---
name: "Bette Arlen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bette-arlen"
fi1m_id: "bette-arlen"
imdb_id: "nm0035147"
tmdb_id: 1363439
wikidata_id: "Q4898385"
roles: []
born: "1 January 1904"
died: "1 January 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T04:48:02.103392+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bette Arlen

## Identity

Bette Arlen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bette-arlen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bette-arlen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0035147
- **TMDB ID:** 1363439
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4898385
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Arlen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4898385, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035147/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1363439

Actor. Born 1 January 1904 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Died 1 January 1966.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 January 1904, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- **Died:** 1 January 1966
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 84 (1), 1950s 93 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Arlen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4898385, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035147/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1363439

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*On the Town*](https://film.one/film/on-the-town.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bette Arlen was an American actress and dancer. She appeared in numerous uncredited roles in MGM musicals of the late 1940s and early 1950s, including as a ballet dancer in *On the Town* (1949), Miss January in *Singin' in the Rain* (1952), a showgirl in *Summer Stock* (1950), and a carriage passenger in *Annie Get Your Gun* (1950).

Her credited film roles include a Cat Woman in *Cat-Women of the Moon* (1953), for which she also served as dance director, and a WAAF officer in *The Lieutenant Wore Skirts* (1956). She had a single television credit in an episode of the series *Passport to Danger* (1956).

*Sources: imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Singin' in the Rain* (1952), Fi1m 93, as Miss January (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/singin-in-the-rain.md)
- *On the Town* (1949), Fi1m 84, as "Day in New York" Ballet Dancer (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/on-the-town.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Lieutenant Wore Skirts* (1956), as WAAF Officer
- *Cat-Women of the Moon* (1953), as Cat Woman
- *The Merry Widow* (1952), as Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
- *She's Working Her Way Through College* (1952), as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- *Singin' in the Rain* (1952), as Miss January (uncredited) — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/singin-in-the-rain.md)
- *The Las Vegas Story* (1952), as Woman (uncredited)
- *Summer Stock* (1950), as Showgirl (uncredited)
- *Annie Get Your Gun* (1950), as Carriage Passenger (uncredited)
- *East Side, West Side* (1949), as Model / Lee Party Guest (uncredited)
- *On the Town* (1949), as "Day in New York" Ballet Dancer (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/on-the-town.md)
- *In the Good Old Summertime* (1949), as Girl (uncredited)

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