Betsy Blair
Birthday
1923/12/11
Day of death
2009/03/13 (85 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Cliffside Park, New Jersey, USA
Also know as
Elizabeth Winifred Boger, Betsy Boger, Бетси Блэр
Biography
Betsy Blair -December 11, 1923 – March 13, 2009) was an American actress of film and stage, long based in London. Blair pursued a career in entertainment from the age of eight, and as a child worked as an amateur dancer, performed on radio, and worked as a model, before joining the chorus of Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe in 1940. There she met Gene Kelly. They were married the following year, when she was seventeen years old. The couple divorced sixteen years later, in 1957. After work in the t...Read more
Acting
(1988) Betrayed
as Gladys Simmons
(1957) The Halliday Brand
as Martha Halliday
(1957) Il Grido
as Elvia
(1947) A Double Life
as Girl in Wig Shop
(1962) All Night Long
as Emily
(1948) The Snake Pit
as Hester
(1955) Marty
as Clara Snyder
(1947) The Guilt of Janet Ames
as Katie
(1973) A Delicate Balance
as Edna
(1950) Mystery Street
as Jackie Elcott
(1986) Descent Into Hell
as Mrs. Burns
(2003) Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
(1956) Main Street
as Isabel
(1960) Lies My Father Told Me
as Mother
(1951) Kind Lady
as Ada Elcott
(1962) Careless
as Amalia Brentani
(1960) The Dolphins
as Contessa Rita Cherè
(1988) Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair
as Grace Simpson
(1950) No Way Out
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
(1968) Marry Me! Marry Me!
as Second English Teacher
(1986) Flight of the Spruce Goose
as Helen
(2002) Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self
(1956) Meeting in Paris
as Nancy Blanding
(1948) Another Part of the Forest
as Birdie Bagtry
(1987) Suspicion
as Lady McLaidlaw
(1969) De Bom (of het wanhoopskomitee)
as Vrouw van garagist
(1987) thirtysomething
as ---
(1979) Tales of the Unexpected
as Mrs Wilbur
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as ---
(1994) Scarlett
as Sister of Mercy
(1971) Great Performances
as Self