Born in Germany to American parents, dark-haired Betty Amann (born
Philippine Amann) grew up in the US. She began her screen
career as Bee Amann in the mid-'20s, but returned to Germany after
appearing in a 'Tom Tyler' Western for low-budget FBO Pictures. Arriving in the
wake of
Louise Brooks, she was awarded a screen test by producer
Erich Pommer
and went on to star or co-star in such German productions as
Joe May's
silent
Asphalt (1929) and the talkies
Der weiße Teufel (1930)-- opposite
Lil Dagover and
Ivan Mozzhukhin--and
Die kleine Schwindlerin (1933),
opposite
Dolly Haas. She later did
Daughters of Today (1933) in
England, but was back in Hollywood by the mid-'30s, where she mainly
appeared in "Poverty Row" productions. Her final appearance came in
Edgar G. Ulmer's bizarre
Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943) for rock-bottom PRC Pictures as one of
Gale Sondergaard's "hostesses."