Occupation Actress/Artist Role Actress | Name Bettye Ackerman Years active 1953–1994 Siblings Robert Ackerman | |
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Full Name Bettye Louise Ackerman Parents Mary Baker Ackerman, Clarence Kilgo Ackerman Movies and TV shows Similar People Sam Jaffe, Norman Tokar, Dorothy Malone, Dorothy Kingsley | ||
Bettye ackerman an american actress
Bettye Louise Ackerman (February 28, 1924 – November 1, 2006) was an American actress primarily known for her work on television.
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- Bettye ackerman an american actress
- Early years
- Television
- Stage
- Film
- Personal life
- Death
- Filmography
- References
Early years
Ackerman was born in Cottageville, South Carolina, (Another source says she was born in Williston, South Carolina.) the daughter of Clarence Kilgo Ackerman and Mary Baker Ackerman, and grew up in Williston, in Barnwell County in southwestern South Carolina, one of four children. She graduated from Columbia College in South Carolina in 1945 and left for New York City soon after. She studied theater at the graduate level at Columbia University and pursued art studies with Joseph Mugnaini and George DeGroat at Otis Art Institute.
Television
Ackerman played Dr. Maggie Graham on the ABC medical drama, Ben Casey, from 1961 until 1966. She played Anne Frazer on Bracken's World and the original Constance MacKenzie on the daytime program Return to Peyton Place. She appeared in an early episode of prime time soap Falcon Crest portraying the character of Elisabeth Bradbury. She also appeared in two episodes of Perry Mason, starring Raymond Burr: in 1965 she played the role of Amy Reid in the episode, "The Case of the Thermal Thief," and in 1966 she played Laura Brandon in "The Case of the Positive Negative." In 1977, she appeared in "Never Con a Killer," the pilot for the ABC crime drama The Feather and Father Gang.
Stage
Ackerman's Broadway credits include A Meeting by the River (1979).
Film
Ackerman's film debut came in Face of Fire in 1959.
Personal life
On June 7, 1956, Ackerman, at 32, married her future Ben Casey co-star Sam Jaffe, who was then 65. Although there was a 33-year difference in their ages, the couple had a very successful and happy marriage- until Jaffe died of cancer in 1984. They had no children.
She sold her home in Beverly Hills, California, and returned to South Carolina to be near her large extended family in 1998. Shortly afterwards she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Ackerman was also a noted artist, who had numerous exhibits in both Beverly Hills and Columbia, South Carolina.
Death
Ackerman died November 1, 2006, after having suffered a stroke in Columbia, South Carolina. She was 82.
Filmography
Actress
1994
Prehysteria! 2 (Video) as
Miss Winters
1991
Ted & Venus as
Poetry Award Presenter
1986
St. Elsewhere (TV Series) as
Mrs. Nova
- Lost Weekend (1986) - Mrs. Nova
1985
Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) as
Ruby
- Nothin' Short of Highway Robbery (1985) - Ruby
1985
Me and Mom (TV Series)
- A Killing in the Market (1985)
1982
Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) as
Dr. Michaels / Mrs. Bayard
- Promises- Promises (1984) - Dr. Michaels
- Maybe Baby (1982) - Mrs. Bayard
1984
Double Trouble (TV Series) as
The Judge
- Dueling Feet (1984) - The Judge
1983
The Love Boat (TV Series) as
Professor Helen Burton
- The Professor Has Class/When the Magic Disappears/We, the Jury (1983) - Professor Helen Burton
1983
Confessions of a Married Man (TV Movie)
1982
Dynasty (TV Series) as
Katherine
- Kirby (1982) - Katherine
- The Will (1982) - Katherine
1982
A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain (TV Movie) as
Belle Tucker
1982
Falcon Crest (TV Series) as
Elizabeth Bradbury
- For Love or Money (1982) - Elizabeth Bradbury
1977
The Waltons (TV Series) as
Belle Becker
- The Revel (1981) - Belle Becker
- The Achievement (1977) - Belle Becker
1981
Foul Play (TV Series)
- The Terrible Tara O'Hara
1980
Trouble in High Timber Country (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Lomax
1979
240-Robert (TV Series) as
Eileen Phillips
- Stuntman (1979) - Eileen Phillips
1978
Police Woman (TV Series) as
Helen Fletcher
- Good Old Uncle Ben (1978) - Helen Fletcher
1978
Doctors' Private Lives (TV Movie) as
Sylvia
1977
CHiPs (TV Series) as
Mrs. Burgess
- Undertow (1977) - Mrs. Burgess
1977
Wonder Woman (TV Series) as
Asclepia
- The Return of Wonder Woman (1977) - Asclepia
1977
Never Con a Killer (TV Movie) as
Dorothy
1977
The Feather and Father Gang (TV Series) as
Dorothy
- Never Con a Killer (1977) - Dorothy
1974
Barnaby Jones (TV Series) as
Mrs. Nesbitt / Margery Kinner
- Renegade's Child (1976) - Mrs. Nesbitt
- Venus as in Flytrap (1974) - Margery Kinner
1974
Police Story (TV Series) as
Katherine Moran / Martha Dunnhill
- Three Days to Thirty (1976) - Katherine Moran
