Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
12/11/1923
Place of Birth
Cliffside Park, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
Elizabeth Winifred BogerBetsy BogerБетси Блэр
Betsy Blair
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 theatre, Blair began her film career playing supporting roles in films such as A Double Life (1947) a...
Known For
Mystery Street
as Jackie Elcott
The Dolphins
as Contessa Rita Cherè
Il Grido
as Elvia
Main Street
as Isabel
Careless
as Amalia Brentani
Marty
as Clara Snyder
Kind Lady
as Ada Elcott
A Delicate Balance
as Edna
The Snake Pit
as Hester
No Way Out
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self
The Halliday Brand
as Martha Halliday
Suspicion
as Lady McLaidlaw
Descent Into Hell
as Mrs. Burns
Another Part of the Forest
as Birdie Bagtry
A Double Life
as Girl in Wig Shop
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair
as Grace Simpson
All Night Long
as Emily
Meeting in Paris
as Nancy Blanding