Betty Stockfeld


Betty Stockfeld, often misspelled "Stockfield", was an Australian film actress. She appeared mostly in British and French films.
Betty was the daughter of Sydney businessman Harry Hooper Stockfeld and Susan Elizabeth Stockfeld, née Evans, and a niece of commander F. Pryce Evans of Shackleton's Nimrod expedition. They were in London at the outbreak of war in 1914, so unable to return to Australia.
The following is the copied entry from the Hungarian National Picture Gallery, which refers to the picture of Stockfeld, by Philip de László, in their collection:-
"2932
Betty Stockfeld as Mary Magdalen 1930
Standing half-length to the right, face turned upwards, wearing a large white wrap over a flowing purple dress, her long red hair loose, her hands raised to her face in a gesture of grief, all against a grey-blue background.
Oil on canvas, 93 x 72 cm
Inscribed lower left:-
Philip de László / 1930
Laib L16226 / C31 Magdalaine
NPG Album, 1929-30, p. 30
Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, Budapest".
The National Portrait Gallery, London's website, shows four of their six portraits of Stockfeld in their collection.

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