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Betty Bronson (November 17, 1906 – October 19, 1971) was an American television and film actress who began her career during the silent film era.

She was born Elizabeth Ada Bronson in Trenton, New Jersey to Frank and Nellie Smith Bronson. She began her film career began at age of sixteen with a bit part in the film Anna Ascends. At seventeen, after she had pleaded with every friend she had at Paramount studios, she finally got an interview with J.M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan.J. M. Barrie personally chose her to play the lead in a film of his work Peter Pan which would be released in 1924. This film role had been sought by both Gloria Swanson and Mary Pickford, but Bronson won the role through her natural lightness and grace, probably refined through training with the Ballet Russes Company. Though she was with them for only a short time, perhaps a couple of weeks, it proved helpful in enhancing her portrayal of Peter Pan, especially in the flight sequences.

Bronson became an instant success in the year following the release of Peter Pan. She had moderate success for the rest of her career. She made a very successful transition into sound films. Her first sound film was in The Singing Fool (1928) with Al Jolson. She also starred in the follow up film called Sonny Boy in 1929.

Bronson continued film roles until 1933 when she married Ludwig Lauerhass, with whom she had one child, Ludwig Lauerhass, Jr. She did not appear in films again until 1937 in Yodelin` Kid from Pine Ridge, starring Gene Autry. She resumed acting in the 1960s appearing in episode television roles and feature films. Her last film role was uncredited part in the 1971 television biopic Evel Knievel.

On October 19, 1971, Bronson died after a protracted illness in Pasadena, California and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.
 

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    Name Betty Bronson
    (Elizabeth Ada Bronson)
    Height 5'  (152 cm)
    Build Slim
    Date of Birth November 171906
    Birthplace Trenton, New Jersey, USA
    Star Sign Scorpio
    Died October 191971 (Aged 65)
    Location of Death Pasadena, California, USA
    Nationality American
    Ethnicity White
    Occupation Actress
    Celebrity Index Be
    Claim to Fame Peter Pan (1924)

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  • She sparkled and demonstrated an excellent voice in her first sound appearance (`The Singing Fool` with Al Jolson).
    (imdb.com)
  • Peter Pan`s 1925 follow-up, `A Kiss For Cinderella`, seemed destined for the same success - but instead, was a flop.
    (imdb.com)
  • As a New Jersey teenage bit-player, she was rocketed from obscurity when she was chosen to play the part of Peter Pan in the 1924 movie of the same name. She was hand-selected by the author J.M. Barrie, and beat several Hollywood superstars to the part, most notably Gloria Swanson and Mary Pickford.
    (imdb.com)
  • Interviewed in "Talking to the Piano Player: Silent Film Stars, Writers and Directors Remember" by Stuart Oderman (BearManor Media).
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