Betsy Blair

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    Name Betsy Blair
    (Elizabeth Winifred Boger)
    Height 5' 6"  (168 cm)
    Build Slim
    Date of Birth December 111923
    Birthplace Cliffside Park, New Jersey, USA
    Star Sign Sagittarius
    Died March 132009 (Aged 86)
    Location of Death London, England, UK
    Cause of Death Cancer
    Nationality American
    Ethnicity White
    Occupation Actress
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  • "To sit out the McCarthy era in a house on Rodeo Drive as Mrs. Gene Kelly is not so bad. But the atmosphere that prevailed eventually destroyed my marriage. My ideas ran against the political currents of the time. By 1957 we were divorced."
    (Recalling the Blacklist era)
  • "It`s ridiculous that there is such a thing as prejudice. People are frightened of something different."
    (regarding her blacklisting)
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  • Fluent in French.
    (imdb.com)
  • Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1980.
    (imdb.com)
  • Chose a book of song lyrics and an ice cream maker as her book and luxury, respectively, as a guest on BBC Radio 4`s Desert Island Discs (broadcast 17 June 2005). Her records included Gene Kelly`s "I Got Rhythm," Jimmy Durante`s "Someone To Love," and a song from "Porgy and Bess."
    (imdb.com)
  • Had a daughter, Kerry Kelly, born in 1942 with Gene Kelly.
    (imdb.com)
  • Played "Old Laura Brown" in The Hours (2002). The director and producer believed that people would not recognize the character. Julianne Moore, who played "Young Laura Brown", re-shot her scenes with age makeup.
    (imdb.com)
  • Blacklisted because of her left-wing sympathies, although she never actually joined the Communist Party. She wanted to join, but the Party decided that she was more useful as the wife of "liberal, progressive" Gene Kelly. Nonetheless, she was blacklisted despite an Academy Award nomination for Marty (1955). She later transplanted herself to England for a long period. Played Polly Draper`s character`s mother on "thirtysomething" (1987) originally, but Lois Smith took over the role later for reasons unknown.
    (imdb.com)
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