Betty Fields Explained

Betty Fields should not be confused with Betty Field.

Birth Date:	13 September 1906 or 1910
Birth Place:	Rochdale, Lancashire
Death Date:	16 January 1938 (aged 27 or 31)
Yearsactive:	1930-1936
Occupation:	Actress
Spouse:	Corky McKinley (m. 1927; div. 1928) Martin Corscheshire (m. 1929; div. 1938)

Betty Fields (born Betty Stansfield; 13 September 1906/1910  - 16 January 1938), born in Rochdale, Lancashire, was a British actress.^[1] She was the sister of Gracie Fields.^[2] In 1936 she starred in the lead of On Top of the World in a role originally intended for her sister.^[3]

Filmography

• Old Spanish Customers (1932)
• Lost in the Legion (1934)
• Tonight's the Night (1932)
• On Top of the World (1936)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Betty Fields profile at BFI. https://web.archive.org/web/20090115043827/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/228614. dead. 15 January 2009. British Film Institute. 15 November 2015.
2. Book: Richards, Jeffrey. Films and British National Identity: From Dickens to Dad's Army. 15 November 2015. 1997-09-15. Manchester University Press. 9780719047435. 266–.
3. Book: Richards, Jeffrey. The Age of the Dream Palace: Cinema and Society in 1930s Britain. 15 November 2015. 2010-01-15. I.B. Tauris. 9781848851221.