1. Betsy Blair continued her career with regular theatre, film and television work, mainly in Europe, until the mid-1990s.
11 Facts About Betsy Blair
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Betsy Blair's father, William Kidd Boger, was a partner in a small insurance brokerage firm; her mother, Frederica Ammon, was a schoolteacher.
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Betsy Blair joined the John Robert Powers modeling agency and by the age of 12 was in regular demand.
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Betsy Blair enrolled in the Professional Children's School but, as it was not accredited, her mother returned her to her local school so that she might eventually attend college.
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Betsy Blair graduated at 15, securing a scholarship to Sarah Lawrence College.
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In early 1941, Betsy Blair secured her first role in a stage play when Kelly's friend William Saroyan chose her to play the female lead role of St Agnes of the Mice in his play The Beautiful People at the Lyceum Theatre, playing opposite Eugene Loring, and securing excellent reviews from leading critics George Jean Nathan and Richard Watts, Jr.
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Betsy Blair was featured in such films as A Double Life, Another Part of the Forest, and The Snake Pit.
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Betsy Blair continued to hold left-wing political views and admittedly attempted to join the Communist Party.
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Betsy Blair almost lost one of her signature roles, that of Marty's girlfriend in Marty, but was restored to the role after Kelly threatened to pull out of It's Always Fair Weather.
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Betsy Blair filmed scenes for Stephen Daldry's The Hours, initially playing the older version of Julianne Moore's character.
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Betsy Blair was survived by a daughter, Kerry Kelly Novick, three stepchildren and several grandchildren.