Betty Jardine Explained

Betty Jardine
Birth Date:17 April 1903
Birth Place:Stockport, Cheshire, England
Death Date:28 February 1945 (aged 41)
Death Place:Bournemouth, Hampshire, England
Occupation:Actor
Yearsactive:1926–1944 (film and theatre)

Betty Jardine (17 April 1903 – 28 February 1945) was a British stage and film actress.

She began as an actress in Manchester in 1926. In 1934 she made her West End debut in Disharmony at the Fortune Theatre.[1] Subsequent roles were in the Emlyn Williams plays Night Must Fall in 1935 and The Corn Is Green in 1938.

Jardine was married to the psychoanalyst Wilfred Bion with whom she had a daughter, Parthenope. Jardine died a few days after the birth, from a pulmonary embolism.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1937Oh, Mr Porter! Secretary Uncredited
1938Almost a Honeymoon Lavinia Pepper
1938Badger's Green Unknown TV movie
1938Nine Till Six Unknown TV movie
1939Sun Up Emmy TV movie
1939Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday Alfred's Girlfriend Uncredited
1940The Girl in the News Elsie
1940Night Train to Munich Girl Singing on Stage Uncredited
1941The Ghost Train Edna
1941Kipps Doris
1941Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It Daisy
1942We Serve Private Dickson Short film
1943We'll Meet Again Miss Bohne
1943Rhythm Serenade Helen
1944A Canterbury Tale Fee Baker
1944Two Thousand Women Teresa King (final film role)

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Wearing p.307