Betty Blythe Biography

Fast Facts

• Started her career on the stage, appearing in such pays as "So Long Letty" and "The Peacock Princess․"
• Quote: "A director is the only man besides your husband who can tell you how much of your clothes to take off․"
• Quote: "I had 28 costumes in 'Queen of Sheba,' and if I'd worn them all at once I couldn't have kept warm․"
• Founded the film production company B․B․ Productions, Inc․, in 1922
• Known for her revealing costumes, as well as her dramatic skills
• Though she started her career at Vitagraph Studios, she was quickly signed by Fox studio as a replacement for actress Theda Bara
• Best known for playing dramatic roles in exotic silent films such as "The Queen of Sheba․"
• While filming a scene involving a forest fire for "Nomads of the North," she and co-star Lon Chaney were burned by an accidental fire that blocked their escape path and production had to be halted for two weeks for them to recover
• Had an unbilled role as an opera star in "The Mysterious Lady" and an uncredited role in "My Fair Lady" as a member of a crowd
• Was featured in a 1965 Playboy pictorial about stars of the 1920s