Betty Lawford

Actor · 1912 – 1960 · London, England, UK

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.

Movies15

Movie6.6
ThrillerCrime
Steve Morgan kills a man in a holdup and hitches a ride to Los Angeles with Fergie. At a gas station, they pick up two women. Encountering a roadblock, Morgan takes over and persuades the party to spend the night at an unoccupied beach house. The police close in as one by one, the others learn that Morgan is a killer.
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947 · 22 votes
Movie6.3
ComedyRomance
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of theatre and film appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance.
Stage Door Canteen
1943 · 20 votes
Movie6.0
Drama
Society girl becomes a social secretary when her father dies penniless. From a story by Charles Brackett.
Secrets of a Secretary
1931 · 3 votes
Movie7.3
Drama
Unwed mother gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back when the adoptive mother dies.
Gallant Lady
1933 · 3 votes
Movie10.0
RomanceComedy
Complications ensue when a young married couple pretend to be something they're not.
Let’s Be Ritzy
1934 · 1 votes
Movie9.0
Mystery
The Return of Sherlock Holmes was the first sound film to feature Sherlock Holmes.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1929 · 1 votes
Movie5.9
FantasyRomance
A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.
Berkeley Square
1933 · 16 votes
Movie6.5
ActionRomance
Barry Brandon, a criminal lawyer, visits the night club of Denny Larkin, his primary client, with Betty Walker, a spoiled society girl. The police raid the club and Brandon pleads that the whole group is guilty, just to get even with Larkin for a rebuke. On the same night in court, Madge Carter is on trial for disorderly conduct, and Brandon volunteers to defend her, and proves the case against her if a frame-up. Finding that she is penniless, Brandon hires her as his secretary, and falls in love with her. Brandon is appointed district attorney and has ambitions of becoming the state governor. Having dinner at Betty's home, she maneuvers him, while he is drunk, into marrying her. Later, Madge is a witness when Larkin shoots down a fellow gangster. By threatening Brandon's life, he forces her to commit perjury at his trial, and say he fired in self-defense. Brandon, the prosecuting attorney (who has had his marriage to Betty annulled) knows she is lying but doesn't know why.
Criminal Lawyer
1937 · 5 votes
Movie6.7
Drama
A newspaperman is drawn away from family life by the needs of his paper until a new woman enters his life.
Gentlemen of the Press
1929 · 3 votes
Movie6.5
Horror
A mother wishes for the return of her dead son, a wish that is granted by the severed paw of a dead monkey.
The Monkey's Paw
1933 · 2 votes
Movie6.4
DramaRomance
A young model is set up with her own fashion business by a crooked financier, who sells worthless bonds.
Stolen Holiday
1937 · 8 votes
Movie6.3
Drama
An old man unethically provides an income for his two grandchildren.
Old English
1930 · 3 votes
Movie9.0
Drama
The story of a theatrical producer, his divorced wife and their four children.
The Human Side
1934 · 1 votes
Movie6.1
ComedyRomance
Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for Kay who is already engaged to Bill. Scott pursues Kay like crazy, going so far as to buy Bill's oil company so that he can banish him to Japan, leaving Kay unmoored.
Love Before Breakfast
1936 · 16 votes
Movie7.0
ComedyMusic
Michael O'More, an American who lives in Ireland with his uncle, a horsetrainer for the Earl of Balkerry, loves Lady Mary Cardigan, granddaughter of the Earl. He finds a rival in Capt. Brian Fitzroy, a rake who intends to buy the impoverished earl's castle and marry Lady Mary. After nearly killing Fitzroy in a brawl over Lady Mary, Michael flees to the United States. There he becomes financially secure when department store magnate Abe Feinberg offers him a job. Feinberg commissions Michael to establish a linen mill on the earl's estate. He and Mary, who is in the United States evading Fitzroy, return to Ireland and marry.
Lucky In Love
1929 · 1 votes