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Betsy Blair

1923 - 2009

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Betsy Blair (born Elizabeth Winifred Boger; 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 age 17 and 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Betsy Blair is the 2,124th most popular actor (up from 3,139th in 2019), the 3,770th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,759th in 2019) and the 1,040th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Betsy Blair ranks 2,124 out of 13,578. Before her are Clive Revill, Bruce McGill, Sarah Douglas, Dove Cameron, Brenda Vaccaro, and John Hillerman. After her are Anita Björk, Paul Shenar, David Boreanaz, Peter Capaldi, Bernhard Wicki, and Richard Bull.

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Among people born in 1923, Betsy Blair ranks 156. Before her are Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Peter Lawford, Wes Montgomery, Harrison Dillard, Albert Vanhoye, and Constantin Dăscălescu. After her are Anita Björk, Hans Riegel, Elisabeth Becker, Naziha al-Dulaimi, José Giovanni, and Jozef Lenárt. Among people deceased in 2009, Betsy Blair ranks 125. Before her are Bea Arthur, Robert Enke, Susanna Agnelli, Shi Pei Pu, Pierre Harmel, and Amir Pnueli. After her are Vyacheslav Ivankov, Meir Amit, Eric Woolfson, Sidney Wood, Giovanni Arrighi, and Francisco Ayala.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Betsy Blair ranks 3,770 out of 20,380. Before her are Jack Kevorkian (1928), James Henry Breasted (1865), The Miz (1980), Vito Acconci (1940), John Hillerman (1932), and Tom Fogerty (1941). After her are Paul Shenar (1936), David Boreanaz (1969), Paul Milgrom (1948), Jerome Kern (1885), Tracey Adams (1958), and Richard Bull (1924).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Betsy Blair ranks 1,040. Before her are Melissa McBride (1965), Catherine Keener (1959), Bruce McGill (1950), Dove Cameron (1996), Brenda Vaccaro (1939), and John Hillerman (1932). After her are Paul Shenar (1936), David Boreanaz (1969), Richard Bull (1924), Gil Birmingham (1953), Jack Klugman (1922), and Gina Gershon (1962).

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