Betty Blythe (nascida Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter (Los Angeles, 1 de setembro de 1893 – Los Angeles, 7 de abril de 1972) foi uma atriz americana mais conhecida por seus papéis dramáticos em filmes mudos exóticos como The Queen of Sheba (1921). Ela apareceu em 63 filmes mudos e 56 sonoros ao longo de sua carreira.
Biografia Ela nasceu Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter em Los Angeles, onde frequentou a Westlake School for Girls e a University of Southern California. Betty já havia encurtado seu nome para Betty Blythe quando ela e três outras mulheres posaram para uma sessão de fotos da mais nova moda feminina de natação, um maiô. Antes disso, esperava-se que as mulheres usassem meias com vestidos cheios ou saias na água.
Carreira Blythe começou seu trabalho de palco em peças teatrais como So Long Letty e The Peacock Princess. Ela trabalhou em vaudeville como a "California Nightingale" cantando canções como "Love Tales from Hoffman".
Em 1915, ela teve um papel não faturado em Bella Donna para Famous Players Film Company . Após seu primeiro papel na Vitagraph Studios no veículo de 1917, ela recebeu um papel de liderança no filme de 1918 do estúdio, A Game With Fate. miniaturadaimagem|Betty Blythe em Queen of Sheba Tão famosa por seus trajes reveladores quanto por suas habilidades dramáticas, ela se tornou uma estrela em filmes exóticos como A Rainha de Sabá (1921) (no qual ela não usava nada acima da cintura, exceto um colar de contas), Chu-Chin -Chow (feito em 1923; lançado pela MGM nos EUA em 1925) e She (1925). Ela também foi vista com boa vantagem em filmes menos reveladores como Nomads of the North (1920) com Lon Chaney e In Hollywood com Potash and Perlmutter (1924), produzido por Samuel Goldwyn . Senhora Misteriosa. Ela continuou a trabalhar como atriz de personagem. Um de seus últimos papéis foi um pequeno papel não creditado em uma cena de multidão em My Fair Lady, de 1964.
Vida pessoal Blythe foi casada com o diretor de cinema Paul Scardon de 1919 até sua morte em 1954. Ela teria ganhado US$ 3,5 milhões quando vendeu um trecho de terra que agora faz parte da Sunset Strip. Blythe perdeu sua fortuna no crash da bolsa de 1929. Ela morreu de ataque cardíaco em Woodland Hills, Califórnia, em 1972, aos 78 anos. Ela está enterrada no Forest Lawn Memorial Park em Glendale, Califórnia.
Prêmios e memoriais Por suas contribuições para a indústria cinematográfica, Betty Blythe tem uma estrela de cinema na Calçada da Fama de Hollywood localizada em 1708 Vine Street. miniaturadaimagem|Betty em 1921 Seu nome batiza o Betty Blythe Vintage Tea Room em West Kensington, Londres, Inglaterra.
