Betsy Blair
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.
Marty
as Clara SnyderMarty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but...
Movie pageBetrayed
as Gladys SimmonsAn FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who...
Movie pageThe Snake Pit
as HesterVirginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her...
Movie pageMystery Street
as Jackie ElcottWhen a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter...
Movie pageNo Way Out
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)Two hoodlum brothers are brought into a hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one of them dies...
Movie pageA Double Life
as Girl in Wig ShopA Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage...
Movie pageMain Street
as IsabelA small town in Spain, October 1955. Isabel, a 35-year-old dreamer who feels like a failure...
Movie pageDescent Into Hell
as Mrs. BurnsThe marriage of the famous writer Alan and his young wife Lola is in a crisis. On a vacation in...
Movie pageIl Grido
as ElviaA sugar-refinery worker flees his Northern Italy town after a woman refuses his marriage proposal.
Movie pageAll Night Long
as EmilyOver the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic...
Movie pageBroadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as SelfBroadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about...
Movie pageKind Lady
as Ada ElcottMary Herries has a passion for art and fine furniture. Even though she is getting on in years,...
Movie pageThe Halliday Brand
as Martha HallidaySheriff Halliday doesn't approve of his children dating or marrying half-breeds and his blind...
Movie pageThe Guilt of Janet Ames
as KatieA hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his...
Movie pageAnother Part of the Forest
as Birdie BagtryThis 'prequel' to The Little Foxes tells how the ruthless members of the old-South Hubbard...
Movie pageGene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as SelfAmerican Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he...
Movie pageSuspicion
as Lady McLaidlawA powerfully tense remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic, this British production of SUSPICION...
Movie pageThe Dolphins
as Contessa Rita CherèAn acid portrait of Italian youth at the time, I DELFINI follows a dreary season of discontent...
Movie pageCareless
as Amalia BrentaniEmilio Brentani leads a peaceful and uneventful life with his older sister Amalia. Until he...
Movie pageA Delicate Balance
as EdnaIn their finely appointed Connecticut home, Agnes and Tobias have grown used to the imperfection...
Movie pageMeeting in Paris
as Nancy BlandingA wealthy young American woman is suddenly cut off by her father while living in Paris. A...
Movie pageMarcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair
as Grace SimpsonRobert Young brings his Marcus Welby alter ego to television for one last time. Having retired,...
Movie pageFlight of the Spruce Goose
as HelenDrama starring Karen Black, Betsy Blair and Dennis Christopher
Movie pageMarry Me! Marry Me!
as Second English TeacherClaude and Isabella met on a beach one summer and got easily involved. But while he has dreams...
Movie pageDe Bom (of het wanhoopskomitee)
as Vrouw van garagistOne day a garage owner finds an atomic bomb that has been lost by an airplane. He hides the bomb...
Movie pageGreat Performances
as SelfThe best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...
TV Show pageThe Philco Television Playhouse
as uncreditedThe Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...
TV Show pageTales of the Unexpected
as Mrs WilburA British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...
TV Show pagethirtysomething
as uncreditedThirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late...
TV Show pageScarlett
as Sister of MercyScarlett O’Hara’s flight from the scrutiny of Atlanta society takes her on a journey to Savannah...
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