Betty Ross Clarke

Biography

Betty Ross Clarke was an American actress of stage and screen. She began in stock companies, first appearing on stage in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and later toured engagements in Pittsburgh and Haverhill, Massachusetts. In 1916 she appeared in the popular play Fair and Warmer, and her Broadway debut came in 1917 as Evelyn de Gascoigne in The Family Exit. After moving to England in 1923, she made her London debut as Fifi Morgan in Bachelor Husbands in 1924. She made 14 silent films in the 1920s, among them a female lead opposite William Farnum in If I Were King. Her first talking part was in The Age for Love, as Dot Aldrich, and in the 1930s she played character parts in more than 20 sound films, including Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) and Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938), replacing Sara Haden as Aunt Millie. Her screen credits number more than 30 films made between 1920 and 1940.

77years old at death

Born May 1, 1892Langdon
Died January 24, 1970Los Angeles
Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Also credited as Betty Ross Clark

Movie Career

Films: 3
Career span: 6 years1932 to 1938

Every film, newest first

1938Love Finds Andy HardyIMDb rating 6.7
1938Too Hot to HandleIMDb rating 6.6
1932Murders in the Rue MorgueIMDb rating 6.3

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First role
Clarke's first stage work was with a stock company in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She went on to stock engagements in Pittsburgh, Haverhill, Massachusetts, and Sioux City, Iowa.
A first
Betty Ross Clarke played Dot Aldrich in The Age for Love, which was her first screen role in a talkie.
About the name
In screen credits, Clarke was sometimes listed as Betsy Ross Clarke or Betty Ross Clark, and some databases give her name as Betty Ross-Clarke.