1. Betty Chancellor was born at 8 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin on 9 January 1910.
11 Facts About Betty Chancellor
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Betty Chancellor's parents were John William Chancellor, a Dublin clockmaker, jeweller, and photographer, and Cicely Chancellor.
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Betty Chancellor had an elder sister, Joyce Fanny, who became an actress.
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Betty Chancellor attended Nightingale Hall and Alexandra College, going on to train as a secretary.
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Betty Chancellor appeared again at the Gaiety in 1922 as Gwennie in F Anstey's The Man from Blankley's, and then studied drama under Frank Fay.
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Betty Chancellor's most noted roles were as Toots in Youth's the season in 1932 by Mary Manning; Laura in a production of Carmilla in 1932, based on the novella by Sheridan Le Fanu; Ophelia in 1932; and Cicely in The Importance of Being Earnest in 1933.
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Betty Chancellor starred with James Mason in the Gate's production of Pride and Prejudice in 1937.
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Betty Chancellor acted alongside Alec Guinness and Peggy Ashcroft in 1940 in Clemence Dane's Cousin Muriel at the Globe Theatre, directed by John Gielgud.
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Betty Chancellor returned to the Gaiety Theatre in 1941, to act with Hilton Edwards in a production of Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw, a production that marked the 75th anniversary of the Gaiety.
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Betty Chancellor partly retired from acting to raise their sons, but due to her increasing deafness that had begun in her teens.
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Betty Chancellor died in Dun Laoghaire on 27 April 1984, and is buried at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.