Betty Francisco

Betty Francisco (born Elizabeth Barton; September 26, 1900 – November 25, 1950) was an American silent-film actress, appearing primarily in supporting roles.

[5] Selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1923,[6] she nevertheless continued to be cast in secondary roles and rarely played the lead.

Her work included a wide range of genres;[6] in 1923, for example, she was cast in the costume drama Ashes of Vengeance, the contemporary melodrama Flaming Youth, and the western Double Dealing.

She appears in some of the earliest movie musicals: Broadway (1929), Smiling Irish Eyes (1929), and Cecil B. DeMille's Madam Satan (1930).

[8] She died at her Corona ranch on November 25, 1950, at 50 years old[3] and was interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Glendale, California.

Betty Francisco with Wallace Reid , c. 1921