---
name: "Bunny Beatty"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bunny-beatty"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 October 1913"
died: "2 October 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T00:07:39.861537+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."
---

# Bunny Beatty

Actor. Born 23 October 1913 in London, England, UK. Died 2 October 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 October 1913, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 2 October 1996
- **Also known as:** Lauri Beatty, Hinemoa Gerome Lauri
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 77 (1), 1940s 80 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139827754, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0064194/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/149116

## Biography

Bunny Beatty was an English actress active in film during the 1930s and 1940s. Born Hinemoa Gerome Lauri on 23 October 1913 in London, she appeared in supporting and uncredited roles, often credited as Lauri Beatty early in her career.

She is noted for her performance as Babs in *Libeled Lady* (1936). Other credits include *Becky Sharp* (1935) as Lady Blanche, *Wee Willie Winkie* (1937) as Elsie Allardyce, *A Christmas Carol* (1938) as Martha Cratchit, and uncredited parts in *The Women* (1939), *Rebecca* (1940) and *Foreign Correspondent* (1940).

Beatty was the daughter of actress May Beatty, with whom she appeared in *Sylvia Scarlett* (1935) and *Becky Sharp*. She was married to director Gunther von Fritsch from 1937 until his death in 1988. She died on 2 October 1996 in Los Angeles.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Libeled Lady* (1936), Fi1m 77, as Babs — [page](https://film.one/film/libeled-lady.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), Fi1m 76, as Man (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/foreign-correspondent.md)
- *Rebecca* (1940), Fi1m 85, as Maid (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/rebecca.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Frenchman's Creek* (1944), as Alice (uncredited)
- *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), as Man (uncredited) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/foreign-correspondent.md)
- *A Bill of Divorcement* (1940), as Susan
- *Rebecca* (1940), as Maid (uncredited) — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/rebecca.md)
- *The Women* (1939), as Debutante in Powder Room (uncredited)
- *A Christmas Carol* (1938), as Martha Cratchit
- *Wee Willie Winkie* (1937), as Elsie Allardyce
- *Libeled Lady* (1936), as Babs — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/libeled-lady.md)
- *Becky Sharp* (1935), as Lady Blanche
- *The Mystery of Edwin Drood* (1935), as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
- *Father Brown, Detective* (1934), as Jenny (uncredited)
- *Dracula* (1931), as Flower Girl (uncredited)

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