Betty Arthur
Acting
Biography
Betty Arthur was born on December 6, 1910 in Indianapolis, Indiana USA as Elizabeth Kathryn Leopold. She was an actress, dancer and performer and appeared in The Phantom of the Opera (1925) and The Broadway Melody (1929) When Betty was seven-years-old the renowned ballerina Anna Pavlova visited Indiana and watched Betty dance. Pavlova was so impressed that she wanted to take Betty to New York to continue her career, but could not because of Betty's age. Later Betty came to Los Angeles in 1923, and continued her dancing with Ernest Belcher. She died on March 26, 2005 in Los Angeles, California.
Known For
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.
The Phantom of the Opera
A comedy short in The Collegians series starring George Lewis, where college students do what students do. Flirt around and do sports.
Making Good
The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognizes that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.