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Betty Blythe 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 over the course of her career.
Birth Name
Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter
Born
Friday, 01 September 1893
Died
Friday, 07 April 1972
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Sex at 24 Frames Per Second | Self (from Queen of Sheba) | 2003 |
| My Fair Lady | Lady at Ball | 1964 |
| The Helen Morgan Story | Party Guest | 1957 |
| Lust for Life | Dowager | 1956 |
| Runaway Daughters | Party Guest | 1956 |
| The Lineup | Mrs. DeSues | 1954 |
| Racket Squad | Mrs. Burton | 1951 |
| Hollywood Story | Betty Blythe / Herself | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Mrs. Pennock / Mrs. Gordon / Mrs. Forester / Mrs. Austin / Emma | 1950 |
| Jiggs and Maggie Out West | Society Woman | 1950 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Sex at 24 Frames Per Second | Self (from Queen of Sheba) | 2003 |
| My Fair Lady | Lady at Ball | 1964 |
| The Helen Morgan Story | Party Guest | 1957 |
| Lust for Life | Dowager | 1956 |
| Runaway Daughters | Party Guest | 1956 |
| The Lineup | Mrs. DeSues | 1954 |
| Racket Squad | Mrs. Burton | 1951 |
| Hollywood Story | Betty Blythe / Herself | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Mrs. Pennock / Mrs. Gordon / Mrs. Forester / Mrs. Austin / Emma | 1950 |
| Jiggs and Maggie Out West | Society Woman | 1950 |
| Dangerous Assignment | Countess Esterhazy | 1950 |
| Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters | Mrs. Van Belden | 1949 |
| The Barkleys of Broadway | Guest in Lobby | 1949 |
| Luxury Liner | Miss Fenmoor | 1948 |
| Shed No Tears | Mrs. Peet - the Landlady / Mrs. Peet (Uncredited) | 1948 |
| Letter from an Unknown Woman | Frau Kohner | 1948 |
| Madonna of the Desert | Mrs. Brown | 1948 |
| Jiggs and Maggie in Society | Mrs. Vacuum | 1947 |
| Cass Timberlane | Nurse | 1947 |
| Song of Love | Concertgoer with Opera Glasses | 1947 |
| The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Floor Manager | 1947 |
| Something in the Wind | Society Matron | 1947 |
| Undercurrent | Saleslady | 1946 |
| Joe Palooka, Champ | Mrs. Stafford | 1946 |
| The Postman Always Rings Twice | Customer | 1946 |
| The Undercover Woman | Cissy Van Horne / Cissy Van Horn | 1946 |
| The Hoodlum Saint | Minor Role | 1946 |
| The Kid from Brooklyn | Mrs. LeMoyne's Friend | 1946 |
| Adventure | Mrs. Buckley | 1945 |
| They Were Expendable | Officer's Wife | 1945 |
| Her Highness and the Bellboy | Diplomat's Wife | 1945 |
| Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | Mrs. Murdock | 1945 |
| Love, Honor and Goodbye | Wife | 1945 |
| Docks of New York | Mrs. Darcy | 1945 |
| Marriage Is a Private Affair | Bit Role | 1944 |
| A Fig Leaf for Eve | Lavinia Sardham | 1944 |
| Charlie Chan in the Chinese Cat | Mrs. Manning | 1944 |
| Where Are Your Children? | Mrs. Cheston | 1943 |
| Mr. Muggs Steps Out | Margaret Murray | 1943 |
| Bar 20 | Mrs. Stevens | 1943 |
| Spotlight Scandals | Mrs. Baker | 1943 |
| Sarong Girl | Miss Ellsworth | 1943 |
| Crime Doctor | Mrs. Harrington | 1943 |
| Girls in Chains | Mrs. Grey | 1943 |
| Presenting Lily Mars | Dowager | 1943 |
| Dawn on the Great Divide | Mrs. Elmira Corkle | 1942 |
| Piano Mooner | Society Woman | 1942 |
| House of Errors | Mrs. Martha Randall | 1942 |
| Yokel Boy | Woman Reporter | 1942 |
| Freckles Comes Home | Mrs. Minerva Potter / Minerva Potter | 1942 |
| Inflation | Next Door Neighbor Who Begins Hoarding | 1942 |
| Tuxedo Junction | Miss Hornblower | 1941 |
| The Miracle Kid | Madame Gloria | 1941 |
| Top Sergeant Mulligan | Mrs. Lewis | 1941 |
| Honky Tonk | Mrs. Wilson | 1941 |
| Our Wife | Shipboard Passenger | 1941 |
| Puddin' Head | Mrs. Bowser | 1941 |
