Betty Lawford

English film and stage actress

Betty Lawford
Lawford in 1945
Born	(1912-02-01)February 1, 1912 London, England, UK
Died	November 20, 1960(1960-11-20) (aged 48) New York City
Nationality	British
Years active	1929-1947
Spouse(s)	Monta Bell (1931-37; divorced) Burton "Barry" Buchanan (1955-60; her death)
Parent(s)	Ernest Lawford Janet Slater Lawford

Betty Lawford (February 1, 1912 – November 20, 1960) was a United States-based English film and stage actress.

Her parents, Ernest Lawford^[1] and Janet Slater Lawford, were also actors, and she was a cousin of the actor Peter Lawford.

Lawford's stage debut came in a Players' Club production of Henry IV. She followed this role with appearances in Julius Caesar and The Lady Lies.^[1] 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).^[2]

She briefly was married to the American actor-director Monta Bell.

She died at Roosevelt Hospital, Manhattan, following an illness of three weeks.

Filmography

Gentlemen of the Press (1929)
Lucky in Love (1929)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929)
Old English (1930)
Secrets of a Secretary (1931)
Berkeley Square (1933)
The Monkey's Paw (1933)
Let's Be Ritzy (1934)
Gallant Lady (1934)
The Human Side (1934)
Love Before Breakfast (1936)
Criminal Lawyer (1937)
Stolen Holiday (1937)
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947)

References

^ ^a ^b "Really Wanted, Betty Lawford Heeded Coaxing". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 29 November 1936. p. 38. Retrieved 28 August 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Betty Lawford". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.