Betty Alden

Betty Alden
Alden in The Nut Farm (1935)
Born	(1891-08-21)August 21, 1891
Died	July 4, 1948(1948-07-04) (aged 56)
Resting place	Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Other names	Mrs. Edwin Maxwell[1]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1920s–1948
Spouse	Edwin Maxwell

Betty Alden (August 21, 1891 – July 4, 1948) was an American actress and the wife of actor Edwin Maxwell.^[2] She had several theatrical roles in the 1920s.

Career

She played Nellie in the 1927 theatrical show The Virgin Man. She portrayed one of the lead characters in the 1935 film The Nut Farm, an adaptation of a successful play starring Wallace Ford, whom she acted opposite in the film.^[3]

She acted with her husband Edwin Maxwell in the play Life With Father.^[4][5][6]

Personal life and death

Alden married Irish actor Edwin Maxwell.^[7][8] She died in 1948 and is buried in the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood.^[9]

Filmography

• The Seventh Day (1922)^[10][11]
• Lightnin' (1930)^[10][11]
• Fugitive Lady (1934)^[10]
• The Fountain (1934)^[10][12] as Allard's wife
• The Nut Farm (1935) as Helen Bent^[10]
• Carnival (1935)^[10] as nurse
• People Will Talk (1935)^[10] as Gertrude Mahoney
• Captains Courageous (1937)^[10]
• The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)^[10][13]

References

1. "Kitten Entertains Dinner Guests". The Los Angeles Times. October 23, 1938. p. 56. Retrieved April 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "MOVIE-GO-ROUND by JACK KARR". The Toronto Star. September 11, 1946. p. 10. Retrieved April 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "At the Criterion". The New York Times. April 8, 1935.
4. "'Life With Father' Stars Have Brilliant Careers". St. Joseph News-Press. September 22, 1946. p. 30. Retrieved April 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "The Stage Colonial Theatre 'Life With Father'". The Boston Globe. August 27, 1946. p. 37. Retrieved April 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Mae West Comes Back With a New Comedy--Other Plays and Films". The Boston Globe. September 1, 1946. p. 42. Retrieved April 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Domino Ball Scheduled". The Boston Globe. March 28, 1937. p. 70. Retrieved April 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Dominos Clubhouse Scene of Blithe New Year Frolic". The Los Angeles Times. January 5, 1936. p. 64. Retrieved April 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Location 11241). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition
10. "Betty Alden". catalog.afi.com.
11. Munden, Kenneth White; Institute, American Film (February 11, 1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520209695 – via Google Books.
12. Katchmer, George A. (February 11, 1991). Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known. McFarland. ISBN 9780899504940 – via Google Books.
13. "Betty Alden". www.tcm.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.

External links

• Betty Alden at IMDb
• Betty Alden at the Internet Broadway Database
• Betty Alden at Playbill Vault