Betty Browne was an American screenwriter and stage actress primarily known for writing intertitles for comedy shorts during Hollywood's silent era.
Biography
Betty was born in New York City to Mr. Browne (who died when she was an infant) and Aimee Fitzgerald. She was the granddaughter of former Supreme Court Justice Edward Browne.
Betty started out her career in entertainment as an actress and a Ziegfeld girl. She married Australian actor and Broadway producer
Leslie Casey
Leslie may refer to:
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in New York City in 1918.
She later married fellow screenwriter
Gene Towne
Gene Towne (March 27, 1904 – March 17, 1979) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 47 films between 1921 and 1958. He was born in New York, New York, and died in Woodland Hills, California from a heart attack.
Partial filmography
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for a time; the pair had a daughter before divorcing.
Selected filmography
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Taxi Spooks'' (1929)
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Baby's Birthday'' (1929)
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Hubby's Weekend Trip'' (1929)
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A Taxi Scandal'' (1928)
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The Bargain Hunt'' (1928)
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Smith's Catalina Rowboat Race'' (1928)
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Motorboat Mamas'' (1928)
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Taxi for Two
''Taxi for Two'' is a 1929 part talkie British romantic comedy film drama directed by Denison Clift and Alexander Esway and starring Mabel Poulton and John Stuart. Produced by Gainsborough Pictures, it was the first sound film made by Gainsbo ...
'' (1928)
*''The Chicken'' (1928)
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The Bicycle Flirt'' (1928)
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A Blonde for a Night
''A Blonde for a Night'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by E. Mason Hopper and F. McGrew Willis and starring Marie Prevost, Franklin Pangborn and Harrison Ford.Munden p.68
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'' (1928)
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Love at First Flight'' (1928)
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The Girl from Everywhere
''The Girl from Everywhere'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Daphne Pollard, Dot Farley, Mack Swain and Carole Lombard.Kiriakou, Olympia. ''Becoming Carole Lombard: Stardom, Comedy, and Legacy''. ...
'' (1927)
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Ziegfeld girls
American women screenwriters
1900 births
1959 deaths
20th-century American women writers
Writers from New York City
Screenwriters from New York (state)
20th-century American actresses
American stage actresses
20th-century American screenwriters