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.
Known For
Credits
- 1947 · The Devil Thumbs a Ride as Agnes Smith
- 1943 · Stage Door Canteen as Betty Lawford
- 1937 · Stolen Holiday as Helen Tuttle
- 1937 · Criminal Lawyer as Betty Walker
- 1936 · Love Before Breakfast as Countess Jane Campanella
- 1934 · The Human Side as Alma Hastings
- 1934 · Let’s Be Ritzy as Mrs. Pembrook
- 1933 · Gallant Lady as Cynthia Haddon
- 1933 · Berkeley Square as Marjorie Frant
- 1933 · The Monkey's Paw as Rose
- 1931 · Secrets of a Secretary as Sylvia Merritt
- 1930 · Old English as Phyllis
- 1929 · The Return of Sherlock Holmes as Mary Watson
- 1929 · Lucky In Love as
- 1929 · Gentlemen of the Press as Dorothy Snell Hanley