About Betty Alden
Lived 1891 – 1948 (aged 56–57). Betty Alden was an American actor.
Betty Alden (August 21, 1891 – July 4, 1948) was an American actress and the wife of actor Edwin Maxwell. She had several theatrical roles in the 1920s.
Career Alden played Nellie in the 1927 theatrical show The Virgin Man. She portrayed one of the lead characters in the 1935 film The Nut Farm, an adaptation of a successful play starring Wallace Ford, whom she acted opposite in the film.
Alden acted with her husband Edwin Maxwell in the play Life With Father.
Personal life and death Alden married Irish actor Edwin Maxwell. She died in 1948 and is buried in the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood.
Filmography The Seventh Day (1922) Lightnin' (1930) as Allard's wife The Nut Farm (1935) as Helen Bent
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Who was Betty Alden?
American actress (1981–1948)
When was Betty Alden born?
Betty Alden was born on 21 August 1891.
When did Betty Alden die?
Betty Alden died in 1948.
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Betty Alden was an actor.
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Betty Alden was American.
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