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Betty Blythe

Cast & creator

Betty Blythe

1893-08-31 (died at 78) Los Angeles, California, USAIMDb

Best known for My Fair Lady, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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.

Also known as: Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter

Movies

113

film credits

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television credits

Career

113

1916–1964 · acting roles

Credit score

6.9

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

Lady at Ball (uncredited) · 1964

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Customer (uncredited) · 1946

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Floor Manager (uncredited) · 1947

The Women

The Women

Mrs. South (uncredited) · 1939

Topper

Topper

Mrs. Goodrich (uncredited) · 1937

Across film & television

Filmography (113)

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My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

Lady at Ball (uncredited)

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Customer (uncredited)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Floor Manager (uncredited)

The Women

The Women

Mrs. South (uncredited)

Topper

Topper

Mrs. Goodrich (uncredited)

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Frau Kohner (uncredited)

They Were Expendable

They Were Expendable

Officer's Wife (uncredited)

Our Wife

Our Wife

Minor Role (uncredited)

Adventure

Adventure

Mrs. Buckley (uncredited)

Undercurrent

Undercurrent

Saleslady (uncredited)

Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk

Mrs. Wilson

Sis Hopkins

Sis Hopkins

Mrs. Farnsworth

Murder at Glen Athol

Murder at Glen Athol

Ann Randel

Fair Lady

Fair Lady

Countess Margherita

Yours for the Asking

Yours for the Asking

May (uncredited)

Back Street

Back Street

Gossip (uncredited)

The Queen of Sheba

The Queen of Sheba

Queen of Sheba

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

Mrs. Murdock (uncredited)

Something in the Wind

Something in the Wind

Society Matron (uncredited)

Madonna of the Desert

Madonna of the Desert

Mrs. Brown

His Wife's Husband

His Wife's Husband

Olympia Brewster

Docks of New York

Docks of New York

Mrs. Darcy

Tom Brown of Culver

Tom Brown of Culver

Dolores Delight

Miss Ambition

Miss Ambition

Edith Webster

Shed No Tears

Shed No Tears

Mrs. Peet (Uncredited)

Dawn on the Great Divide

Dawn on the Great Divide

Mrs. Elmira Corkle

Snowbound

Snowbound

Julia Barry

Crime Doctor

Crime Doctor

Mrs. Harrington

Presenting Lily Mars

Presenting Lily Mars

Dowager

Jiggs and Maggie in Society

Jiggs and Maggie in Society

Mrs. Vacuum

The Spanish Cape Mystery

The Spanish Cape Mystery

Mrs. Godfrey

The Breath of Scandal

The Breath of Scandal

Sybil Russell

Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday

Mrs. Vincent (Uncredited)

Hollywood Story

Hollywood Story

Herself

Sarong Girl

Sarong Girl

Miss Ellsworth

A Girl of the Limberlost

A Girl of the Limberlost

Mrs. Parker

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

Mrs. Manning

The Gorgeous Hussy

The Gorgeous Hussy

Mrs. Wainwright

Hold That Kiss

Hold That Kiss

Wedding Guest at Piermont's

Two Heads on a Pillow

Two Heads on a Pillow

Mrs. Agnes Walker

Life in Sometown, U.S.A.

Life in Sometown, U.S.A.

Mrs. Himber (uncredited)

Romance of the Limberlost

Romance of the Limberlost

Mrs. Parker

Mr. Muggs Steps Out

Mr. Muggs Steps Out

Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage

Janet Prescot

What Do You Think? (Number Two)

What Do You Think? (Number Two)

A Game with Fate

A Game with Fate

Elaine Huntington

The Business of Life

The Business of Life

Elena Clydesdale

In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter

In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter

Rita Sismondi

I've Been Around

I've Been Around

Betty

Rainbow on the River

Rainbow on the River

Flower Buyer (uncredited)

Slander

Slander

Espionage

Espionage

Train Passenger

Rebecca

Rebecca

Mrs. Danvers

A Fig Leaf for Eve

A Fig Leaf for Eve

Lavinia Sardham

Into No Man's Land

The Countess

Cheers of the Crowd

Cheers of the Crowd

Lil Langdon Walton

Luxury Liner

Luxury Liner

Miss Fenmoor (uncredited)

Girls in Chains

Girls in Chains

Mrs. Grey

Mother o' Mine

Mother o' Mine

Fan Baxter

Joe Palooka, Champ

Joe Palooka, Champ

Mrs. Stafford

Nomads of the North

Nomads of the North

Nanette

The King of Diamonds

The King of Diamonds

Lucille Bennett

The Girl from Gay Paree

The Girl from Gay Paree

Mademoiselle Fanchon

House of Errors

House of Errors

Mrs. Martha Randall

Federal Fugitives

Federal Fugitives

Marcia

Gangster's Boy

Gangster's Boy

Mrs. Davis

The Truth About Wives

Helen Frazer

The Third Generation

The Third Generation

Helen Van Dusen

Stolen Love

Stolen Love

Modiste

Western Courage

Western Courage

Mrs. Hanley

Glorious Betsy

Glorious Betsy

Princess Fredericka

Disraeli

Disraeli

Delinquent Parents

Delinquent Parents

Mrs. Wharton

Runaway Daughters

Runaway Daughters

Party Guest (uncredited)

Before Midnight

Before Midnight

Mavis Fry

Top Sergeant Mulligan

Top Sergeant Mulligan

Mrs. Lewis

Misbehaving Husbands

Misbehaving Husbands

Effie Butler

Night Alarm

Night Alarm

Mrs. Elizabeth Van Dusen

The Green God

The Green God

Muriel Temple

Freckles Comes Home

Freckles Comes Home

Minerva Potter

Tuxedo Junction

Tuxedo Junction

Miss Hornblower

Bar 20

Bar 20

Mrs. Stevens

Puddin' Head

Puddin' Head

Mrs. Bowser

Inflation

Inflation

Next Door Neighbor Who Begins Hoarding (uncredited)

Stars of Yesterday

Stars of Yesterday

Self

Percy

Percy

Lolita

Domestic Troubles

Domestic Troubles

Carrie

Sisters of Eve

Mrs. Wenham Gardner

The Perfect Clue

The Perfect Clue

Ursula Chesebrough

The Silver Horde

The Silver Horde

Mildred Wayland

Ever Since Eve

Ever Since Eve

Mrs. Vandergrift

The Undercover Woman

The Undercover Woman

Cissy Van Horn

Lena Rivers

Lena Rivers

Mathilda Nichols

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

Innkeeper

A Million Bid

A Million Bid

Mrs. Gordon

Money Means Nothing

Money Means Nothing

Mrs. Ferris

The Miracle Kid

The Miracle Kid

Madame Gloria

Folly of Vanity

Folly of Vanity

Mrs. Ridgeway (modern sequence)

Southern Love

Southern Love

Dolores

Earl of Puddlestone

Earl of Puddlestone

Millicent Potter-Potter

Occasionally Yours

Occasionally Yours

Bunny Winston

How Women Love

How Women Love

Rosa Roma

Spotlight Scandals

Spotlight Scandals

Mrs. Baker

Over the Top

Over the Top

Madame Arnot

Chu-Chin-Chow

Chu-Chin-Chow

Zahrat

Badge of Honor

Mrs. Claire van Alstyne

She

She

Ayesha

Burnt Wings

Burnt Wings

Helen

The Spitfire

The Spitfire

Jean Bronson

Piano Mooner

Piano Mooner

Society Woman

Beating the Odds

Beating the Odds

Hebe Norse

The Undercurrent

The Undercurrent

Mariska

Charge It

Charge It

Mille Garreth