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Betty Francisco

Betty Francisco

Birthday: 1900-09-25 | Place of Birth: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1932
Stowaway

as    Madge

1931
Good Sport

as    Laura

1930
The Widow from Chicago

as    Helen

1929
The Spirit of Youth

as    Claire Ewing

1929
Smiling Irish Eyes

as    Frankie West

1927
The Gay Retreat

as    Betty Burnett

1927
Man Bait

as    Betty Gerber

1927
Long Pants

as    His finish

1927
Uneasy Payments

as    Marie Valentia

1927
A Boy of the Streets

as    Mary Callahan

1926
The Phantom of the Forest

as    Helen Taylor

1925
Wasted Lives

as    Grace Gardner

1925
Faint Perfume

as    Pearl Crumb

1925
Fair Play

as    Rita Thane

1924
How to Educate a Wife

as    Betty Breese

1924
East of Broadway

as    Diana Morgan

1924
Big Timber

as    Poppy Ordway

1923
Flaming Youth

as    Connie Fentriss

1923
The Love Piker

as    Edith Cloney

1923
Maytime

as    Ermintrude

1923
Ashes of Vengeance

as    Margot de Vancoire

1923
Double Dealing

as    Stella Fern

1922
Across the Continent

as    Lorraine Tyler

1921
Riding with Death

as    Anita Calhoun

1921
Straight from Paris

as    Doris Charming

1920
The Furnace

as    Patricia Brent