Betty Lawford
Actor
- Born
- February 1, 1912 · London, England, UK
- Died
- November 20, 1960 (age 48)
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Betty Lawford (February 1, 1912 – November 20, 1960) was a United States-based English film and stage actress.
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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.
Known for
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
February 20, 1947
Stage Door Canteen
June 24, 1943
Berkeley Square
September 15, 1933
Love Before Breakfast
March 9, 1936
Stolen Holiday
February 6, 1937
Criminal Lawyer
January 29, 1937
Gallant Lady
December 7, 1933
Secrets of a Secretary
September 5, 1931
Old English
August 12, 1930
Gentlemen of the Press
May 4, 1929
The Monkey's Paw
January 13, 1933
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
October 26, 1929
Acting15
- 1947The Devil Thumbs a Ride as Agnes Smith
- 1943Stage Door Canteen as Betty Lawford
- 1937Stolen Holiday as Helen Tuttle
- 1937Criminal Lawyer as Betty Walker
- 1936Love Before Breakfast as Countess Jane Campanella
- 1934The Human Side as Alma Hastings
- 1934Let’s Be Ritzy as Mrs. Pembrook
- 1933Gallant Lady as Cynthia Haddon
- 1933Berkeley Square as Marjorie Frant
- 1933The Monkey's Paw