Betty Warren
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.
Passport to Pimlico
as Connie PembertonWhen an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove...
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as Mrs. O'DonovanVicky Barton and her brother Johnny travel from Naples to visit the 1889 Paris Exhibition. They...
Movie pageSecret Mission
as Lulu ClarkWorld War II drama in which a member of the French Resistance and three British agents undertake...
Movie pageTread Softly Stranger
as FloUnable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and...
Movie pageThe Magic Bow
as uncreditedBiography of the famous Italian violinist Nicola Paganini which focuses as much on the...
Movie pageDans la vie tout s'arrange
as uncreditedA Boston school teacher fights with a group of impoverished Frenchmen for possession of an...
Movie pageThey Met in the Dark
as FayA Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him...
Movie pageThe Farmer's Wife
as Louisa WindeattEden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the...
Movie pageChampagne Charlie
as Bessie BellwoodA man from the countryside becomes London’s newest music hall sensation, and competes with a...
Movie pageVariety Jubilee
as Florrie FordeThis domestic melodrama chronicles three generations of a family of music-hall owners. In the...
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