Betsy Drake

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1923-09-11 (92 years old)

Deathday

2015-10-27

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Betsy Drake

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Betsy Drake (September 11, 1923 – October 27, 2015) was a French-born American actress and writer. She was the third wife of actor Cary Grant. She began looking for work as an actress in New York City, supporting herself by working as a Conover model. She met the playwright Horton Foote, who offered her a job as an understudy in his play Only the Heart, which enabled her to join the Actors' Equity Association and thus become a professional actress. After coming to the attention of the producer Hal Wallis, Drake was pressured by her agent to sign a Hollywood contract. She hated Hollywood and managed to ...

Acting

1950

The Second Woman

as Ellen Foster

1952

Room for One More

as Anna Perrott Rose

1949

Dancing in the Dark

as Julie Clarke

1958

Intent to Kill

as Dr. Nancy Ferguson

1950

Pretty Baby

as Patsy Douglas

1988

1958

Next to No Time

as Georgie Brant

Production

1958

Houseboat

as Screenplay

1970

The Killer of Fossil Gulch

as Director of Photography

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