Betty Ann Davies

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Betty Ann Davies

Born	(1910-12-24)24 December 1910 London England
Died	14 May 1955(1955-05-14) (aged 44) Manchester England
Occupation	Actress

Betty Ann Davies (1910–1955) was a British stage and film actress active from the 1920's to the 1950's.^[1]She died tragically young in 1955 aged 44 following an operation. Miss Davies made her first stage appearance at the Palladium in a revue in 1924. The following year she joined Cochran's Young Ladies in revues such as "One Dam Thing After Another" and "This Year of Grace". Betty Ann Davies enjoyed a long and distinguished West End career which included "The Good Companions" 1934, "Morning Star" 1942, and "Blithe Spirit" 1943. Her outstanding stage triumph was in the role of Blanche du Bois, which she took over from Vivien Leigh, in the original West End production of " A Streetcar Named Desire". Miss Davis appeared in 38 films, and was active in TV at the time of her death. She left one son Brook Blackford.^[2]

Selected filmography

My Old Duchess (1933)
Death at Broadcasting House (1934)
Play Up the Band (1935)
She Knew What She Wanted (1936)
Chick (1936)
Mountains O'Mourne (1938)
Kipps (1941)
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
Escape (1948)
The History of Mr. Polly (1949)
The Blue Lamp (1949)
The Passionate Friends (1949)
Man in Black (1949)
Trio (1950)
Outcast of the Islands (1951)
Grand National Night (1953)
The Belles of St Trinian's (1954)
Children Galore (1955)
Alias John Preston (1955)

References

External links

Betty Ann Davies at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Davies, Betty Ann
Alternative names
Short description	British actor
Date of birth	1910
Place of birth
Date of death	1955
Place of death

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