Actress. Born Bette Joan Henritze, her father was an electrician, her mother was a secretary, Bette studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. This led to her Broadway debut in the production "Jenny Kissed Me" (1948). Over the next four decades, she would appear in scores of wide range stage productions which included several Shakespearian plays. She distinguished herself in 1967, when she received the Obie Award fo...
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As Emma
The World According to Garp
As Woman Candidate
Taking Woodstock
As Annie
The Hospital
As Operating Room Nurse
The Mind Snatchers
As Anna Kraus
The Object of My Affection
As Mrs. Skinner
Rage
As Sarah Parker
Much Ado About Nothing
As Ursula
Brighton Beach Memoirs
As Mrs. Murphy
Judy Berlin
As Dolores Engler
Far from Heaven
As Mrs. Leacock
The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood
As Mother
Third Watch
The Education of Max Bickford
As Mrs. Moncreve
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Defenders
As Katie Malloy
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