Betty Lynne

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Betty Lynne
Born16 May 1911
Berlin, German Empire
Died2 March 2011 (aged 99)
OccupationActress
Years active1937-1974 (film & TV)

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]

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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

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References

  1. Goble p.15
  2. "Betty Lynne Concentrates on Losing That German Accent". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York, Brooklyn. 22 May 1932. p. E 2. Retrieved 8 March 2020 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Betty Lynne". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.

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