Filmografia FilmesAnoNomePapelEstúdio/Observações1915Bella DonnaDançarina (Sem Créditos)Famous Players Film Company1917His Own PeopleLady Mary ThorneVitagraph Studios1918A Game With FateElaine HuntingtonVitagraph1918A Mother's SinLady FitzpatrickVitagraph1918Over the TopMadame ArnotVitagraph1918The Little RunawayEileen MurtaghVitagraph1918The Green GodMuriel TempleVitagraph1918The King of DiamondsLucille BennettVitagraph1918Tangled LivesHilda HowlandVitagraph1918The Business of LifeElena ClydesdaleVitagraph1918All ManBelle FoliotVitagraph1918Hoarded AssetsClaire DawsonVitagraph1918Miss AmbitionEdith WebsterVitagraph1919The UndercurrentMariskaSelect Pictures1919Silent StrengthRuth MadisonVitagraph1919Beauty-ProofCarol ThorpeVitagraph1919Beating the OddsHebe NorseVitagraph1919Fighting DestinyCaryl RundlegeVitagraph1919The Man Who WonBarbara Le MoyneVitagraph1919Dust of DesireCorrinne TorrenceVitagraph1920Occasionally YoursBunny WinstonL. J. Gasnier Productions1920The Third GenerationHelen Van DusenBrentwood Film Corporation1920The Silver HordeMildred WaylandEminent Authors Pictures, Inc.1920Burnt WingsHelenUniversal Films1920Nomads of the NorthNanette RolandJames Oliver Curwood Productions Inc.1921The Truant HusbandVera DelauneyRockett Film Corp.1921Just Outside the DoorGloria WheatonWeber Productions1921The Queen of ShebaThe Queen of ShebaFox Film1921Mother o' MineFan BaxterThomas H. Ince Productions1921Charge ItMillie GarrethEquity Pictures1922The Darling of the RichCast memberB.B. Productions1922His Wife's HusbandOlympia BrewsterPyramid Pictures1922How Women LoveRosa RomaB.B. Productions1922Fair LadyCountess MargheritaBennett Pictures Corp.1923Chu-Chin-ChowZahratMGM1923The Truth About WivesHelen FrazerB. B. Productions1923Sinner or SaintMademoiselle IrisB. B. Productions1923The Darling of the RichCharmion WinshipB. B. Productions1924Southern LoveDoloresGraham-Wilcox Productions1924The Breath of ScandalSybil RussellB. P. Schulberg Productions1924The SpitfireJean BronsonMurray W. Garsson Productions1924The RecoilNorma SelbeeGoldwyn Pictures1924The Folly of VanityMrs. RidgewayFox Film1924In Hollywood with Potash and PerlmutterRita SismondiGoldwyn1925SpeedMary WhippleBanner Productions1925SheAyeshaReciprocity Films1925PercyLolitaThomas H. Ince Productions1926Mother's BoyCast member1926Le Puits de JacobCast member1927SnowboundJulia BarryTiffany-Stahl Productions1927Eager LipsPaulaChadwick Pictures1927The Girl from Gay PareeMademoiselle FanchonTiffany-Stahl Productions1927A Million BidMrs. GordonWarner Bros.1928Domestic TroublesCast member1928Sisters of EveMrs. Wenham GardnerTrem Carr1928Glorious BetsyPrincess FrederickaWarner Bros.1928Into No Man's LandThe CountessExcellent Pictures Corp.1928The Mysterious LadyMGM1931Stars of YesterdayArchive footageVitaphone1932Tom Brown of CulverDolores DelightUniversal1932Lena RiversMrs. Mathilda NicholsTiffany Productions1932Back Street(unknown)Universal1933PilgrimageJanet PrescotFox Film1933Only YesterdayMrs. VincentUniversal1934Two Heads on a PilowMrs. WalkerLiberty Pictures1934The Scarlet LetterInnkeeperLarry Darmour Productions1934A Girl of the LimberlostMrs. Parker, "The Bird Woman"Monogram Pictures1934Money Means NothingMrs. FerrisMonogram Pictures1934Night AlarmElizabeth Van DusenLarry Darmour Productions1934Badge of HonorMrs. Van AlstyneMayfair Pictures1934Ever Since EveMrs. VandegriftFox Film1934I've Been Around(unknown)Universal Pictures1935Anna Karenina(unknown)MGM1935The Spanish Cape MysteryMrs. GodfreyLiberty Pictures1935Cheers of the CrowdLil Langdon WaltonMonogram Pictures1935The Fighting LadyMrs. HanfordFanchon Royer Pictures1935The Perfect