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.
Stage Door Canteen
as Betty LawfordA young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous...
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The Devil Thumbs a Ride
as Agnes SmithSteve Morgan kills a man in a holdup and hitches a ride to Los Angeles with Fergie. At a gas...
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Gallant Lady
as Cynthia HaddonUnwed mother gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back when the adoptive mother dies.
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Berkeley Square
as Marjorie FrantA young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American...
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Old English
as PhyllisAn old man unethically provides an income for his two grandchildren.
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Criminal Lawyer
as Betty WalkerBarry Brandon, a criminal lawyer, visits the night club of Denny Larkin, his primary client,...
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Stolen Holiday
as Helen TuttleA young model is set up with her own fashion business by a crooked financier, who sells...
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The Monkey's Paw
as RoseA mother wishes for the return of her dead son, a wish that is granted by the severed paw of a...
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Gentlemen of the Press
as Dorothy Snell HanleyA newspaperman is drawn away from family life by the needs of his paper until a new woman enters...
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The Human Side
as Alma HastingsThe story of a theatrical producer, his divorced wife and their four children.
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Secrets of a Secretary
as Sylvia MerrittSociety girl becomes a social secretary when her father dies penniless. From a story by Charles...
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Love Before Breakfast
as Countess Jane CampanellaScott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots...
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Mary WatsonThe Return of Sherlock Holmes was the first sound film to feature Sherlock Holmes.
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Lucky In Love
as uncreditedMichael O'More, an American who lives in Ireland with his uncle, a horsetrainer for the Earl of...
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