Betty Warren

Born: 1905-10-31

Betty Warren (31 October 1907 – 15 December 1990) was a British actress during the 1930s to 1950s, best known for her comedy roles in such films as Champagne Charlie (1944) and Passport to Pimlico (1949). Born Babette Hilda Hogan, in Fareham, Hampshire, England, she appeared in Goody Two Shoes at the Prince's Theatre in Bristol during 1930-31, and in the musical play Balalaika, which opened in London at the Adelphi Theatre on 22 December 1936 and which ran for 569 performances. In 1945 she appeared in the 'musical extravaganza' Magic Carpet at the Princes Theatre in London. Warren's first film appearance was in Magyar Melody in 1939, followed by The Farmer's Wife (1941), Secret Mission (1942), Variety Jubilee (1943), They Met in the Dark (1943), Champagne Charlie (1944) as Bessie Bellwood,The Magic Bow (1946), Passport to Pimlico (1949) with Stanley Holloway, So Long at the Fair (1950), and Tread Softly Stranger (1958). Her television work included three episodes of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents (1953-1954). In 1955 she toured the United Kingdom in the first production of Sandy Wilson's The Buccaneer  Betty Warren died in Yeovil, Somerset, England in 1990 aged 83.


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So Long at the Fair

as Mrs. O'Donovan
Released: 1950-05-31

Vicky Barton and her brother Johnny travel from Naples to visit the 1889 Paris Exhibition. They...

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Passport to Pimlico

as Connie Pemberton
Released: 1949-10-26

When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove...

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Tread Softly Stranger

as Flo
Released: 1958-08-15

Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and...

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They Met in the Dark

as Fay
Released: 1943-08-11

A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him...

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Secret Mission

as Lulu Clark
Released: 1942-10-05

World War II drama in which a member of the French Resistance and three British agents undertake...

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The Magic Bow

as uncredited
Released: 1946-09-20

Biography of the famous Italian violinist Nicola Paganini which focuses as much on the...

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Champagne Charlie

as Bessie Bellwood
Released: 1944-08-25

A man from the countryside becomes London’s newest music hall sensation, and competes with a...

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The Farmer's Wife

as Louisa Windeatt
Released: 1941-04-20

Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the...

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Variety Jubilee

as Florrie Forde
Released: 1943-06-14

This domestic melodrama chronicles three generations of a family of music-hall owners. In the...

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Dans la vie tout s'arrange

as uncredited
Released: 1952-08-01

A Boston school teacher fights with a group of impoverished Frenchmen for possession of an...

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