- Glamour Boy (1974) - Martha Dunnhill
1975
Petrocelli (TV Series) as
Ann Hendricks
- Too Many Alibis (1975) - Ann Hendricks
1975
Harry O (TV Series) as
Laureen Lister
- The Acolyte (1975) - Laureen Lister
1975
The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) as
Dr. Hamill
- Asylum (1975) - Dr. Hamill
1973
The Rookies (TV Series) as
Judge / Ellen Tabnor
- Solomon's Dilemma (1975) - Judge
- Sound of Silence (1973) - Ellen Tabnor
1969
Ironside (TV Series) as
Sylvia Harris / Dr. Pat Manners
- Run Scared (1974) - Sylvia Harris
- A Matter of Love and Death (1969) - Dr. Pat Manners
1974
Lucas Tanner (TV Series) as
Francis Shaw / Frances Shaw
- By the Numbers (1974) - Francis Shaw
- A Matter of Love (1974) - Frances Shaw
1974
Mooch (TV Movie) as
Bettye Ackerman (uncredited)
1974
Murder or Mercy (TV Movie) as
Nurse Cantelli
1973
Gunsmoke (TV Series) as
Zisha Gorofsky
- This Golden Land (1973) - Zisha Gorofsky
1969
Medical Center (TV Series) as
Nurse Marsh
- Question of Guilt (1973) - Nurse Marsh
- Countdown (1971) - Nurse Marsh
- Deadly Encounter (1970) - Nurse Marsh
- 24 Hours (1969) - Nurse Marsh
1972
Return to Peyton Place (TV Series) as
Constance MacKenzie #1 (1972)
1972
Heat of Anger (TV Movie) as
Stella Galvin
1972
The Sixth Sense (TV Series) as
Helene
- Can a Dead Man Strike from the Grave? (1972) - Helene
1972
Columbo (TV Series) as
Miss Sherman
- Blueprint for Murder (1972) - Miss Sherman
1970
Bracken's World (TV Series) as
Ann Frazier / Anne Frazier / Ann Frazer
- Miss Isabel Blue (1970) - Ann Frazier
- The Country Boy (1970) - Ann Frazier
- Infinity (1970) - Ann Frazier
- A Team of One-Legged Acrobats (1970) - Ann Frazier
- Hey, Gringo- Hey, Pocho (1970) - Ann Frazier
- Preview in Samarkand (1970) - Ann Frazier
- Jenny, Who Bombs Buildings (1970) - Ann Frazier
- Murder Off-Camera (1970) - Ann Frazier
- Day for Night (1970) - Anne Frazier
- Diffusion (1970) - Ann Frazier
- A Beginning, a Middle and an End (1970) - Ann Frazier
- Whatever Happened to Happy Endings? (1970) - Ann Frazier
- Meanwhile Back at the Studio (1970) - Ann Frazer
1968
The F.B.I. (TV Series) as
Mary Binyon / Miss Kurland / Annette Jurgens
- Antennae of Death (1970) - Mary Binyon
- The Prey (1969) - Miss Kurland
- Homecoming (1968) - Annette Jurgens
1969
Rascal as
Miss Whalen
1969
Mannix (TV Series) as
Rita Claman
- Only Giants Can Play (1969) - Rita Claman
1968
Companions in Nightmare (TV Movie) as
Sara Nicholson
1967
Bonanza (TV Series) as
Estelle Dawson
- Second Chance (1967) - Estelle Dawson
1967
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) as
Dorothy Reynolds
- Verdict for Terror (1967) - Dorothy Reynolds
1965
Perry Mason (TV Series) as
Laura Brandon / Amy Reid
- The Case of the Positive Negative (1966) - Laura Brandon
- The Case of the Thermal Thief (1965) - Amy Reid
1961
Ben Casey (TV Series) as
Dr. Maggie Graham / Maggie Graham
- Then, Suddenly, Panic (1966) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- Twenty Six Ways to Spell Heartbreak: A, B, C, D- (1966) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- Fun and Games and Other Tragic Things (1966) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- If You Play Your Cards Right, You Too Can Be a Loser (1965) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- The Day They Stole County General (1965) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- Journeys End in Lovers Meeting (1965) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- A Little Fun to Match the Sorrow (1965) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- A Dipperful of Water from a Poisoned Well (1965) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- A Man, a Maid, and a Marionette (1965) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- A Boy Is Standing Outside the Door (1965) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- A Disease of the Heart Called Love (1964) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- You Fish or You Cut Bait (1964) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- August Is the Month Before Christmas (1964) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- Heap Logs and Let the Blaze Laugh Out (1964) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1964) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- One Nation Indivisible (1964) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- Fire in a Sacred Fruit Tree (1963) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- Justice to a Microbe (1963) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- Hang No Hats on Dreams (1963) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- Lullaby for Billy Dignan (1963) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- La Vie, La Vie Interieure (1963) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- For I Will Plait thy Hair with Gold (1963) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- Will