Betty Lawford

Personal Info

Known ForActing
Born1912-02-01
BirthplaceLondon, England, UK

Betty Lawford

Acting

Biography

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.

Filmography

Acting (15)

1947
6.6
1943
Stage Door Canteenas Betty Lawford
6.3
1937
Stolen Holidayas Helen Tuttle
6.4
1937
Criminal Lawyeras Betty Walker
6.5
1936
Love Before Breakfastas Countess Jane Campanella
6.1
1934
The Human Sideas Alma Hastings
9.0
1934
Let’s Be Ritzyas Mrs. Pembrook
10.0
1933
Gallant Ladyas Cynthia Haddon
7.3
1933
Berkeley Squareas Marjorie Frant
5.9
1933
6.5
1931
Secrets of a Secretaryas Sylvia Merritt
6.0
1930
Old Englishas Phyllis
6.3
9.0
1929
Lucky In Loveas Lady Mary Cardigan
7.0
1929
Gentlemen of the Pressas Dorothy Snell Hanley
6.7