Betty Ross Clarke Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Dress Size, Contact Details, Spouse(Husband), Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
May Clarke
NICK NAMES
Betsy Ross Clarke, Betty Ross Clark, Betty Ross-Clarke, Betty Clarke Collins, May Clarke Collins, Betty Clarke
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Monday
BIRTHPLACE
Langdon, North Dakota, United States
DIED AT AGE
87 Years 8 Months 23 Days
DEATHDATE
January 24, 1970
DEATHPLACE
Los Angeles, California, United States
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
TAURUS
Physical Stats
WAIST
N/A
Hip
N/A
DRESS SIZE
N/A
HEIGHT
N/A
WEIGHT
N/A
Betty Ross Clarke Family Members
Parents
FATHER
Charles Willard Clarke
Betty Ross Clarke Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE
Arthur Greville Collins (1921-)
Fame & Address
DEBUT
FAMOUS FROM/AS
If I Were King as Katherine de Vaucelles (Film 1920)
Education, Net Worth & More
More Information
Career of Betty Ross Clarke
Betty entered into acting in 1911. She is known for her work in over 30 films between 1920 and 1940. Some of her film credit includes Mother o' Mine, If I Were King, Murders in the Rue Morgue, and more. Some of the plays she was known for include The Morning Him, Bachelor Husbands.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Betty Ross Clarke
- Did Betty Ross Clarke takes alcohol? NA.
- Was Betty Ross Clarke in the habit of Smoking? NA.
- She had studied dance in New York City and spent a year on the vaudeville circuit.
- She wanted to pursue her career as a ballet dancer, but she eventually started gaining success as a stage and film actress and ultimately choose to give up the idea of dancing as a profession.
- She received an "ardent feminist" credit at a formal lunch party of the San Francisco Center (the League of Women Voters) in 1930.
- She was praised for her support of voting rights for women even though she herself could not vote in the United States because she did not have her citizenship papers. She finally became a naturalized U.S. citizen on December 28, 1934.
- She was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California after her death.
- She made her first appearance on the stage in a stock company in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her play credit includes No Man's Land (1924), The Red Poppy (1922) and more.
- She used to love various activities during the 1920s included athletics, reading, and writing.
- The actress also liked to drive her Paige Daytona vehicle and taking pictures during her travels.
- Controversy
Initially in her film career, while she was living with her mother in Hollywood, she was accused of shoplifting from Bullock's department store in Los Angeles. She was detained by the store but was released after she was recognized by store personnel. She initiated a lawsuit against the store, requesting $50,000 in damages, alleging that she had suffered illness as a result of the incident and that her social standing, her credit, and her business reputation were impacted negatively. The outcome of the lawsuit is uncertain.
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