Cast & creator
Betsy Blair
Best known for Great Performances, American Playhouse, The Philco Television Playhouse
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) and Another Part of the Forest (1948). Her interest in Marxism led to an investigation by the House Un-American Activities Committee and Blair was blacklisted for some time, but resumed her career with a critically acclaimed performance in Marty (1955), winning a BAFTA Award and a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She continued her career with regular theatre, film and television work until the mid 1990s.
Also known as: Elizabeth Winifred Boger, Betsy Boger, Бетси Блэр
28
film credits
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television credits
39
1947–2003 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (39)
Showing 39 of 39 credits
Great Performances
Self
1971
American Playhouse
Lady McLaidlaw
1982
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Tales of the Unexpected
Mrs Wilbur
1979
BBC Play of the Month
Linda
1965BBC Play of the Month
Mrs. Winemiller
1965BBC Play of the Month
Susan Stringham
1965
thirtysomething
1987
Scarlett
Sister of Mercy
1994
Descent Into Hell
Mrs. Burns
1986
Shades of Greene
Bobbie
1975
Marty
Clara
1955
Betrayed
Gladys Simmons
1988
No Way Out
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1950
Kind Lady
Ada Elcott
1951
Mystery Street
Jackie Elcott
1950
A Double Life
Girl in Wig Shop
1947
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003
Careless
Amalia Brentani
1962
The Snake Pit
Hester (uncredited)
1948Month of the Doctors
Rose Pinneo
1982
Maggie
Eulene Booker
1986
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Katie
1947
Another Part of the Forest
Birdie Bagtry
1948
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Self
2002
Death of a Salesman
Linda
1966
The Halliday Brand
Martha Halliday
1957
Il Grido
Elvia
1957
Flight of the Spruce Goose
Helen
1986
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair
Grace Simpson
1988
All Night Long
Emily
1962
De Bom (of het wanhoopskomitee)
Vrouw van garagist
1969
A Delicate Balance
Edna
1973
Marry Me! Marry Me!
Second English Teacher
1968
The Dolphins
Contessa Rita Cherè
1960Lies My Father Told Me
Mother
1960
Main Street
Isabel
1956
Suspicion
Lady McLaidlaw
1987
Meeting in Paris
Nancy Blanding
1956