Background
She came to America with her mother. Her father stayed behind in New Zealand and committed suicide. As Abby Hope in The Heir of the Ages (1917), Byron was described by a critic as having substantial acting skills.
She came to America with her mother. Her father stayed behind in New Zealand and committed suicide. As Abby Hope in The Heir of the Ages (1917), Byron was described by a critic as having substantial acting skills.
She studied dancing, went on tour, and joined the Hitchykoo company.
Her given name was Nina Betts. Only a year after coming to New York City, Byron came to Los Angeles to make Truthful Tulliver (1917) with William South. Hart. She was the ingenue (stock character) for House Peters.
The material she was given to work with, according to the reviewer, did not test her ability.
He likens Byron"s laughter in the film to Mary Pickford. Her character was merely required to laugh like the silent film icon.
Her other film credits are for roles in The Cruise of the Make-Believes (1918), The Source (1918), The Dub (1919), Johnny Get Your Gun (1919), The Boomerang (1919), and The Broken Butterfly (1919). Her fellow dancers included Ruth Fallows, Helen MacDonald, and Doris Lloyd.
In February 1925 they performed at the Moulin Rouge.
Byron was a musical comedy theater performer on Broadway and was associated with Eddie Cantor. She was among the 100 travelers who returned to Los Angeles aboard the Dollar around-the-world liner President Wilson in March 1929. Others included John Barrymore and his bride, Dolores Costello.
Byron was featured in the Florenz Ziegfeld show, Woopee, in 1929.
The cruise she returned from was a trip through the tropics and up the west coast.
lieutenant was during the time she was a member of the Hitchykoo troupe that he did not see her again. Byron was a member of the Ziegfeld Follies in 1925, after she was out of movies.