Acting
Betty Blythe
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
My Fair Lady
Film · 1964
Runaway Daughters
Film · 1956
Hollywood Story
Film · 1951
Rebecca
Film · 1950
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Film · 1948
Shed No Tears
Film · 1948
Madonna of the Desert
Film · 1948
Luxury Liner
Film · 1948
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Film · 1947
Something in the Wind
Film · 1947
Jiggs and Maggie in Society
Film · 1947
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Film · 1946
The Undercover Woman
Film · 1946
Undercurrent
Film · 1946
Joe Palooka, Champ
Film · 1946
Adventure
Film · 1945
Docks of New York
Film · 1945
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Film · 1945
They Were Expendable
Film · 1945
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
Film · 1944
A Fig Leaf for Eve
Film · 1944
Crime Doctor
Film · 1943
Girls in Chains
Film · 1943
Sarong Girl
Film · 1943
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
Film · 1943
Spotlight Scandals
Film · 1943
Bar 20
Film · 1943
Presenting Lily Mars
Film · 1943
Freckles Comes Home
Film · 1942
House of Errors
Film · 1942
Piano Mooner
Film · 1942
Dawn on the Great Divide
Film · 1942
Inflation
Film · 1942
Tuxedo Junction
Film · 1941
Federal Fugitives
Film · 1941
Sis Hopkins
Film · 1941
Puddin' Head
Film · 1941
Top Sergeant Mulligan
Film · 1941
The Miracle Kid
Film · 1941
Our Wife
Film · 1941
Honky Tonk
Film · 1941
Earl of Puddlestone
Film · 1940
Misbehaving Husbands
Film · 1940
The Women
Film · 1939
Gangster's Boy
Film · 1938
Romance of the Limberlost
Film · 1938
Delinquent Parents
Film · 1938
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
Film · 1938
Hold That Kiss
Film · 1938
Espionage
Film · 1937
Topper
Film · 1937
What Do You Think? (Number Two)
Film · 1937
The Gorgeous Hussy
Film · 1936
Murder at Glen Athol
Film · 1936
Rainbow on the River
Film · 1936
Yours for the Asking
Film · 1936
I've Been Around
Film · 1935
The Spanish Cape Mystery
Film · 1935
The Perfect Clue
Film · 1935
Western Courage
Film · 1935
Cheers of the Crowd
Film · 1935
The Scarlet Letter
Film · 1934
A Girl of the Limberlost
Film · 1934
Two Heads on a Pillow
Film · 1934
Money Means Nothing
Film · 1934
Night Alarm
Film · 1934
Ever Since Eve
Film · 1934
Badge of Honor
Film · 1934
Before Midnight
Film · 1933
Only Yesterday
Film · 1933
Pilgrimage
Film · 1933
Lena Rivers
Film · 1932
Back Street
Film · 1932
Tom Brown of Culver
Film · 1932
Stars of Yesterday
Film · 1931
Domestic Troubles
Film · 1928
Stolen Love
Film · 1928
Glorious Betsy
Film · 1928
Sisters of Eve
Film · 1928
Into No Man's Land
Film · 1928
A Million Bid
Film · 1927
The Girl from Gay Paree
Film · 1927
Snowbound
Film · 1927
Percy
Film · 1925
She
Film · 1925
Southern Love
Film · 1924
Chu-Chin-Chow
Film · 1924
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
Film · 1924
Folly of Vanity
Film · 1924
The Spitfire
Film · 1924
The Breath of Scandal
Film · 1924
The Truth About Wives
Film · 1923
How Women Love
Film · 1922
Fair Lady
Film · 1922
His Wife's Husband
Film · 1922
The Queen of Sheba
Film · 1921
Disraeli
Film · 1921
Charge It
Film · 1921
Mother o' Mine
Film · 1921
Nomads of the North
Film · 1920
The Silver Horde
Film · 1920
Burnt Wings
Film · 1920
Occasionally Yours
Film · 1920
The Third Generation
Film · 1920
The Undercurrent
Film · 1919
Beating the Odds
Film · 1919
Over the Top
Film · 1918
Miss Ambition
Film · 1918
The Business of Life
Film · 1918
The Green God
Film · 1918
A Game with Fate
Film · 1918
The King of Diamonds
Film · 1918
Slander
Film · 1916