Betty Lawford

Betty Lawford

1912-02-01 – 1960-11-20 (age 48) London, England, UK
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Biography

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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.

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Old English
Old English

1930

as Phyllis

Stage Door Canteen
Stage Door Canteen

1943

as Betty Lawford

Berkeley Square
Berkeley Square

1933

as Marjorie Frant

Criminal Lawyer
Criminal Lawyer

1937

as Betty Walker

The Monkey's Paw
The Monkey's Paw

1933

as Rose

Stolen Holiday
Stolen Holiday

1937

as Helen Tuttle

Gallant Lady
Gallant Lady

1933

as Cynthia Haddon

The Devil Thumbs a Ride
The Devil Thumbs a Ride

1947

as Agnes Smith

Love Before Breakfast
Love Before Breakfast

1936

as Countess Jane Campanella

Secrets of a Secretary
Secrets of a Secretary

1931

as Sylvia Merritt

The Human Side
The Human Side

1934

as Alma Hastings

Let’s Be Ritzy
Let’s Be Ritzy

1934

as Mrs. Pembrook

Gentlemen of the Press
Gentlemen of the Press

1929

as Dorothy Snell Hanley

The Return of Sherlock Holmes
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Lucky In Love

1929

as Lady Mary Cardigan