---
name: "Betty Jaynes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/betty-jaynes"
fi1m_id: "betty-jaynes"
imdb_id: "nm0419764"
tmdb_id: 1466139
wikidata_id: "Q4898859"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 February 1921"
died: "22 November 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:58:07.138331+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."
---

# Betty Jaynes

## Identity

Betty Jaynes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/betty-jaynes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** betty-jaynes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0419764
- **TMDB ID:** 1466139
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4898859
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Jaynes_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4898859, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419764/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1466139

Actor. Born 12 February 1921 in Greeneville, Tennessee, USA. Died 22 November 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 February 1921, Greeneville, Tennessee, USA
- **Died:** 22 November 2018
- **Also known as:** Betty Jayne Schultz
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Jaynes_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4898859, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419764/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1466139

## Biography

Betty Jaynes, born Betty Jayne Schultz, was an American operatic singer and actress. She made her concert debut at the age of 15 and appeared with the Chicago City Opera Company in *La bohème* the same year. She signed a contract with MGM and began working in Hollywood in 1937 after attending the Starrett School for Girls in Chicago.

Jaynes appeared as Molly Moran in the 1939 musical *Babes in Arms*. She had supporting roles in other MGM films including *Sweethearts* (1938), *Swing Shift Maisie* (1943) and *Meet the People* (1944), and made a television appearance in an episode of *I Love Lucy* in 1952. She is also seen in archive footage in *That's Entertainment! III* (1994).

She was married to actor and singer Douglas McPhail from 1938 to 1941, and later to Bill Roberts from 1943.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Babes in Arms* (1939), Fi1m 66, as Molly Moran — [page](https://film.one/film/babes-in-arms.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *That's Entertainment! III* (1994), as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Bathing Beauty* (1944), as Co-Ed (uncredited)
- *Meet the People* (1944), as Steffi
- *Swing Shift Maisie* (1943), as Ruth
- *Hitler's Madman* (1943), Actor
- *Babes in Arms* (1939), as Molly Moran — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/babes-in-arms.md)
- *Honolulu* (1939), as Singer (uncredited)
- *Sweethearts* (1938), as Una

## Gallery

- ![Betty Jaynes](https://film.one/media/person/3858542/gallery-a346deb2d0ed.jpg) Betty Jaynes — Image via TMDB
- ![Betty Jaynes](https://film.one/media/person/3858542/gallery-4e217d1d7c10.jpg) Betty Jaynes — Image via TMDB

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