Betty Blythe

Birth Name:

Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter

Birth Place:

Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession

Actress

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․"
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
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

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