
Betty Francisco
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1900-09-25
Day of Death
1950-11-25 (50 years old)
Place of Birth
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Betty Francisco
Biography
From Wikipedia
Betty Francisco (September 26, 1900 – November 25, 1950) was
an American silent-film actress, appearing mainly in dramatic/romantic films.
Her sister, Evelyn Francisco, was also an actress.
Born Elizabeth Barton (or Bartman) in Little Rock, Arkansas,
Betty acted in many credited roles from the period between 1920 and 1934, after
which it appears she left the movies for good. Her first film credit was in the
1920 film A Broadway Cowboy. However, the film did little to improve her
popularity.
In 1923, she was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars,
although studios still preferred to cast her in roles opposite major female
leading ladies. However, she managed to have her own share of leading roles,
co-starring with Norma Talmadge, Wallace Beery and Conway Tearle in First
National's 1923 costume picture Ashes of Vengeance. She appeared in Maytime
that same year.The actress was still working after the transition of sound, but
her name was now virtually unnoticed and Betty, who had mostly done "B
movies" in her career, found herself almost forgotten by the film industry.
Her last film was Romance in the Rain (1934).
Betty Francisco died of a heart attack on her ranch in El
Cerrito, Riverside, California in 1950, aged 50, and was interred at the Forest
Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Glendale, California, United States.
Known For
Acting
(1934)
Whom the Gods Destroy
as The Sun Rises Lead Actress
(1934)
Romance in the Rain
as Julia
(1932)
Stowaway
as Madge
(1931)
Charlie Chan Carries On
as Sybil Conway
(1931)
Good Sport
as Laura
(1930)
Madam Satan
as Little Rolls Riding Hood
(1930)
Street of Chance
as Mrs. Mastick
(1930)
The Widow from Chicago
as Helen
(1929)
Broadway
as Mazie
(1929)
Smiling Irish Eyes
as Frankie West
(1929)
The Spirit of Youth
as Claire Ewing
(1929)
(1928)
Broadway Daddies
as Agnes Forrest
(1928)
Queen of the Chorus
as Flossie de Vere
(1927)
The Gay Retreat
as Betty Burnett
(1927)
Long Pants
as His finish
(1927)
Man Bait
as Betty Gerber
(1927)
Too Many Crooks
as Frisco Flora
(1927)
Uneasy Payments
as Marie Valentia
(1926)
Irene
as Cordelia Smith
(1926)
Don Juan's 3 Nights
as Madame de Courcy
(1926)
The Lily
as Mrs. Arnaud Jr
(1925)
Fifth Avenue Models
as Rosie Guffy
(1925)
Faint Perfume
as Pearl Crumb
(1925)
Wasted Lives
as Grace Gardner
(1925)
(1924)
Gambling Wives
as Sylvia Baldwin
(1924)
How to Educate a Wife
as Betty Breese
(1923)
Ashes of Vengeance
as Margot de Vancoire
(1923)
The Love Piker
as Edith Cloney
(1923)
The Darling of New York
as Frances
(1923)
Double Dealing
as Stella Fern
(1923)
Crinoline and Romance
as Kitty Biddle
(1923)
Poor Men's Wives
as Claribel
(1923)
Maytime
as Ermintrude
(1922)
Across the Continent
as Lorraine Tyler
(1922)
Her Night of Nights
as Myone Madrigal
(1921)
Midsummer Madness
as Mary Miller
(1921)
Greater Than Love
as Helen Wellington
(1921)
Straight from Paris
as Doris Charming
(1921)
Riding with Death
as Anita Calhoun
(1920)
The Furnace
as Patricia Brent