Betty Burgess
American actress
About Betty Burgess
Lived 1917 – 2003 (aged 85–86).
Betty Burgess (February 15, 1917 – 2002) was a singer, dancer, and actress in the United States. She married Duncan Laing in 1951 and then George Zaharias in January 1960. She co-starred in the 1935 film Coronado and the 1938 film I Demand Payment.
She worked for Paramount as a promising young star. She performed with Sonny Lamont.
Filmography Pirate Party on Catalina Isle, a 2-reel short Coronado (1935) Tough to Handle (1937) I Demand Payment (1938) The Adventures of the Masked Phantom (1939), a "campy" Western themed musical
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American actress
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Betty Burgess was born in 1917.
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Betty Burgess died in 2003.
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