0
Docks of New York
1945
as Mrs. Darcy
5.8
5.8
Undercurrent
1946
as Saleslady (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
Glorious Betsy
1928
as Princess Fredericka
5.7
5.7
She
1925
as Ayesha
5.7
5.7
Our Wife
1941
as Minor Role (uncredited)
5.5
5.5
Cheers of the Crowd
1935
as Lil Langdon Walton
5.5
5.5
The Perfect Clue
1935
as Ursula Chesebrough
5.5
5.5
Nomads of the North
1920
as Nanette
5.5
5.5
Lena Rivers
1932
as Mathilda Nichols
5.4
5.4
The Spanish Cape Mystery
1935
as Mrs. Godfrey
5.4
5.4
Federal Fugitives
1941
as Marcia
5.3
5.3
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Mrs. Wainwright
5.2
5.2
Luxury Liner
1948
as Miss Fenmoor (uncredited)
5.2
5.2
Tom Brown of Culver
1932
as Dolores Delight
5.0
5.0
The Miracle Kid
1941
as Madame Gloria
5.0
5.0
Freckles Comes Home
1942
as Minerva Potter
5.0
5.0
Inflation
1942
as Next Door Neighbor Who Begins Hoarding (uncredited)
5.0
5.0
Puddin' Head
1941
as Mrs. Bowser
5.0
5.0
Top Sergeant Mulligan
1941
as Mrs. Lewis
4.8
4.8
Shed No Tears
1948
as Mrs. Peet (Uncredited)
4.8
4.8
Misbehaving Husbands
1940
as Effie Butler
4.7
4.7
Girls in Chains
1943
as Mrs. Grey
4.6
4.6
A Fig Leaf for Eve
1944
as Lavinia Sardham
4.6
4.6
The Scarlet Letter
1934
as Innkeeper
4.4
4.4
Dawn on the Great Divide
1942
as Mrs. Elmira Corkle
4.4
4.4
Badge of Honor
1934
as Mrs. Claire van Alstyne
4.2
4.2
Before Midnight
1933
as Mavis Fry
4.0
4.0
Money Means Nothing
1934
as Mrs. Ferris
3.9
3.9
Bar 20
1943
as Mrs. Stevens
3.7
3.7
Night Alarm
1934
as Mrs. Elizabeth Van Dusen
3.5
3.5
Yours for the Asking
1936
as May (uncredited)
3.3
3.3
Runaway Daughters
1956
as Party Guest (uncredited)
3.0
3.0
Spotlight Scandals
1943
as Mrs. Baker
2.7
2.7
I've Been Around
1935
2.3
2.3
Slander
1916
1.7
1.7
The Undercover Woman
1946
as Cissy Van Horn
1.0
1.0
A Girl of the Limberlost
1934
as Mrs. Parker
A Million Bid
1927
as Mrs. Gordon
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
1943
Snowbound
1927
as Julia Barry
Disraeli
1921
Charge It
1921
as Mille Garreth
What Do You Think? (Number Two)
1937
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946
as Mrs. Stafford
Tuxedo Junction
1941
as Miss Hornblower
Sisters of Eve
1928
as Mrs. Wenham Gardner
The Silver Horde
1920
as Mildred Wayland
How Women Love
1922
as Rosa Roma
Folly of Vanity
1924
as Mrs. Ridgeway (modern sequence)
Fair Lady
1922
as Countess Margherita
Southern Love
1924
Percy
1925
as Lolita
Stars of Yesterday
1931
as Self
The Truth About Wives
1923
as Helen Frazer
Over the Top
1918
as Madame Arnot
The Undercurrent
1919
as Mariska
Chu-Chin-Chow
1924
as Zahrat
Burnt Wings
1920
as Helen
Earl of Puddlestone
1940
as Millicent Potter-Potter
Jiggs and Maggie in Society
1947
as Mrs. Vacuum
Gangster's Boy
1938
as Mrs. Davis
The Girl from Gay Paree
1927
as Mademoiselle Fanchon
Sarong Girl
1943
as Miss Ellsworth
Beating the Odds
1919
as Hebe Norse
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
1924
as Rita Sismondi
Domestic Troubles
1928
as Carrie
The Queen of Sheba
1921
as Queen of Sheba
Ever Since Eve
1934
as Mrs. Vandergrift
Stolen Love
1928
as Modiste
Into No Man's Land
1928
as The Countess
Occasionally Yours
1920
as Bunny Winston
House of Errors
1942
as Mrs. Martha Randall
Two Heads on a Pillow
1934
as Mrs. Agnes Walker
Piano Mooner
1942
as Society Woman
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