Betty Balfour (27 March 1903 – 4 November 1977) was a silent English screen actress, known as the British Mary Pickford and as Britain's Queen of Happiness.
Balfour was the most popular actress in Britain in the 1920s, and in 1927 she was named by the Daily Mirror as the country's favorite world star. She was a consummate screen actress, whose sympathetic portrayals were often tinged with pathos.
Her talent was most evident in the Squibs comedy s...
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Betty Balfour (27 March 1903 – 4 November 1977) was a silent English screen actress, known as the British Mary Pickford and as Britain's Queen of Happiness.
Balfour was the most popular actress in Britain in the 1920s, and in 1927 she was named by the Daily Mirror as the country's favorite world star. She was a consummate screen actress, whose sympathetic portrayals were often tinged with pathos.
Her talent was most evident in the Squibs comedy series produced by George Pearson, while in his 1923's Love, Life and Laughter and 1924's Reveille, she demonstrated a serious side to her character.
She made her stage debut in 1913, and was appearing in Medora at the Alhambra Theatre when T. A. Welsh and Pearson saw and signed her for Nothing Else Matters in 1920. After replacing Gertrude Lawrence on stage in The Midnight Follies, Balfour was back with Pearson with her first starring role in Mary Find the Gold.
Balfour made no attempt to break into Hollywood but like Ivor Novello she was able...
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