Betty Brice Explained

Betty Brice
Birth Name:Rosetta Dewart Brice
Birth Date:4 August 1888
Birth Place:Sunbury, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:Van Nuys, California, U.S.
Other Names:Rosetta Brice
Occupation:Actress
Spouse:John Oliver La Gorce (divorced 1913)
Jack Pratt
Relatives:William Lewis Dewart (grandfather)
Children:1

Rosetta Dewart Brice (August 4, 1888 – February 15, 1935), known professionally as Betty Brice, was an American actress in many silent films.

Early life

Rosetta Dewart Brice was born in Sunbury, Pennsylvania,[1] the daughter of Edward Lincoln Brice and Bessie S. Dewart Brice. Her maternal grandfather was William Lewis Dewart, a congressman from Pennsylvania.[2] Her grandmother and great-grandmother were both also named "Rosetta".[3] She was raised in Washington, D.C.[4]

Career

After some time on the stage with stock companies, Brice began acting in silent films, under contract to the Lubin studio in Philadelphia. "I daresay I never will fail to feel that little thrill that comes when I see myself on the screen," she told an interviewer in 1915.

Films featuring Brice, many of them short films and serials that highlighted Brice's athleticism in stunts, riding, and swimming scenes, included Michael Strogoff (1914),[5] [6] The Fortune Hunter (1914),[7] The Road o' Strife (1915),[8] The Sporting Duchess (1915),[9] The Phantom Happiness (1915),[10] The Rights of Man: A Story of War's Red Blotch (1915),[11] The Meddlesome Darling (1915), A Man's Making (1915),[12] The Gods of Fate (1916), Her Bleeding Heart (1916), Love's Toll (1916),[13] Loyalty (1917),[14] Humility (1918),[15] and Beau Brummel (1924).[16]

Personal life

Brice was engaged to Horace Carpentier Hurlbutt in 1908,[17] but when he objected to her acting career she broke the engagement. She soon married editor John Oliver La Gorce instead; they had a son, Gilbert Grosvenor La Gorce, before they divorced in 1913.[18] She married director and actor Jack Pratt as her second husband. She died in 1935 at age 46 from heart disease, in Van Nuys, California.[19]

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. March 6, 1915. Rosetta Brice -- Lubin Leading Lady. Motography. 13. 360.
  2. News: A Large and Brilliant Wedding. February 12, 1897. Public Press. August 4, 2019. 3. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Estimable Lady. May 23, 1902. The Sunbury American. August 4, 2019. 3. Newspapers.com.
  4. Web site: Rosetta Brice. 2013-03-10. Betzwood Film Archive. en. 2019-08-04. 2019-08-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20190804171843/https://mc3betzwood.wordpress.com/actors/rosetta-brice/. dead.
  5. Book: Mavis, Paul. The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999. 2015-06-08. McFarland. 9781476604275. 204. en.
  6. Book: Taves, Brian. Hollywood Presents Jules Verne: The Father of Science Fiction on Screen. 2015-04-22. University Press of Kentucky. 9780813161136. en.
  7. News: Photoplay Stories and News. Kelly. Kitty. September 18, 1914. Chicago Tribune. August 4, 2019. 8. Newspapers.com.
  8. Book: Rainey, Buck. Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956. 2015-06-08. McFarland. 9781476604480. 204. en.
  9. June 19, 1915. Lubin's 'The Sporting Duchess'. Motography. 13. 1009.
  10. August 28, 1915. 'The Phantom Happiness' (Lubin). The Moving Picture World. 25. 1501.
  11. News: Richard Buhler in 'A Man's Making'. January 2, 1916. The Baltimore Sun. August 4, 2019. 35. Newspapers.com.
  12. January 8, 1916. 'The Gods of Fate' an Epic of Labor. Motography. 15. 61.
  13. May 13, 1916. V. L. S. E. Announces Attractive Features. Motography. 15. 1093.
  14. Book: Langman, Larry. American Film Cycles: The Silent Era. 1998. Greenwood Publishing Group. 9780313306570. en.
  15. Book: Katchmer, George A.. A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. 2009-09-22. McFarland. 9780786446933. 269. en.
  16. Book: The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. Munden. Kenneth White. Institute. American Film. 1997. University of California Press. 9780520209695. 44, 316, 334, 755. en.
  17. News: Untitled society item. February 29, 1908. The Washington Herald. August 4, 2019. 5. Newspapers.com.
  18. News: Was Ordered Out of House. January 3, 1913. Reno Gazette-Journal. August 4, 2019. 2. Newspapers.com.
  19. Book: Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.. 2016-08-19. McFarland. 9781476625997. 87. en.
  20. Book: Mavis, Paul. The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999. 2015-06-08. McFarland. 9781476604275. 204. en.
  21. Book: Rainey, Buck. Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956. 2015-06-08. McFarland. 9781476604480. 204. en.

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