1. Bertha Belmore was an English stage and film actress.
14 Facts About Bertha Belmore
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Bertha Belmore made her Broadway debut as Portia in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in 1912.
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Bertha Belmore returned to Broadway numerous times in mainly comedic character roles over the next 40 years, notably creating parts in the original Broadway productions of Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers's By Jupiter and Anita Loos's Gigi.
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Bertha Belmore worked in several productions mounted by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
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In more serious work, Bertha Belmore portrayed the nurse in the United States premiere of Jean Anouilh's Antigone, and starred as Ftatateeta in the 1949 revival of George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra.
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Bertha Belmore was frequently seen as Principal Boy in pantomimes in British provincial theatres.
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Bertha Belmore married Herbert "Bertie" Belmore, one of the Belmore acting clan, and thereafter performed under the name Bertha Belmore.
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In 1911 Bertha Belmore went to the United States as a member of Ben Greet's Pastoral Players, touring the east coast of America in performances of plays by William Shakespeare.
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In 1920 Bertha Belmore made her debut in London's West End at the Empire Theatre as Helen Cheston in Harry Tierney's Irene; a hit production which ran for 399 performances.
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Bertha Belmore then returned to the United States, appearing in the 1921 musical Angel Face which was staged by George Lederer for performances in Los Angeles and San Francisco with a cast that included Marguerite Zender, Nat Carr, and Norah Kelly.
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Bertha Belmore returned to Broadway in 1923 in Thompson Buchanan's The Sporting Thing To Do at the Ritz Theatre.
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Bertha Belmore remained active on Broadway for the next couple of years, appearing as Henriette Deschamps in Guy Bolton's Grounds For Divorce and the Ziegfeld Follies of 1925 with W C Fields and Will Rogers.
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From this point on Bertha Belmore maintained an active theatre career on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Bertha Belmore was active as a character actress in British cinema from 1933 to 1940; appearing mainly in comedies.