Betty Lawford
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Betty Lawford (February 1, 1912 – November 20, 1960) was a United States-based English film and stage actress. 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.
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- 1947 ·The Devil Thumbs a Rideas Agnes Smith
- 1943 ·Stage Door Canteenas Betty Lawford
- 1937 ·Stolen Holidayas Helen Tuttle
- 1937 ·Criminal Lawyeras Betty Walker
- 1936 ·Love Before Breakfastas Countess Jane Campanella
- 1934 ·The Human Sideas Alma Hastings
- 1934 ·Let’s Be Ritzyas Mrs. Pembrook
- 1933 ·Gallant Ladyas Cynthia Haddon
- 1933 ·Berkeley Squareas Marjorie Frant
- 1933 ·The Monkey's Pawas Rose
- 1931 ·Secrets of a Secretaryas Sylvia Merritt
- 1930 ·Old Englishas Phyllis
- 1929 ·The Return of Sherlock Holmesas Mary Watson
- 1929 ·Lucky In Loveas
- 1929 ·Gentlemen of the Pressas Dorothy Snell Hanley