16 Facts About Betty Thomas

Betty Thomas was born on Betty Lucille Nienhauser; July 27,1947 and is an American actress, director, and producer.

Betty Thomas is known for her Emmy Award-winning role as Sergeant Lucy Bates on the television series Hill Street Blues.

Betty Thomas graduated from Willoughby South High School, Willoughby, Ohio, in 1965.

Betty Thomas came to her entertainment career by a circuitous route.

Betty Thomas was praised for her brassy and outspoken performances, and became the first woman to direct one of their MainStage theatre productions.

Betty Thomas worked with several up and coming Second City alumni, most notably Bill Murray.

Betty Thomas later reunited with some of the Second City cast members when she appeared as special guest star in a 1983 episode of SCTV.

Betty Thomas appeared in the 1989 film Troop Beverly Hills, starring Shelley Long.

Betty Thomas went on to direct episodes of Arresting Behavior and several episodes of the HBO series Dream On, the latter of which earned her an Emmy for best director.

Betty Thomas is nicknamed "The Midnight Queen" because of her preference for nighttime shoots.

In 1992 Betty Thomas took the next step in her directing career with her feature debut Only You.

Wayne Rice, the film's producer and screenwriter, said that Betty Thomas was chosen to direct due in part to the film's plot in which a man is on a hapless quest to find the perfect woman.

Three years following the release of Only You, Betty Thomas directed The Brady Bunch Movie, a satirical vision of the 1970s television series The Brady Bunch.

Betty Thomas followed The Brady Bunch Movie with other successes, including Private Parts, Dr Dolittle, 28 Days, and John Tucker Must Die.

In 2012, Betty Thomas directed a low-budget online series called Audrey for the WIGS YouTube channel.

In 2001, Betty Thomas won the Dorothy Arzner Directors Award of the Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards, presented by the Los Angeles chapter of the Women in Film Organization.