Babette Hilda Hogan (31 October 1907 – 15 December 1990), known professionally as Betty Warren, was a

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actress active from the 1930s to the 1950s, best known for her comedy roles in '' Champagne Charlie'' (1944) and ''

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'' (1949).

Life and career

Born in Fareham,

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, England, she appeared in ''

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'' at the

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during 1930–31, and in the musical play ''

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'', which opened in London at the

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on 22 December 1936 and which ran for 569 performances. In 1945, she appeared in the 'musical extravaganza' ''Magic Carpet'' at the Princes Theatre in London. In 1933 she married the composer

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who published under the name Horatio Nicholls. In 1947 she remarried the trumpet virtuoso, Lloyd Shakespeare. Warren's first film appearance was in '' Magyar Melody'' in 1939. This was followed by ''

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'' (1941), ''

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'' (1942), ''

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'' (1943), ''

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'' (1943), '' Champagne Charlie'' (1944, as

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), ''

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'' (1946), ''

'' (1949, with

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), ''

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'' (1950), and ''

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'' (1958). Her television work included three episodes of '' Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents'' (1953–1954). She toured the United Kingdom in 1955, in the first production of

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's ''The Buccaneer''. Betty Warren died in

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, England in 1990, aged 83.

References

External links

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on the

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