Beth Marion
Beth Marion was an American B-movie actress of the 1930s, starring in westerns, her career spanning only about five years, mostly in 1936.
Early years
Born in Clinton, Iowa, Marion was the daughter of actor George Paul Goettsche and Marion Stuart Paul. Her parents had their own stock theater troupe, the George Paul Company, and Marion traveled with them until she was three years old. When her parents divorced, she was raised by her grandparents in Clinton while her mother worked in Chicago and eventually remarried. Marion's elementary and secondary schooling occurred in Clinton. She attended Northwestern University, where she sang in a trio with two other young women.Career
Marion acted in stock theater before entering films. She began her film career in 1935. her films often saw her playing alongside Buck Jones, Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Steele, Jack Luden, and George Houston. In 1935, she played Gail Winters in Between Men, and Judy Baxter in Trail of Terror. In 1936, Marion played Peggy Wyman in Silver Spurs, Mary Mortimer in Avenging Waters, starred in The Fugitive Sheriff with Ken Maynard, and played the role of Marion Henry in Everyman's Law. She also starred as Betty Rose Hayden in Rip Roarin' Buckaroo, Jeanne Moore in The Phantom of the Range, which also starred Tom Tyler and Sammy Cohen, and billed as Betty Lloyd she starred in Wild Horse Roundup with Kermit Maynard, and that same year she starred in Fugitive Sheriff with Ken Maynard.In 1938, Marion appeared in Phantom Gold and in Frontier Scout. In 1955, she made an uncredited cameo appearance as a "woman with feather," in Ain't Misbehavin'