Betty Lynne
Betty Lynne (1911–2011) was a British film actress. During the late 1930s she played the female lead in a number of quota quickies, several of them for Warner Bros. at Teddington Studios. In 1939 she co-starred with Robert Newton in the thriller Dead Men are Dangerous.[1]
Betty Lynne | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 May 1911 Berlin, German Empire |
| Died | 2 March 2011 (aged 99) Mézin, Lot-et-Garonne, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1937-1974 (film & TV) |
Lynne was educated at Godwin Girls College in England, a convent in France, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.[2] She appeared on Broadway in The Animal Kingdom (1932) and Escape Me Never (1935).[3]
Selected filmography
- Take It from Me (1937)
- Saturday Night Revue (1937)
- French Leave (1937)
- Patricia Gets Her Man (1937)
- It's Not Cricket (1937)
- Mr. Satan (1938)
- The Viper (1938)
- Wanted by Scotland Yard (1938)
- Glamour Girl (1938)
- Dead Men are Dangerous (1939)
- That's the Ticket (1940)
- Portrait from Life (1948)
- Once Upon a Dream (1949)
- The Bad Lord Byron (1949)
References
- Goble p.15
- "Betty Lynne Concentrates on Losing That German Accent". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York, Brooklyn. May 22, 1932. p. E 2. Retrieved March 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Betty Lynne". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on March 8, 2020. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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