Betty E. Box
Born: 1915-09-25 in Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
Died: 1999-01-15
Known For: Production
Biography
Betty E. Box (full name Betty Evelyn Box) was a prolific producer of British films, mainly comedies, between 1946 and the early 1970s, working mainly for Pinewood Studios and often together with director Ralph Thomas. Originally a commercial artist, she started producing documentaries during World War II for her filmmaker brother Sydney Box's company Verity Films. In 1946 she was followed her brother to Gainsborough Pictures, where she produced several features before the company closed in 1949. She then moved to Rank's Pinewood Studios, where she and Ralph Thomas made some 30 films together. All in all, she produced 47 features and was awarded an OBE in 1958.
Filmography
2006
1996
1987
- Benji the Hunted ... (Original Music Composer)
1982
- The Rank Charm School as Self
1977
- For the Love of Benji ... (Original Music Composer)
1974
- Percy's Progress ... (Producer)
1973
- The Love Ban ... (Producer)
1971
- Percy ... (Producer)
1970
- Doctor in Trouble ... (Producer)
1969
- Some Girls Do ... (Producer)
1968
- Nobody Runs Forever ... (Producer)
1967
- Deadlier Than the Male ... (Producer)
1966
- Doctor in Clover ... (Producer)
1964
- Hot Enough for June ... (Producer)
- The High Bright Sun ... (Producer)
1963
- Doctor in Distress ... (Producer)
1962
- The Wild and the Willing ... (Producer)
- A Pair of Briefs ... (Producer)
1961
- No Love for Johnnie ... (Producer)
- No, My Darling Daughter ... (Producer)
1960
- Conspiracy of Hearts ... (Producer)
- Doctor in Love ... (Producer)
1959
- The 39 Steps ... (Producer)
- Upstairs and Downstairs ... (Producer)
1958
- A Tale of Two Cities ... (Producer)
- The Wind Cannot Read ... (Producer)
1957
- Campbell's Kingdom ... (Producer)
- Doctor at Large ... (Producer)
- Full Screen Ahead as Self
1956
- The Iron Petticoat ... (Producer)
- Checkpoint ... (Producer)
1955
- Doctor at Sea ... (Producer)
1954
- Doctor in the House ... (Producer)
- Mad About Men ... (Producer)
1953
- A Day to Remember ... (Producer)
1952
- Venetian Bird as Woman Next to the Factory Tour Guide (Uncredited)
1951
- Appointment with Venus ... (Producer)
1950
- So Long at the Fair ... (Producer)
- The Clouded Yellow ... (Producer)
- The Day Begins Early ... (Producer)
1949
- Christopher Columbus ... (Producer)
- Marry Me ... (Producer)
- The Huggetts Abroad ... (Producer)
- Don't Ever Leave Me ... (Producer)
- It's Not Cricket ... (Producer)
- Vote for Huggett ... (Producer)
1948
- Miranda ... (Producer)
- The Blind Goddess ... (Executive Producer)
- Here Come the Huggetts ... (Producer)
1947
- The Upturned Glass ... (Associate Producer)
- Dear Murderer ... (Producer)
- When The Bough Breaks ... (Producer)
1946
- The Years Between ... (Associate Producer)