Everyone Who Believes in Terry Dunne Please Applaud (1963) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- A Hundred More Pipers (1963) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- A Short Biographical Sketch of James Tuttle Peabody, M.D. (1963) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- Saturday, Surgery, and Stanley Schultz (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- I Hear America Singing (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- The Firemen Who Raised Rabbits (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- And Even Death Shall Die (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- Behold! They Walk an Ancient Road (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- The Night That Nothing Happened (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- Mrs McBroom and the Cloud Watcher (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- When You See an Evil Man (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- Preferably, the Less-Used Arm (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- A Pleasant Thing for the Eyes (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- Among Others, a Girl Named Abilene (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- All the Clocks Are Ticking (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- Monument to an Aged Hunter (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- To a Grand and Natural Finale (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- Behold a Pale Horse (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- Odyssey of a Proud Suitcase (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- Give My Hands an Epitaph (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- A Story to Be Softly Told (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- Imagine a Long Bright Corridor (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- A Memory of Candy Stripes (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- And If I Die (1962) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness (1961) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- My Good Friend Krikor (1961) - Maggie Graham
- Pavane for a Gentle Lady (1961) - Maggie Graham
- A Few Brief Lines for Dave (1961) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- The Sound of Laughter (1961) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- An Expensive Glass of Water (1961) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- I Remember a Lemon Tree (1961) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- The Insolent Heart (1961) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- But Linda Only Smiled (1961) - Dr. Maggie Graham
- To the Pure (1961) - Dr. Maggie Graham
1964
Breaking Point (TV Series) as
Eunice Osment
- Better Than a Dead Lion (1964) - Eunice Osment
1962
Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) as
Dorothy Swift / Ellen
- Chain Reaction (1963) - Dorothy Swift
- The Jail (1962) - Ellen
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) as
Lorna Dickson
- The Tender Poisoner (1962) - Lorna Dickson
1961
Insight (TV Series) as
Ilsa Davis
- Breakthrough (1961) - Ilsa Davis
1961
Naked City (TV Series) as
Susan Bognar
- Economy of Death (1961) - Susan Bognar
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) as
Mrs. Inkel
- Specialty of the House (1959) - Mrs. Inkel
1959
Face of Fire as
Grace Trescott
1955
Studio One (TV Series) as
Betty
- The Incredible World of Horace Ford (1955) - Betty
1953
The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
Girl
- The Bachelor Party (1953) - Girl (uncredited)
Self
1996
Biography (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Widow of Sam Jaffe
- Edward G. Robinson: Little Big Man (1996) - Self - Widow of Sam Jaffe
1973
The 45th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Audience Member
1970
Life with Linkletter (TV Series) as
Self
- Sam Jaffe & Bettye Ackerman, Louise Huebner (1970) - Self
1968
The City of Gods (Documentary) as
Narrator (English version, voice)
1966
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #5.139 (1966) - Self
1966
The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Peter Noone, Hermione Gingold, Sam Jaffe, Bettye Ackerman, Reni Santoni, Karen Morrow (1966) - Self
1965
Gypsy (TV Series) as
Self / Self - actress
- Bettye Ackerman, Pear Kimura (1965) - Self
- Bettye Ackerman, Cheryl Miller, Stan Margulies (1965) - Self - actress
1962
Here's Hollywood (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #2.162 (1962) - Self
Archive Footage
2023
Les Chroniques du Mea (TV Series) as
Self
- Columbo: Ville Fatale (2023) - Self
1973
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
Miss Whalen
- Rascal: Part 2 (1973) - Miss Whalen
- Rascal: Part 1 (1973) - Miss Whalen
References
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