Betty Danko
born: 19 September 1903
Newark, New Jersey,
United States of America
died: 03 February 1979
Los Angeles, California,
United States of America
(age 75)
American actress-stuntwoman in the 1930s.  She was born to Czechoslovakian parents.

She was a stunt double for Patsy Kelly as well as being the stand-in stuntwoman for the role of "Wicked Witch of the West" in The Wizard Of Oz (1939).  During the "Surrender Dorothy!" skywriting sequence she was severely burned whilst performing the stunt.
Real name: Bertha Danko Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography;
plus 1 film with Laurel & Hardy.

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1929
Crazy Feet
Woman in dressing room

1932
Free Eats
Maid

1932
County Hospital
Desk nurse

1932
Girl Grief
Student

1932
Alum And Eve
Betty, nurse

1933
Asleep In The Feet
Hat check girl/
ZaSu Pitts' stand-in

1933
The Devil's Brother
Tavern patron

1933
One Track Minds
Train passenger

1934
Mixed Nuts
Miss Danko

1934
Next Week-End
Nightclub patron

1934
Maid In Hollywood
Script girl/Patsy Kelly's stand-in

1934
I'll Be Suing You
Patsy Kelly's stand-in

1934
Three Chumps Ahead
Patsy's stunt double

1934
Opened By Mistake
Miss Wilton

1935
Treasure Blues
Waitress

1935
The Fixer Uppers
Café patron having portrait drawn

1935
Sing Sister Sing
Patsy Kelly's stand-in

1935
The Misses Stooge
Patsy Kelly's stand-in

1935
Slightly Static
Secretary/
Patsy Kelly's stand-in

1935
Hot Money
Patsy Kelly's stand-in

1936
An All-American Toothache
Patsy Kelly's stand-in

1941
Broadway Limited
Stand-in (as per AFI database)
NON-HAL ROACH FILMS

1943
The Dancing Masters
Bus driver

Acknowledgements:
Jesse Brisson (help and information; identification in Free Eats, Crazy Feet, I'll Be Suing You, An All-American Toothache,
Treasure Blues, Girl Grief, The Dancing Masters, Slightly Static, The Fixer Uppers, Next Week-End, The Devil's Brother)
Jim Jarvis (help and information)

This page was last updated on: 09 May 2023