Betty Lawford
Born: 1912-02-01 in London, England, UK
Died: 1960-11-20
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Filmography
1947
- The Devil Thumbs a Ride as Agnes Smith
1943
- Stage Door Canteen as Betty Lawford
1937
- Stolen Holiday as Helen Tuttle
- Criminal Lawyer as Betty Walker
1936
- Love Before Breakfast as Countess Jane Campanella
1934
- The Human Side as Alma Hastings
- Let’s Be Ritzy as Mrs. Pembrook
1933
- Berkeley Square as Marjorie Frant
- Gallant Lady as Cynthia Haddon
- The Monkey's Paw as Rose
1931
- Secrets of a Secretary as Sylvia Merritt
1930
- Old English as Phyllis
1929
- Gentlemen of the Press as Dorothy Snell Hanley
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes as Mary Watson
- Lucky In Love