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Betsy Blair

Betsy Blair

Actor Dec 11 (died age 85) Cliffside Park, New Jersey, USA 1947–2003 (56 year career)
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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…

Known For

Marty
Film

Marty

Clara Snyder
Il Grido
Film

Il Grido

Elvia
The Snake Pit
Film

The Snake Pit

Hester (uncredited)
No Way Out
Film

No Way Out

Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Main Street
Film

Main Street

Isabel
Betrayed
Film

Betrayed

Gladys Simmons
Mystery Street
Film

Mystery Street

Jackie Elcott
A Double Life
Film

A Double Life

Girl in Wig Shop

Filmography