Betsy King Ross (March 14, 1921 – October 4, 1989) was an American actress, anthropologist and author. She was born in

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. During the 1930s she starred in several Western serial films as a child actress. In 1935 she starred with

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in the serial ''

The Phantom Empire ''The Phantom Empire'' is a 1935 American Western serial film directed by Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason and starring Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, and Betsy King Ross.Magers 2007, p. 21. This 12-chapter Mascot Pictures serial combined the Wes ...

''. She was also a champion trick rider.

Filmography

* ''

'' (1935) * ''

Fighting with Kit Carson ''Fighting with Kit Carson'' is a 1933 American pre-Code Mascot Pictures film serial. It was edited into a feature film by Al Dezel Productions in 1946 and released to theaters as a movie. Johnny Mack Brown starred as Kit Carson, and Betsy Kin ...

'' (1933) * '' Smoke Lightning'' (1933)

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American film actresses American child actresses Film serial actresses 1921 births 1989 deaths 20th-century American actresses 20th-century American anthropologists {{US-anthropologist-stub