ClueUrsula ChesebroughLarry Darmour Productions1935Western CourageMrs. HanleyColumbia Pictures Larry Darmour Productions1936It's Up to YouMarthaRaphael G. Wolff, Inc.1936Murder at Glen AtholAnn RandelInvincible Pictures1936Rainbow on the RiverFlower buyerPrincipal Productions, Inc.1936Yours for the AskingSociety womanParamount1936The Gorgeous HussyMrs. WainwrightMGM1937ConquestPrincess Mirska (uncredited)MGM1937EspionagePassengerMGM1937TopperMrs. Goodrich (uncredited)1938Hold That Kiss(unknown)MGM1938Gangster's BoyMrs. DavisMonogram Pictures1938Romance of the LimberlostMrs. ParkerMonogram Pictures1938Delinquent ParentsMrs. WhartonProgressive Pictures1938Man-ProofCountry club womanMGM1938Little Tough Guys in Society(unknown)Universal Studios1939The WomenMrs. South (uncredited)MGM1940Earl of PuddlestoneMillicent Potter-PotterRepublic Pictures1940Misbehaving HusbandsEffie ButlerProducers Releasing Corporation1941Our Wife(unknown)Columbia Pictures1941Tuxedo JunctionMiss HornblowerRepublic Pictures1941Honky TonkMrs. WilsonMGM1941Federal FugitivesMarciaProducers Releasing Corporation1941Top Sergeant MulliganMrs. LewisMonogram Productions1941The Miracle KidMadam GloriaJohn T. Coyle Productions1942Two Yanks in Trinidad(unkniown)Columbia Pictures1942Dawn on the Great DivideMrs. Elmira CorkleMonogram Productions1942Freckles Comes HomeMrs. PotterMonogram Productions1942House of ErrorsMrs. Martha RandallProducers Releasing Corporation1942Yokel BoyReporterRepublic Pictures1943Presenting Lily MarsDowagerMGM1943Mr. Muggs Steps OutMargaret MorganMonogram Pictures1943Sarong GirlMiss EllsworthMonogram Productions1943Bar 20Mrs. StevensHarry Sherman Productions1943Spotlight ScandalsMrs. BakerBanner Productions1943Girls in ChainsMrs. GreyAtlantis Picture Corporation1944The Chinese CatMrs. ManningMonogram Pictures1944Where Are Your Children?Mrs. ChestonMonogram Pictures1945Her Highness and the BellboyDiplomat's Wife (uncredited)MGM1945Abbott and Costello in HollywoodMrs. MurdockMGM1945Docks of New YorkMrs. DarcyMonogram Pictures1945Love, Honor and GoodbyewifeRepublic Pictures1945They Were ExpendableOfficer's Wife (uncredited)MGM1945AdventureMrs. Buckley (uncredited)MGM1946UndercurrentSaleslady (uncredited)MGM1946The Undercover WomanCissy Van HornRepublic Pictures1946A Fig Leaf for EveLavinia SardhamCarey Westen Corp1946Joe Palooka, ChampMrs. StaffordMonogram Pictures1946The Hoodlum Saint(unknown)MGM1946The Kid from BrooklynMrs. LeMoyne's friend (uncredited)Samuel Goldwyn Productions1946The Postman Always Rings TwiceCustomer (uncredited)MGM1947Jiggs and Maggie in SocietyMrs. VacuumMonogram Productions1947Song of LoveLady with Opera Glasses (uncredited)MGM1947The Secret Life of Walter MittyFloor Manager (uncredited)Samuel Goldwyn Productions1948Cass TimberlaneNurse (uncredited)MGM1948Letter from an Unknown WomanFrau Kohner (uncredited)Republic Pictures1948Madonna of the DesertMrs. BrownRepublic Pictures1948Luxury LinerMiss FenmoorMGM1949The Barkleys of BroadwayGuest in lobbyMGM1949Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot JittersMrs. Van BeldenMonogram Productions1950Jiggs and Maggie Out WestSociety Woman (uncredited)Monogram Productions1951Hollywood StorySelfUniversal Pictures1955The Lonesome TrailMrs. WellsL & B Productions1956Lust for LifeDowager (uncredited)MGM1957The Helen Morgan StoryParty Guest (uncredited)Warner Bros.1964My Fair LadyLady at Ball (uncredited)Warner Bros.TelevisãoAnoNomePapelAparições1952Racket SquadMrs. Burton1 episode, CBS1958The LineupMrs. DeSues1 episode, CBS Referências
Ligações externas
Betty Blythe at Virtual History
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