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Betty Blythe‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1893-08-31

Popularity

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Betty Blythe

Los Angeles, California, USA

Betty Blythe

Los Angeles, California, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1893-08-31

Popularity

star2.6

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Tuxedo Junction

Tuxedo Junction‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

The Women

The Women‌
star7.1
calendar 1939

Earl of Puddlestone

Earl of Puddlestone‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

I've Been Around

I've Been Around‌
star2.5
calendar 1935

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice‌
star7.0
calendar 1946

Slander

Slander‌
star3.0
calendar 1916

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‌
star6.8
calendar 1947

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter‌
star4.9
calendar 1934

Something in the Wind

Something in the Wind‌
star6.3
calendar 1947

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat‌
star6.4
calendar 1944

Gangster's Boy

Gangster's Boy‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

Hollywood Story

Hollywood Story‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Percy

Percy‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

The Spanish Cape Mystery

The Spanish Cape Mystery‌
star5.4
calendar 1935

Stars of Yesterday

Stars of Yesterday‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

Crime Doctor

Crime Doctor‌
star6.2
calendar 1943

Southern Love

Southern Love‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Girls in Chains

Girls in Chains‌
star4.7
calendar 1943

The Gorgeous Hussy

The Gorgeous Hussy‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

Lena Rivers

Lena Rivers‌
star5.5
calendar 1932

She

She‌
star5.7
calendar 1925

The Perfect Clue

The Perfect Clue‌
star5.7
calendar 1935

Murder at Glen Athol

Murder at Glen Athol‌
star6.5
calendar 1936

Before Midnight

Before Midnight‌
star3.8
calendar 1933

Freckles Comes Home

Freckles Comes Home‌
star5.0
calendar 1942

The Truth About Wives

The Truth About Wives‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

A Fig Leaf for Eve

A Fig Leaf for Eve‌
star4.4
calendar 1944

A Girl of the Limberlost

A Girl of the Limberlost‌
star1.0
calendar 1934

Chu-Chin-Chow

Chu-Chin-Chow‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Over the Top

Over the Top‌
star0.0
calendar 1918

Federal Fugitives

Federal Fugitives‌
star5.4
calendar 1941

Adventure

Adventure‌
star6.2
calendar 1945

Sarong Girl

Sarong Girl‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Romance of the Limberlost

Romance of the Limberlost‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

Delinquent Parents

Delinquent Parents‌
star8.0
calendar 1938

Misbehaving Husbands

Misbehaving Husbands‌
star5.2
calendar 1940

Western Courage

Western Courage‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Mr. Muggs Steps Out

Mr. Muggs Steps Out‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

The Undercurrent

The Undercurrent‌
star0.0
calendar 1919

The Queen of Sheba

The Queen of Sheba‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter

In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Letter from an Unknown Woman‌
star7.8
calendar 1948

Two Heads on a Pillow

Two Heads on a Pillow‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

Shed No Tears

Shed No Tears‌
star5.0
calendar 1948

Money Means Nothing

Money Means Nothing‌
star4.0
calendar 1934

Domestic Troubles

Domestic Troubles‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Night Alarm

Night Alarm‌
star3.7
calendar 1934

Life in Sometown, U.S.A.

Life in Sometown, U.S.A.‌
star7.0
calendar 1938

Hold That Kiss

Hold That Kiss‌
star6.5
calendar 1938

Back Street

Back Street‌
star6.1
calendar 1932

Docks of New York

Docks of New York‌
star6.0
calendar 1945

Cheers of the Crowd

Cheers of the Crowd‌
star5.5
calendar 1935

Ever Since Eve

Ever Since Eve‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

Runaway Daughters

Runaway Daughters‌
star3.9
calendar 1956

Stolen Love

Stolen Love‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Sis Hopkins

Sis Hopkins‌
star6.0
calendar 1941

Puddin' Head

Puddin' Head‌
star5.0
calendar 1941

Rainbow on the River

Rainbow on the River‌
star9.0
calendar 1936

Espionage

Espionage‌
star6.5
calendar 1937

Glorious Betsy

Glorious Betsy‌
star6.0
calendar 1928

Yours for the Asking

Yours for the Asking‌
star1.0
calendar 1936

Spotlight Scandals

Spotlight Scandals‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Madonna of the Desert

Madonna of the Desert‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

Top Sergeant Mulligan

Top Sergeant Mulligan‌
star5.0
calendar 1941

The Miracle Kid

The Miracle Kid‌
star5.0
calendar 1941

House of Errors

House of Errors‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Tom Brown of Culver

Tom Brown of Culver‌
star5.2
calendar 1932

Piano Mooner

Piano Mooner‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

A Million Bid

A Million Bid‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Topper

Topper‌
star6.7
calendar 1937

Our Wife

Our Wife‌
star5.7
calendar 1941

The Girl from Gay Paree

The Girl from Gay Paree‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Dawn on the Great Divide

Dawn on the Great Divide‌
star5.0
calendar 1942

The Undercover Woman

The Undercover Woman‌
star2.0
calendar 1946

Bar 20

Bar 20‌
star3.8
calendar 1943

Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk‌
star6.4
calendar 1941

Luxury Liner

Luxury Liner‌
star5.2
calendar 1948

Disraeli

Disraeli‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

Charge It

Charge It‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady‌
star7.5
calendar 1964

Nomads of the North

Nomads of the North‌
star5.5
calendar 1920

What Do You Think? (Number Two)

What Do You Think? (Number Two)‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Snowbound

Snowbound‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Undercurrent

Undercurrent‌
star5.8
calendar 1946

Presenting Lily Mars

Presenting Lily Mars‌
star6.1
calendar 1943

Joe Palooka, Champ

Joe Palooka, Champ‌
star0.0
calendar 1946

Beating the Odds

Beating the Odds‌
star0.0
calendar 1919

Jiggs and Maggie in Society

Jiggs and Maggie in Society‌
star0.0
calendar 1947

Inflation

Inflation‌
star5.0
calendar 1942

Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday‌
star6.8
calendar 1933

Badge of Honor

Badge of Honor‌
star5.2
calendar 1934

Sisters of Eve

Sisters of Eve‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood‌
star5.7
calendar 1945

The Silver Horde

The Silver Horde‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

How Women Love

How Women Love‌
star0.0
calendar 1922

Folly of Vanity

Folly of Vanity‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

Fair Lady

Fair Lady‌
star0.0
calendar 1922

They Were Expendable

They Were Expendable‌
star6.5
calendar 1945

Burnt Wings

Burnt Wings‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage‌
star6.5
calendar 1933

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