Nina Byron
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July 27, 1900
- Actress
- dancer
- showgirl
Nina Byron | |
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 Byron circa 1917 | |
| Born | Nina Clarice Betts July 27, 1900 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Died | January 21, 1987 (aged 86) Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Spouses | Nicholas Dunaew
(m. 1918; div. 1922) |
Nina Byron (born Nina Clarice Betts; July 27, 1900 – January 21, 1987) was a New Zealand–American silent film actress and showgirl.
Byron was born Nina Clarice Betts in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1900[1] to George Arthur Betts and his wife, Grace (Goodman) Betts.[2][3] She traveled to the United States and made her first film with William S. Hart in the 1917 production Truthful Tulliver.[4]
As Abby Hope in The Heir of the Ages (1917), Byron was described by a critic as having substantial acting skills. She was the ingenue (stock character) for House Peters.[5] The material she was given to work with, according to the reviewer, did not test her ability. Her character was merely required to laugh like the silent film icon Mary Pickford.[6] Her other film credits are for roles in The Cruise of the Make-Believes (1918), The Source (1918), The Dub (1919), Johnny Get Your Gun (1919), The Boomerang (1919), and her last film, The Broken Butterfly (1919).
Broadway
Byron was a member of the Ziegfeld Follies during 1923 and 1924. She was also featured in the 1924 Broadway musical Paradise Alley. [7]
