Betty Henderson

For the Australian philanthropist and businesswoman, see Betty Byrne Henderson.

Betty Henderson (1907–1979) was a Scottish actress. She was a founding member of the Glasgow Unity Theatre,^[1] with whom she played Peggie in both the stage and screen versions of The Gorbals Story. She later appeared as Gran Crombie in High Living.^[1] She was married to actor John Cook "Jack" Hislop.^[1][2]

Selected stage performances

Year	Title	Author	Theatre	Role	Director / Company
1943	Song of Tomorrow	John Kincaid	Queens Theatre, Glasgow		Glasgow Unity Theatre[3]
1944	The Two Mrs Camerons	Winifred Carter, Edith Carter	Glasgow Empire Theatre	Anna	[4]
1945	When the Boys Come Home	James Barke	Glasgow Athenaeum	Mary Cochrane	Glasgow Unity Theatre[5]
1946	Juno and the Paycock	Seán O'Casey	The Pleasance Little Theatre, Edinburgh	Juno Boyle	Glasgow Unity Theatre[6]
1947	The Laird O’ Torwatletie	Robert MacLellan	The Pleasance Little Theatre, Edinburgh	The Laird's sister	Glasgow Unity Theatre[7]
1947	The Plough and the Stars	Seán O'Casey	The Pleasance Little Theatre, Edinburgh	Bessie Burgess	Glasgow Unity Theatre Players[8]
1947	The Gorbals Story	Robert McLeish	The Pleasance Little Theatre, Edinburgh	Peggie	Glasgow Unity Theatre Players[9]
1947	Starched Aprons	Ena Lamont Stewart	Adam Smith Hall, Kirkcaldy	Matron	Glasgow Unity Theatre Players[10]
1947	The Lower Depths	Maxim Gorki	The Pleasance Little Theatre, Edinburgh	Kvashnya	Glasgow Unity Theatre Players[11]
1948	Wee Macgreegor	J.J. Bell	The Pleasance Little Theatre, Edinburgh	Mrs. Robinson	Glasgow Unity Theatre Players[12]
1948	The Gorbals Story	Robert McLeish	Garrick Theatre, London; New Theatre Oxford	Peggie	Glasgow Unity Theatre Players[13][14][15]
1948	Men Should Weep	Ena Lamont Stewart	Theatre Royal, Glasgow	Maggie Morrison	Glasgow Unity Theatre Players[16]
1951	Pygmalion	George Bernard Shaw	Embassy Theatre (London)	Mrs Pearce	Michael Langham[17]
1951	Common Property	Matthew Service	Embassy Theatre (London)		Robert Mitchell[18]
1951	Women of Twilight	Sylvia Rayman	Embassy Theatre and Vaudeville Theatre (London)	Nurse
1955	Suspect	Edward Percy and Reginald Denham	Lyceum Theatre, London; Royal Court Theatre	Goudie	Flora Robson[19][20]
1959	Marigold (musical)	Book and lyrics by Alan Melville, based on the play by Francis R. Pryor and Lizzie Allen Harker	His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen; Savoy Theatre	Beenie	Murray Macdonald[21][22]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1950	The Gorbals Story	Peggie Anderson	[23][24]
1951	Home to Danger	Mary Williams – Housekeeper	Uncredited
1952	Women of Twilight	Nurse
1954	The Love Lottery	Minor Role	Uncredited
1954	The Maggie	Campbell's Secretary	[25]
1956	Black Limelight	Jemima	Part of Sunday Night Theatre
1959	The 39 Steps	Mrs McDougal
1959	Upstairs and Downstairs	Bridget
1959	Emergency Ward 10	Night Sister	1 episode[1]
1960	Probation Officer	Jessie Logan	1 episode[1]
1962, 1964, 1968	Dr. Finlay's Casebook	4 characters	4 episodes[1]
1963	Suspense	Mima Porteous	Episode Diversion to Danger[26]
1968	High Living	Gran Crombie	6 episodes [27][28]