| Sis Hopkins | Mrs. Farnsworth | 1941 |
| Federal Fugitives | Marcia - Lane's Sister / Marcia | 1941 |
| Misbehaving Husbands | Effie Butler | 1940 |
| Earl of Puddlestone | Millicent Potter-Potter | 1940 |
| The Women | Mrs. South | 1939 |
| Gangster's Boy | Mrs. Davis | 1938 |
| Delinquent Parents | Mrs. Wharton | 1938 |
| Romance of the Limberlost | Mrs. Parker | 1938 |
| Hold That Kiss | Wedding Guest at Piermont's | 1938 |
| Life in Sometown, U.S.A. | Mrs. Himber | 1938 |
| Man-Proof | Country Club Woman | 1938 |
| Conquest | Princess Mirska | 1937 |
| Topper | Mrs. Goodrich | 1937 |
| Espionage | Train Passenger | 1937 |
| Rainbow on the River | Flower Buyer | 1936 |
| The Gorgeous Hussy | Mrs. Wainwright | 1936 |
| Yours for the Asking | May | 1936 |
| The Criminal Within | Ann Randel | 1936 |
| It's Up to You | Martha | 1936 |
| Western Courage | Mrs. Hanley | 1935 |
| The Spanish Cape Mystery | Mrs. Godfrey | 1935 |
| Anna Karenina | Spectator in Opera Box | 1935 |
| Cheers of the Crowd | Lil Langdon Walton | 1935 |
| The Perfect Clue | Ursula Chesebrough | 1935 |
| I've Been Around | Woman | 1935 |
| Night Alarm | Mrs. Elizabeth Van Dusen | 1934 |
| A Girl of the Limberlost | Mrs. Parker | 1934 |
| Two Heads on a Pillow | Mrs. Agnes Walker | 1934 |
| The Scarlet Letter | Innkeeper | 1934 |
| Money Means Nothing | Mrs. Ferris | 1934 |
| Badge of Honor | Mrs. Claire van Alstyne | 1934 |
| Ever Since Eve | Mrs. Vandergrift | 1934 |
| Before Midnight | Mavis Fry | 1933 |
| Only Yesterday | Mrs. Vincent / Mrs. Vincent (Uncredited) | 1933 |
| Pilgrimage | Janet Prescot | 1933 |
| The King's Vacation | Mrs. Clarence Langley | 1933 |
| Back Street | Gossip | 1932 |
| Tom Brown of Culver | Dolores Delight | 1932 |
| Lena Rivers | Mrs. Mathilda Nichols / Mathilda Nichols | 1932 |
| Stolen Love | Modiste | 1928 |
| Sisters of Eve | Mrs. Wenham Gardner | 1928 |
| Into No Man's Land | Th Countess | 1928 |
| Glorious Betsy | Princess Fredericka | 1928 |
| Domestic Troubles | Carrie | 1928 |
| The Girl from Gay Paree | Mademoiselle Fanchon | 1927 |
| Eager Lips | Paula | 1927 |
| A Million Bid | Mrs. Gordon | 1927 |
| Snowbound | Julia Barry | 1927 |
| A Daughter of Israel | Agar | 1925 |
| She | Ayesha | 1925 |
| Percy | Lolita | 1925 |
| Folly of Vanity | Mrs. Ridgeway (modern sequence) | 1924 |
| In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter | Rita Sismondi | 1924 |
| The Breath of Scandal | Sybil Russell | 1924 |
| The Spitfire | Jean Bronson | 1924 |
| The Recoil | Norma Selbee | 1924 |
| Chu-Chin-Chow | Zahrat | 1923 |
| Sinner or Saint | Mademoiselle Iris | 1923 |
| The Truth About Wives | Helen Frazer | 1923 |
| The Darling of the Rich | Charmion Winship | 1923 |
| How Women Love | Rosa Roma | 1922 |
| His Wife's Husband | Olympia Brewster | 1922 |
| Fair Lady | Countess Margherita | 1922 |
| Charge It | Mille Garreth | 1921 |
| Mother o' Mine | Fan Baxter | 1921 |
| The Queen of Sheba | Queen of Sheba | 1921 |
| Just Outside the Door | Floria Wheaton | 1921 |
| Nomads of the North | Nanette Roland / Nanette | 1920 |
| Occasionally Yours | Bunny Winston | 1920 |
| The Undercurrent | Mariska | 1919 |
| Beating the Odds | Hebe Norse | 1919 |
| Fighting Destiny | Caryl Rundlege | 1919 |
| Silent Strength | Ruth Madison | 1919 |
| Hoarded Assets | Claire Dawson | 1918 |
| Miss Ambition | Edith Webster | 1918 |
| The King of Diamonds | Lucille Bennett | 1918 |
| The Green God | Muriel Temple | 1918 |
| Tangled Lives | Hilda Howland | 1918 |
| A Game with Fate | Elaine Huntington | 1918 |
| The Little Runaway | Eileen Murtagh | 1918 |
| The Business of Life | Elena Clydesdale | 1918 |
| A Mother's Sin | Lady Fitzpatrick | 1918 |
| His Own People | Lady Mary Thorne | 1917 |
