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Betty Blythe
Acting

Betty Blythe
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1893-08-31,Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

Tuxedo Junction

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Tuxedo Junction
1941-11-25

7.1

The Women
1939-09-01

Earl of Puddlestone

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Earl of Puddlestone
1940-08-31

I've Been Around

2.5

I've Been Around
1935-03-05

The Postman Always Rings Twice

7

The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946-05-02

3

Slander
1916-04-09

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

6.7

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947-09-01

The Scarlet Letter

4.9

The Scarlet Letter
1934-09-18

Something in the Wind

6.3

Something in the Wind
1947-07-21

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

6.4

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
1944-05-20

0

Gangster's Boy
1938-11-16

Hollywood Story

6.6

Hollywood Story
1951-06-01

0

Percy
1925-04-05

The Spanish Cape Mystery

5.4

The Spanish Cape Mystery
1935-10-09

Stars of Yesterday

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Stars of Yesterday
1931-12-31

6.2

Crime Doctor
1943-06-22

0

Southern Love
1924-01-01

Girls in Chains

4.7

Girls in Chains
1943-05-17

The Gorgeous Hussy

5.2

The Gorgeous Hussy
1936-08-28

5.5

Lena Rivers
1932-03-27

5.7

She
1925-06-20

The Perfect Clue

5.5

The Perfect Clue
1935-03-13

Murder at Glen Athol

6.5

Murder at Glen Athol
1936-02-27

Before Midnight

4

Before Midnight
1933-11-18

Freckles Comes Home

5

Freckles Comes Home
1942-01-02

The Truth About Wives

0

The Truth About Wives
1923-02-03

A Fig Leaf for Eve

4.4

A Fig Leaf for Eve
1944-07-04

A Girl of the Limberlost

1

A Girl of the Limberlost
1934-10-14

0

Chu-Chin-Chow
1924-05-15

0

Over the Top
1918-03-31

Federal Fugitives

5.4

Federal Fugitives
1941-03-29

6.2

Adventure
1945-12-28

0

Sarong Girl
1943-06-11

Romance of the Limberlost

0

Romance of the Limberlost
1938-06-16

Delinquent Parents

8

Delinquent Parents
1938-07-15

Misbehaving Husbands

5.2

Misbehaving Husbands
1940-12-20

Western Courage

6

Western Courage
1935-10-29

Mr. Muggs Steps Out

0

Mr. Muggs Steps Out
1943-10-29

The Undercurrent

0

The Undercurrent
1919-11-16

The Queen of Sheba

0

The Queen of Sheba
1921-04-10

In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter

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In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
1924-09-28

Letter from an Unknown Woman

7.8

Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948-04-28

Two Heads on a Pillow

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Two Heads on a Pillow
1934-10-02

5

Shed No Tears
1948-06-09

Money Means Nothing

4

Money Means Nothing
1934-06-14

Domestic Troubles

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Domestic Troubles
1928-03-28

3.7

Night Alarm
1934-12-10

Life in Sometown, U.S.A.

7

Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
1938-02-26

6.5

Hold That Kiss
1938-05-13

6.1

Back Street
1932-08-04

Docks of New York

6

Docks of New York
1945-02-24

Cheers of the Crowd

5.5

Cheers of the Crowd
1935-08-05

0

Ever Since Eve
1934-03-25

Runaway Daughters

3.9

Runaway Daughters
1956-01-20

0

Stolen Love
1928-12-02

5

Puddin' Head
1941-06-25

6

Sis Hopkins
1941-04-12

6.5

Espionage
1937-02-26

Rainbow on the River

9

Rainbow on the River
1936-12-18

6.4

Glorious Betsy
1928-04-25

Yours for the Asking

1

Yours for the Asking
1936-07-23

Spotlight Scandals

5

Spotlight Scandals
1943-09-24

Madonna of the Desert

6

Madonna of the Desert
1948-02-23

The Miracle Kid

5

The Miracle Kid
1941-11-14

Top Sergeant Mulligan

5

Top Sergeant Mulligan
1941-10-16

House of Errors

0

House of Errors
1942-04-10

Tom Brown of Culver

5.2

Tom Brown of Culver
1932-06-30

0

Piano Mooner
1942-12-11

0

A Million Bid
1927-05-27

6.7

Topper
1937-07-16

5.7

Our Wife
1941-08-20

The Girl from Gay Paree

0

The Girl from Gay Paree
1927-10-01

Dawn on the Great Divide

5

Dawn on the Great Divide
1942-12-18

The Undercover Woman

2

The Undercover Woman
1946-01-01

3.8

Bar 20
1943-10-01

6.4

Honky Tonk
1941-10-01

5.2

Luxury Liner
1948-11-09

0

Disraeli
1921-08-21

0

Charge It
1921-06-11

7.5

My Fair Lady
1964-10-21

Nomads of the North

5.5

Nomads of the North
1920-09-25

What Do You Think? (Number Two)

0

What Do You Think? (Number Two)
1937-12-25

0

Snowbound
1927-05-01

5.8

Undercurrent
1946-11-11

Presenting Lily Mars

6.1

Presenting Lily Mars
1943-04-29

Joe Palooka, Champ

0

Joe Palooka, Champ
1946-05-26

Beating the Odds

0

Beating the Odds
1919-05-12

Jiggs and Maggie in Society

0

Jiggs and Maggie in Society
1947-12-12

5

Inflation
1942-01-01

6.8

Only Yesterday
1933-11-01

5.2

Badge of Honor
1934-04-01

0

Sisters of Eve
1928-09-01

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

5.7

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945-10-05

The Silver Horde

0

The Silver Horde
1920-05-09

0

How Women Love
1922-10-15

Folly of Vanity

0

Folly of Vanity
1925-01-26

0

Fair Lady
1922-03-19

They Were Expendable

6.557

They Were Expendable
1945-12-07

0

Burnt Wings
1920-03-29

6.7

Pilgrimage
1933-07-12

Into No Man's Land

0

Into No Man's Land
1928-06-15