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Betty Ross Clarke
Acting

Betty Ross Clarke
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1892-05-01,Langdon, North Dakota, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Betty Ross Clarke (born May Clarke, May 1, 1892 – January 24, 1970) was an American stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1920 and 1940, including silent and sound films, in both credited and uncredited roles. During the 1920s, Clarke appeared in 14 silent films, including 11 U.S. films, two British films and one German film. In the United States, she worked for film companies that included Famous Players-Lasky, Thomas H. Ince, and Vitagraph Studios. She played the female lead in the film If I Were King opposite William Farnum and had other starring roles in silent films. Clarke's first screen role in a "talkie" was as the character Dot Aldrich in The Age for Love. During the 1930s, she appeared in more than 20 sound films, including both feature films and short films. She typically played character roles, both credited and uncredited. Of note, she replaced the actress Sara Haden as Aunt Millie in two feature length Andy Hardy films. Betty Ross Clarke was occasionally billed in screen credits as "Betsy Ross Clarke" or "Betty Ross Clark," and her name appears as "Betty Ross-Clarke" in some databases, such as the Internet Broadway Database. Throughout her career, Clarke often performed on both the theater stage and in films during the same time period. A newspaper advertisement in 1922 noted that audience members could "see her on stage and screen at the same time," because she was performing in the play The Morning Him and also starring in the film At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern. Commenting on the difference between stage and film acting, Clarke remarked that the "silent drama affords an easier life to those who choose it, for one has the nights free, to do as one likes. On the boards an actor's or actresses's time is always taken up." Most of the silent films in which Clarke appeared have not survived. However, the films If I Were King and Mother o' Mine are preserved in the silent film archive of the Library of Congress. A print of Mother o' Mine is also housed in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. The silent film Traveling Salesman, with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in the leading role, can be found in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York. Many of the later sound films in which she appeared are still available, including Murders in the Rue Morgue, A Bride for Henry, Love Finds Andy Hardy, Judge Hardy's Children, and Four Wives.

Filmography

The Man from Downing Street

10

The Man from Downing Street
1922-04-02

Murders in the Rue Morgue

6.1

Murders in the Rue Morgue
1932-01-27

Love Finds Andy Hardy

6.2

Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938-07-22

9

The Fox
1921-07-24

The Public Pays

7.091

The Public Pays
1936-10-10

A Night at the Movies

5.9

A Night at the Movies
1937-11-06

A Bride for Henry

6

A Bride for Henry
1937-09-29

Three Married Men

8

Three Married Men
1936-09-24

Judge Hardy's Children

6.813

Judge Hardy's Children
1938-03-26

Too Hot to Handle

6.024

Too Hot to Handle
1938-09-16

The Age for Love

9

The Age for Love
1931-10-17

Woman Against Woman

7

Woman Against Woman
1938-06-24

7

Hold That Kiss
1938-05-13

Traveling Salesman

8

Traveling Salesman
1921-06-05

5.5

Four Wives
1939-12-22

Her Social Value

7

Her Social Value
1921-10-24

5

Untamed
1940-07-24

Straws in the Wind

10

Straws in the Wind
1924-03-01

The Cost of Beauty

10

The Cost of Beauty
1924-07-01

Headline Shooter

6.333

Headline Shooter
1933-07-28

8

The Chaser
1938-07-29

Another Romance of Celluloid

5

Another Romance of Celluloid
1938-02-05

Blossoms On Broadway

4.8

Blossoms On Broadway
1937-11-19

10

If I Were King
1920-08-09

9.5

Romance
1920-05-16

Brewster's Millions

6.5

Brewster's Millions
1921-01-28

9

The Very Idea
1920-03-15

8

Mother o' Mine
1921-06-05