Betty

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Betty or Bettie is a common diminutive for the name Elizabeth. In Latin America, it is also a common diminutive for the name Beatriz, Spanish form of the Latin name Beatrix and the English name Beatrice. In the 17th and 18th centuries, it was more often a diminutive of Bethia.

Politicians and activists

Betty de Boer (born 1971), Dutch politician

Betty Friedan (1921-2006), American feminist and author of The Feminine Mystique

Bettie Hewes (1924-2001), Canadian politician

Betty Komp (born 1949), American politician

Betty McCollum (born 1954), American politician

Betty Shabazz (1934-1997), American educator and civil rights advocate, wife of Malcolm X

Betty Williams (Nobel laureate) (born 1943), North Irish peace activist

Betty Williams (politician) (born 1944), Welsh politician and MP

Actresses and singers

Betty Arvaniti (born 1939), Greek actress

Betty Bronson (1906-1971), American actress

Betty Buckley (born 1947), American theater, film and television actress

Betty Burbridge (1895-1987), American actress

Betty Deland (1831-1882), Swedish actress

Betty Driver (1920-2011), British actress and singer

Betty Faria (born 1941), Brazilian actress

Betty Grable (1916-1973), American actress, singer, dancer and pin-up girl

Betty Harlafti, Greek mezzo-soprano and singer

Betty Harris (born 1939), American soul singer

Betty Hutton (1921-2007), American actress and singer

Betty Kelly (born 1943), American singer, member of Martha and the Vandellas

Betty Kuuskemaa (1879-1966), Estonian actress

Betty Moschona (1927-2006), Greek actress

Betty Stockfeld (1905–1966), Australian film actress

Betty White (born 1922), American television actress best known for her roles in the sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls

Athletes

Betty Cuthbert (born 1938), Australian sprinter and Olympic champion

Betty Jameson (1919-2009), American Hall-of-Fame golfer and one of the founders of the LPGA

Betty McKilligan (born 1949), Canadian former pairs figure skater

Betty Nuthall (1911-1983), English tennis player

Betty Stöve (born 1945), Dutch retired tennis player

Betty Ann Grubb Stuart (born 1950), American retired tennis player

Betty Uber (1906-1983), English badminton and tennis player

Other

Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (1914–2010), South African abstract artist

Betty Ford (1918-2011), former First Lady of the United States, wife of Gerald Ford

Betty Jackson (born 1949), British fashion designer

Bettie de Jong (born 1933), Dutch rehearsal director and former dancer

Betty Kennedy (born 1926), Canadian broadcaster, journalist and author

Betty Knox (Alice Elizabeth Peden) (1906–1963), part of Wilson, Keppel and Betty, a popular British music hall and vaudeville act

Betty Linderoth (1822-1900), Swedish clockmaker

Betty MacDonald (1908–1958), American author

Betty Nguyen, American news anchor

Bettie Page (1923-2008), American pin-up and fetish model of the 1950s

Betty Pariso, American professional bodybuilder

Betty Parsons (1900–1982), American artist, art dealer and collector

Betty Siegel (born 1931), American author and former president of Kennesaw State University

Bettie, a black cook at the Battle of the Alamo - see List of Texian survivors of the Battle of the Alamo

Fictional characters

Betty, title character of the comic strip Betty (1920–1943) by Charles A. Voight

Betty (Naked Brothers Band), in the TV series The Naked Brothers Band

Atomic Betty or 'Betty Barrett', Cartoon Network-Teletoon's first child superhero

Betty Blue, the main character of the film Betty Blue

Betty Boop, a Paramount Pictures cartoon character

Betty Brant, a Marvel Comics supporting character

Betty Cooper, a comic book character published by Archie Comics

Betty Crocker, a brand name

Betty Draper, in the TV series Mad Men

Betty Eagleton, in the British soap opera Emmerdale'

Betty Gordon, protagonist of a series of children's novels

Betty Kane, now known as Bette Kane

title character of Yo soy Betty, la fea, a Colombian soap opera, basis for the US TV series Ugly Betty

Betty Rizzo, in the 1978 film Grease, played by Stockard Channing

Betty Ross, Bruce Banner's love interest in the Hulk comics

Betty Rubble, a Flintstones character

Betty Slug, the lead character in the Canadian comic strip Betty

Betty Smith, in the TV series Littlest Pet Shop

Betty Spaghetty, a bendable rubber doll

Betty Spencer, wife of Frank Spencer in the British sitcom Some Mothers do 'ave 'em

Betty Suarez, the title character and heroine of the TV series Ugly Betty

Betty Williams (Coronation Street), in the British soap opera Coronation Street

Brickhouse Betty, from the animated cartoon series of the same name featured on Playboy TV and the web

Betty, the antagonist of the 2002 comedy Kung Pow! Enter the Fist

Betty, the love interest of protagonist Tom Green's character in the 2001 film Freddy Got Fingered

References

Betty Wikipedia

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