Betsy Blair Net Worth is
$16 Million

Mini Biography

Betsy Blair was created in Cliffside, NJ, a kid model just before finding are a chorus dancer at the first age of 15. She received her 1st mini-break on Broadway in “Panama Hattie” in 1940 providing a single collection, but by another year she experienced copped the ingénue business lead in William Saroyan’s “THE STUNNING People.” At around once, she fulfilled dancer extraordinaire Gene Kelly and wedded him in 1940. Despite her history in dance, Betsy was admittedly not really in the same little league like a Vera-Ellen, Cyd Charisse, or Ann Miller, therefore she was by no means afforded the chance to glide with Gene in movies. Moreover, she by no means even appeared inside a musical film. She made her large screen debut in 1947 and, for another year or two, appeared in several above-average dramas like the Guilt of Janet Ames (1947), A Twice Existence (1947) starring Ronald Colman, The Snake Pit (1948), wherein she played a demented inmate together with Olivia de Havilland, and a shining part in Another Area of the Forest (1948). After such guarantee, things found a halt. Betsy have been involved with SAG politics as soon as 1946 proposing the forming of the 1st Anti-Discrimination committee. Within a 12 months the home Un-American Actions Committe started to investigate Betsy as well as others in the film market and what they regarded as left-wing extremist viewpoints. Her name made an appearance in the “Crimson Channels” which was that. Her profession was undone. By the first 1950s, all film gives had dry out. The only cause Betsy won the feminine business lead in the 1955 cinematic traditional Marty (1955) was because her spouse threatened to avoid capturing at MGM if indeed they didn’t allow her work regardless of the blacklist. It might be the part of an eternity for Betsy. As the coming in contact with plain-Jane sweetheart of Ernest Borgnine’s name butcher, Betsy received the Cannes Film and English Film acting honours, not forgetting an Oscar nomination. It didn’t help her conquer the blacklist, nevertheless. By 1957, she was divorced from Kelly and had moved to European countries in order to avoid the Hollywood shun. Soon thereafter, she resided with French acting professional Roger Pigaut. In 1963, she wedded producer/movie director Karel Reisz. They might remain together for nearly 40 years until his loss of life in London of the bloodstream disorder in 2002. Betsy later on released her memoirs and talked about quite candidly her existence on Broadway, existence with Gene Kelly, and existence amid the blacklisting. She continuing to reside in Britain before loss of life from malignancy on 13th March, 2009. She was 85 years of age.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Betsy Blair
Died	March 13, 2009, London, United Kingdom
Height	1.68 m
Profession	Actor, Model, Dancer
Nationality	American
Spouse	Karel Reisz, Gene Kelly, Roger Pigaut
Children	Kerry Kelly
Parents	Frederica Ammon, William Kidd Boger
Awards	BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress, Chicago International Film Festival Career Achievement Award
Nominations	Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Movies	Marty, Il Grido, Main Street, The Snake Pit, Betrayed, A Double Life, The Guilt of Janet Ames, Another Part of the Forest, The Dauphins, Mystery Street, A Delicate Balance, Careless, All Night Long, The Halliday Brand, Kind Lady, Marry Me! Marry Me!, Meeting in Paris, Lies My Father Told Me, The Wings of the Dove, Death of a Salesman
TV Shows	Scarlett