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name: "Louise Carter"
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born: "16 March 1875"
died: "10 November 1957"
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# Louise Carter

Actor. Born 16 March 1875 in Denison, Iowa, USA. Died 10 November 1957.

## Details

- **Born:** 16 March 1875, Denison, Iowa, USA
- **Died:** 10 November 1957
- **Also known as:** Betty-Lee Carter
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Carter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20684633, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0141782/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34750

## Biography

Louise Carter (born Betty-Lee Carter) was an American stage and film actress. She appeared in around 48 films between 1924 and 1940, most often in supporting maternal roles.

Born on 17 March 1875 in Denison, Iowa, she had an established stage career that included Broadway performances and work as a playwright and producer. She made her film debut in the mid-1920s and continued working into the early 1940s.

Her screen credits include the mother of Paul Muni in *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), Frau Holderlin in *Broken Lullaby* (1932), and uncredited parts in *Trouble in Paradise* (1932), *Gone with the Wind* (1939) and *Brother Orchid* (1940). She died on 10 November 1957 in Los Angeles, California.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), Fi1m 85, as Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-a-fugitive-from-a-chain-gang.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Gone with the Wind* (1939), Fi1m 74, as Bandleader's Wife (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/gone-with-the-wind.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *Brother Orchid* (1940), as Scrub Woman at End (uncredited)
- *Gone with the Wind* (1939), as Bandleader's Wife (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/gone-with-the-wind.md)
- *Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase* (1939), as Floretta Turnbull
- *Unmarried* (1939), as Mrs. Charles
- *Angel* (1937), Actor
- *The Last Train from Madrid* (1937), as Rosa Delgado (uncredited)
- *Love in September* (1936), as Old Woman
- *Paddy O'Day* (1936), as Aunt Jane
- *Rose of the Rancho* (1936), as Guadalupe
- *Reckless Roads* (1935), as Mrs. Adams
- *Party Wire* (1935), as Grandma Kern
- *Straight from the Heart* (1935), as Mother in Breadline
- *The Mystery of Edwin Drood* (1935), as Mrs. Crisparkle (uncredited)
- *Here Is My Heart* (1934), as Charity Lady (uncredited)
- *You're Telling Me!* (1934), as Mrs. Bessie Bisbee
- *Beloved* (1934), as Mrs. Tarrant
- *East of Fifth Avenue* (1933), as Mrs. Mary Lawton
- *The Right To Romance* (1933), as First Face Lift Patient
- *Doctor Bull* (1933), as Mrs. Ely
- *Beauty for Sale* (1933), as Mrs. Lawson
- *This Day and Age* (1933), as Grace Smith
- *Pilgrimage* (1933), as Mrs. Rogers
- *Jennie Gerhardt* (1933), as Mrs. Gerhardt
- *Ladies They Talk About* (1933), as Lefty’s Landlady (uncredited)
- *The Monkey's Paw* (1933), as Mrs. White
- *Madame Butterfly* (1932), as Suzuki
- *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), as Mother — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-a-fugitive-from-a-chain-gang.md)
- *Trouble in Paradise* (1932), as Woman with Wrong Handbag (uncredited)
- *Blondie of the Follies* (1932), as Ma Callahan
- *The Last Mile* (1932), as Mrs. Walters
- *Week-End Marriage* (1932), as Mrs. Davis
- *Broken Lullaby* (1932), as Frau Holderlin
- *Stranger in Town* (1931), as Mrs. Croaker
- *In Borrowed Plumes* (1926), as Clara Raymond
- *Scandal Street* (1925), as Cora Forman

## Gallery

- ![Louise Carter](https://film.one/media/person/447559/gallery-d92d9ebfef8a.jpg) Louise Carter — Baker Art Gallery, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Louise_Carter_%281911%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Stage actress Louise Carter. Subjects: actresses (1911)](https://film.one/media/person/447559/gallery-70108089f983.jpg) Stage actress Louise Carter. Subjects: actresses (1911) — Baker's Art Gallery, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Stage_actress_Louise_Carter_%28SAYRE_18889%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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