Betty Blythe

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Female
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1893-08-31
  • event Death Date 1972-04-07
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 4.7
  • info Birth Place Los Angeles, California, USA
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Tuxedo Junction

1941-11-25

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The Women

1939-09-01

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Earl of Puddlestone

1940-08-31

2.5

I've Been Around

1935-03-05

7.1

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1946-05-02

3

Slander

1916-04-09

6.8

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1947-09-01

4.9

The Scarlet Letter

1934-09-18

6.3

Something in the Wind

1947-07-21

6.4

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

1944-05-20

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Gangster's Boy

1938-11-16

6.5

Hollywood Story

1951-06-01

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Percy

1925-04-05

5.4

The Spanish Cape Mystery

1935-10-09

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Stars of Yesterday

1931-12-31

6.2

Crime Doctor

1943-06-22

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Southern Love

1924-01-01

4.7

Girls in Chains

1943-05-17

5.2

The Gorgeous Hussy

1936-08-28

5.5

Lena Rivers

1932-03-27

5.7

She

1925-06-20

6.5

Murder at Glen Athol

1936-02-27

5.7

The Perfect Clue

1935-03-13

3.8

Before Midnight

1933-11-18

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Freckles Comes Home

1942-01-02

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The Truth About Wives

1923-02-03

4.4

A Fig Leaf for Eve

1944-07-04

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A Girl of the Limberlost

1934-10-14

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Chu-Chin-Chow

1924-05-15

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Over the Top

1918-03-31

5.4

Federal Fugitives

1941-03-29

6.2

Adventure

1945-12-28

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Sarong Girl

1943-06-11

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Romance of the Limberlost

1938-06-16

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Delinquent Parents

1938-07-15

5.2

Misbehaving Husbands

1940-12-20

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Western Courage

1935-10-29

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Mr. Muggs Steps Out

1943-10-29

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The Undercurrent

1919-11-16

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The Queen of Sheba

1921-04-10

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In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter

1924-09-28

7.8

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948-04-28

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Two Heads on a Pillow

1934-10-02

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Shed No Tears

1948-06-09

4

Money Means Nothing

1934-06-14

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Domestic Troubles

1928-03-28

3.7

Night Alarm

1934-12-10

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Life in Sometown, U.S.A.

1938-02-26

6.5

Hold That Kiss

1938-05-13

6.1

Back Street

1932-08-04

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Docks of New York

1945-02-24

5.5

Cheers of the Crowd

1935-08-05

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Ever Since Eve

1934-03-25

3.9

Runaway Daughters

1956-01-20

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Stolen Love

1928-12-02

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Sis Hopkins

1941-04-12

5

Puddin' Head

1941-06-25

9

Rainbow on the River

1936-12-18

6.5

Espionage

1937-02-26

5.8

Glorious Betsy

1928-04-25

1

Yours for the Asking

1936-07-23

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Spotlight Scandals

1943-09-24

6

Madonna of the Desert

1948-02-23

5

The Miracle Kid

1941-11-14

5

Top Sergeant Mulligan

1941-10-16

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House of Errors

1942-04-10

5.2

Tom Brown of Culver

1932-06-30

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Piano Mooner

1942-12-11

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A Million Bid

1927-05-27

6.8

Topper

1937-07-16

5.7

Our Wife

1941-08-20

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The Girl from Gay Paree

1927-10-01

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Dawn on the Great Divide

1942-12-18

2

The Undercover Woman

1946-01-01

3.8

Bar 20

1943-10-01

6.4

Honky Tonk

1941-10-01

5.2

Luxury Liner

1948-11-09

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Disraeli

1921-08-21

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Charge It

1921-06-11

7.6

My Fair Lady

1964-10-21

5.5

Nomads of the North

1920-09-25

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What Do You Think? (Number Two)

1937-12-25

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Snowbound

1927-05-01

5.8

Undercurrent

1946-11-11

6.1

Presenting Lily Mars

1943-04-29

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Joe Palooka, Champ

1946-05-26

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Beating the Odds

1919-05-12

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Jiggs and Maggie in Society

1947-12-12

5

Inflation

1942-01-01

6.8

Only Yesterday

1933-11-01

5.2

Badge of Honor

1934-04-01

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Sisters of Eve

1928-09-01

5.7

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

1945-10-05

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The Silver Horde

1920-05-09

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How Women Love

1922-10-15

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Folly of Vanity

1925-01-26

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Fair Lady

1922-03-19

6.6

They Were Expendable

1945-12-07

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Burnt Wings

1920-03-29

6.8

Pilgrimage

1933-07-12