Betty Ann Davies


Betty Ann Davies was a British stage and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1950s. She died in 1955 aged 44 following an operation. Davies made her first stage appearance at the Palladium in a revue in 1924. The following year she joined Cochran's Young Ladies in revues such as One Dam Thing After Another and This Year of Grace. Davies enjoyed a long and distinguished West End career which included The Good Companions 1934, Morning Star 1942, and Blithe Spirit 1943. Her outstanding stage triumph was in the role of Blanche du Bois, which she took over from Vivien Leigh, in the original West End production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Davies appeared in 38 films, and was active in TV at the time of her death. She left one son, Brook Blackford.

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