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Betty Balfour
Born
Florence Lilian Woods
(1902-03-27 ) 27 March 1902Died 4 November 1977(1977-11-04) (aged 75 ) Occupation Actress Years active 1920–1945 Spouse
(m. 1931; div. 1941)
Betty Balfour (born Florence Lilian Woods ; 27 March 1902 – 4 November 1977)[1] silent era , and known as the "British Mary Pickford " and "Britain's Queen of Happiness". She was best known to audiences for her Squibs
Life and career [ edit ]
Balfour was the most popular actress in Britain in the 1920s, and in 1927 she was named by the Daily Mirror Squibs comedy series produced by George Pearson , while in his Love, Life and Laughter Reveille Somebody's Darling typecasting .[2]
She made her stage debut in 1913, and was appearing in Medora at the Alhambra Theatre in Leicester Square when T. A. Welsh and Pearson saw and signed her for Nothing Else Matters Gertrude Lawrence on stage in The Midnight Follies , Balfour was back with Pearson with her first starring role in Mary Find the Gold
In 1916 she starred in Fred Karno's all female revue, 'All Women,' notable at the time for its all female cast, including stage manager, musical director and advanced agent.
Balfour made no attempt to break into Hollywood but like Ivor Novello she was able to export her talents to mainland Europe. She starred in the German films, Die sieben Töchter der Frau Gyurkovics Die Regimentstochter Marcel L'Herbier in Le Diable au cœur Louis Mercanton in Croquette La Petite Bonne du palace Géza von Bolváry in Bright Eyes
Back in Britain, she also starred in Alfred Hitchcock 's Champagne Walter Summers ' musical Raise the Roof The Nipper Squibs character and released the following August, was only moderately successful. She then didn't appear in a film for four years, after which she played a supporting role to Jessie Matthews in Victor Saville 's Evergreen Squibs Henry Edwards , appeared with John Mills in Walter Forde and Anthony Asquith 's Forever England Henry Cass ' 29 Acacia Avenue
Balfour had less fortune in her private life. Her marriage to composer Jimmy Campbell went on the rocks in 1941 after ten years and an attempt of a comeback on the stage failed in 1952. She died at age 75 in Weybridge , Surrey .
Filmography [ edit ]
Mary-Find-the-Gold
Squibs
Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep
Wee MacGregor's Sweetheart
Mord Em'ly
Love, Life and Laughter
Squibs' Honeymoon
Squibs M.P.
Reveille
Satan's Sister
Somebody's Darling
Monte Carlo
Blinkeyes
Cinders La petite bonne du palace ) (1926)
Pearl of Love
La Petite Bonne du palace The Maid at the Palace ) (1926) – Betty Cinders
The Sea Urchin
Topical Budget newsreel : "Cinema Stars' Rally" (1926) – self
Croquette Monkey Nuts ) (1928) – Croquette
Le Diable au cœur Little Devil May Care ) (1928) – Ludivine Ducaille – une fille étrange
Die sieben Töchter der Frau Gyurkovics A Sister of Six ) (1926) – Mizzi
Champagne
A Little Bit of Fluff
Die Regimentstochter Daughter of the Regiment ) (1929) – Marie – Regiments Daughter
Paradise
Bright Eyes Champagner ) (1929) – Jenny
The Vagabond Queen
Raise the Roof
The Nipper The Brat ) (1930) – The Nipper
My Old Dutch
Evergreen
Brown on Resolution
Squibs
Eliza Comes to Stay
29 Acacia Avenue
References [ edit ]
^ Macnab, Geoffrey (2000). Searching for Stars: Stardom and Screen Acting in British Cinema . London: Cassell. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-304-33352-3
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