Betty Farrington
Acting
Born 1898-05-14
Died 1989-02-03
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Betty Farrington (May 14, 1898 – February 3, 1989) was an American character actress active from the 1920s through 1960.
Born in Missouri's largest city, Kansas City, Betty Farrington would play mostly supporting and minor roles during her career, although she would occasionally be given a featured or leading part, appearing in almost 100 films during her career. Some of the more notable films she appeared in include: Preston Sturges' The Lady Eve (1941), starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda; 1942's My Favorite Blonde and 1947's My Favorite Brunette, both starring Bob Hope; the classic film noir Double Indemnity (1944), starring Fred MacMurray, Stanwyck, and Edward G. Robinson; 1944's The Uninvited, starring Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey; Cecil B. Demille's Unconquered (1948), starring Gary Cooper and Paulette Goddard; the epic Samson and Delilah (1950), with Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr in the title roles; Father of the Bride (1950), directed by Vincente Minnelli, and starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, and Elizabeth Taylor; and Minnelli's 1953 The Band Wagon, starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. Her final big screen appearance would be in 1956's The Fastest Gun Alive, starring Glenn Ford. Farrington would make guest appearances on several television shows in the late 1950s, including Sergeant Preston of the Yukon and Perry Mason. She died in San Diego three-and-a-half months before her 91st birthday.
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Filmography
Acting
40 credits
Double Indemnity
You Can't Take It with You
Father of the Bride
The Fastest Gun Alive
This Gun for Hire
Dark Command
The Lady Eve
My Favorite Brunette
Made for Each Other
Let Us Live
The Great McGinty
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Stranger on the Third Floor
Four Wives
Man Wanted
Too Young to Kiss
Night in New Orleans
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
True to Life
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
Bad Boy
Nocturne
Pacific Blackout
Missing Witnesses
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Miss Susie Slagle's
The Man Who Lived Twice
The Florentine Dagger
Maybe It's Love
The Wild Man of Borneo
Theodora Goes Wild
Down to Their Last Yacht
Florida Special
Money and the Woman
Stardust on the Sage
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Big Dame Hunting
Anybody's War
In Old Missouri
The Iceman's Ball
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