Betty Bronson's discovery reads like a Hollywood dream. As a New Jersey teenage bit-player, she was rocketed from obscurity when she was chosen to play the part of Peter Pan in 1924's Peter Pan (1924). She was hand-selected by author J.M. Barrie and beat several Hollywood superstars to the part, most notably Gloria Swanson and Mary Pickford. ...
November 17, 1906, Trenton, New Jersey, United States
Died
October 19, 1971, Pasadena, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Height
5' (1.52 m)
Profession
Actress
Children
Ludwig Lauerhass Jr.
Parents
Frank Bronson, Nellie Smith Bronson
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Fact
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Brother was Frank Bronson.
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Bronson had a son with Ludwig Lauerhass, born in 1935. The boy was Ludwig "Luddy" Lauerhass Jr., a lecturer in history emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles. He obtained a PhD from UCLA in 1972.
Bronson's son has said that Al Jolson was the only person she admitted she didn't like working with; they appeared together in The Singing Fool (1928).
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Interviewed in "Talking to the Piano Player: Silent Film Stars, Writers and Directors Remember" by Stuart Oderman (BearManor Media).
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