Betty Burgess

Betty Burgess (February 15, 1917 – 2002) was a singer, dancer, and actress in the United States.^[1] She married Duncan Laing in 1951 and then George Zaharias in January 1960. She co-starred in the 1935 film Coronado and the 1938 film I Demand Payment.

Betty Burgess in 1935

She worked for Paramount as a promising young star.^[2] She performed with Sonny Lamont.^[3][4]

Filmography

• Pirate Party on Catalina Isle, a 2-reel short^[5][6]
• Coronado (1935)^[7]
• Tough to Handle (1937)
• I Demand Payment (1938)
• The Adventures of the Masked Phantom (1939), a "campy" Western themed musical^[8]