Betty Boyd

born: 11 May 1908
Kansas City, Missouri,
United States of America
died: 16 September 1971
Los Angeles, California,
United States of America
(age 63)

American actress, a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1929. She was briefly married to Roland Ray (m. 1948, div. 1950).
Not to be confused with another actress with the same name.

Height: 5'5"
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1926
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
Co-ed

1927
What Women Did For Me
Cabin girl

PORTRAIT
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RISQUE (WHAT WOMEN DID FOR ME)
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Acknowledgements:
https://www.worthpoint.com/ worthopedia/1920s-hal-roach- risque-film-star-4589752932 (image)
https://archive.org/details/sim_los-angeles-times_the-los-angeles-times_1926-05-30/page/n53/mode/1up?q=%22betty+boyd%22&view=theater (Los Angeles Times, 30 May 1926)
https://archive.org/details/sim_los-angeles-times_the-los-angeles-times_1926-06-02/page/n29/mode/1up?q=%22betty+boyd%22&view=theater (Los Angeles Times, 02 Jun 1926)
https://archive.org/details/variety83-1926-06/page/n47/mode/1up?q=%22betty+boyd%22&view=theater (Variety, 02 Jun 1926)
Jesse Brisson (information; identification in all films)

This page was last updated on: 31 August 2025