Betty Balfour (27 March 1903 – 4 November 1977) was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness". She was best known to audiences for her Squibs series of films.
Attempted suicide after a failed comeback in 1952 and then spent the last 20 years of her life in virtual seclusion.
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In addition to being the most important internationally recognised British star of the silent screen, she also made a reputation in German and French films between 1927 and 1929.
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Light comedy star, on stage at the Wood Green Empire from the age of eleven. Best known on screen as 'Squibs' in a series for Gaumont/Welsh-Pearson. Like Chaplin, she was prone to mix comedy with pathos.
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Made her stage debut in 1914 at the Court Theatre becoming one of C. B. Cochran's stars.
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