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Betty Ross Clarke

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Betty Ross Clarke (born May Clarke, May 1, 1892 – January 24, 1970) was an American stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1920 and 1940, including silent and sound films, in both credited and uncredited roles. During the 1920s, Clarke appeared in 14 silent films, including 11 U.S. films, two British films and one German film. In the United States, she worked for film companies that included Famous Players-Lasky, Thomas H. Ince, and Vitagraph Studios. She played the female lead in the film If I Were King opposite William Farnum and had other starring roles in silent films. Clarke's first screen role in a "talkie" was as the character Dot Aldrich in The Age for Love. During the 1930s, she appeared in more than 20 sound films, including both feature films and short films. She typically played character roles, both credited and uncredited. Of note, she replaced the actress Sara Haden as Aunt Millie in two feature length Andy Hardy films. Betty Ross Clarke was occasionally billed in screen credits as "Betsy Ross Clarke" or "Betty Ross Clark," and her name appears as "Betty Ross-Clarke" in some databases, such as the Internet Broadway Database. Throughout her career, Clarke often performed on both the theater stage and in films during the same time period. A newspaper advertisement in 1922 noted that audience members could "see her on stage and screen at the same time," because she was performing in the play The Morning Him and also starring in the film At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern. Commenting on the difference between stage and film acting, Clarke remarked that the "silent drama affords an easier life to those who choose it, for one has the nights free, to do as one likes. On the boards an actor's or actresses's time is always taken up." Most of the silent films in which Clarke appeared have not survived. However, the films If I Were King and Mother o' Mine are preserved in the silent film archive of the Library of Congress. A print of Mother o' Mine is also housed in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. The silent film Traveling Salesman, with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in the leading role, can be found in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York. Many of the later sound films in which she appeared are still available, including Murders in the Rue Morgue, A Bride for Henry, Love Finds Andy Hardy, Judge Hardy's Children, and Four Wives.


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Born:
May 1, 1892 In Langdon, North Dakota, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
25
First Appeared:
In the movie If I Were King 1920-08-09
Latest Project:
Movie The Delinquents 1989-12-21
Known For
Poster of Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
Poster of Three Married Men
Poster of The Cost of Beauty
Poster of Straws in the Wind
Filmography
Movie The Delinquents Saleswoman (uncredited) 1989-12-21
Movie Untamed Mother (uncredited) 1940-07-24
Movie Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family) Aunt Millie Forrest 1939-01-09
Movie Four Wives Nurse in Dr. Forrest's Office (uncredited) 1939-12-22
Movie Judge Hardy's Children Millie Forrest 1938-03-26
Movie Another Romance of Celluloid Self (uncredited) 1938-02-05
Movie Hold That Kiss Wedding Guest at Piermont's 1938-05-13
Movie The Chaser Secretary 1938-07-29
Movie Too Hot to Handle Mrs. Harding 1938-09-16
Movie Love Finds Andy Hardy Millie Forrest 1938-07-22
Movie Woman Against Woman Alice 1938-06-24
Movie A Bride for Henry Mrs. Curtis 1937-09-29
Movie A Night at the Movies Wife (uncredited) 1937-11-06
Movie Blossoms On Broadway Mrs. Peagram (uncredited) 1937-11-19
Movie Three Married Men Annie 1936-09-24
Movie The Public Pays Paige's Secretary (uncredited) 1936-10-10
Movie Headline Shooter Sue, Mike's Wife (uncredited) 1933-07-28
Movie Murders in the Rue Morgue Mme. L'Espanaye 1932-01-27
Movie The Age for Love Dot Aldrich 1931-10-17
Movie The Cost of Beauty Diana Faire 1924-07-01
Movie Straws in the Wind The Wife 1924-03-01
Movie Brewster's Millions Peggy 1921-01-28
Movie The Fox Annette Fraser 1921-07-24
Movie Traveling Salesman Beth Elliott 1921-06-05
Movie If I Were King Katherine de Vaucelles 1920-08-09