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Betsy Braddock
Betsy Braddock (Elizabeth Braddock), Marvel Comics mutant telepath, twin sister of Brian Braddock; X-Man as Psylocke since 1986, Captain Britain since 2019; created by Claremont and Trimpe, 1976.
Betsy Brandt
Betsy Brandt is an American actress best known for playing Marie Schrader on the AMC crime drama Breaking Bad from 2008 to 2013, later starring in Life in Pieces.
Betsy Brantley
Betsy Brantley (born 1955) is an American actress from Rutherfordton, North Carolina, trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, known for The Princess Bride, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Deep Impact, and voicing Kimi (2022).
Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos (born 1958), née Prince, is an American philanthropist and school-choice advocate who served as the 11th U.S. Secretary of Education (2017-2021), confirmed 51-50 with Pence's tie-breaking vote.
Betsy Drake
Betsy Drake (1923–2015), French-born American actress, writer, and psychotherapist; third and longest-serving wife of Cary Grant (1949–1962); starred in Every Girl Should Be Married, survived the Andrea Doria, wrote Houseboat's early script.
Betsy L. Humphreys
Betsy L. Humphreys is an American medical librarian who spent 44 years at the National Library of Medicine, serving as its acting director from 2015 to 2016.
Betsy McCaughey
Betsy McCaughey (Elizabeth McCaughey Ross), American conservative commentator, former New York lieutenant governor 1995 to 1998, author of the 1994 New Republic article No Exit against the Clinton health plan, and source of the 2009 death panels claim; now running for Connecticut governor.
Betsy Mitchell
Betsy Mitchell (Elizabeth Mitchell, born 1966), American backstroke swimmer; 1984 Olympic gold in 4x100 medley relay, silvers in 1984 100 m backstroke and 1988 medley relay; 1986 world record 200 m backstroke 2:08.60; Hall of Fame 1998.
Betsy Palmer
Betsy Palmer (Patricia Betsy Hrunek, 1926–2015), American character actress and game-show panelist, best known as killer camp cook Pamela Voorhees in Friday the 13th (1980) and Part II.
Betsy Ross
Betsy Ross (Elizabeth Griscom Ross, born 1752), Philadelphia upholsterer and seamstress. Legend credits her with sewing the first U.S. flag for Washington in 1776; historians find no contemporary evidence and credit Francis Hopkinson with the design.
Betsy Ross Air Corps
The Betsy Ross Air Corps was a pre-World War II organization of licensed American women pilots, founded by aviator Opal Kunz in 1931 to aid national defense.
Betsy Ross flag
The Betsy Ross flag is a 13-star, 13-stripe US flag design with stars in a circle, named for Betsy Ross via her grandson William Canby's 1870 story, which historians dispute; Francis Hopkinson has a competing design claim.
Betsy Russell
Betsy Russell (Elizabeth Russell), American actress born 1963 in San Diego, broke out in the 1983 sex comedy Private School, starred in 1980s B-movies such as Tomboy and Avenging Angel, and returned to fame as Jill Tuck, Jigsaw's ex-wife, in five Saw films from 2006 to 2010; she is also a certified life coach.
Betsy Sodaro
Betsy Sodaro (born 1984, Leadville, Colorado) is an American actress and UCB improv comedian known for Animal Practice, Nancy on CBS's Ghosts, voice roles in Bob's Burgers and Duncanville, and the film Golden Arm.
Betsy Wyeth
Betsy Wyeth (Betsy Merle James Wyeth, 1921–2020), American art manager, archivist, and designer; wife and career director of painter Andrew Wyeth; named his paintings, built the Maine island environments, and helped create the Brandywine Museum.
Betta
Betta, genus of Southeast Asian labyrinth fishes; best-known species Betta splendens, the Siamese fighting fish, a national aquatic animal of Thailand, air-breathing bubble nester, domesticated ~700 generations ago, wild populations IUCN Vulnerable.
Bettada Jeeva
Bettada Jeeva (ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ಜೀವ), meaning "Life of the Hills," is a 1943 Kannada novel by K. Shivarama Karanth set in the Western Ghats of South Kanara.
Bettany Hughes
Bettany Hughes, British historian, author, and broadcaster of ancient and medieval history; first woman to present UK TV history (2000); author of Helen of Troy, Istanbul, and The Seven Wonders; OBE 2019.
Bette Davis
Bette Davis (Ruth Elizabeth Davis, 1908–1989), American film actress, two-time Oscar winner (Dangerous, Jezebel), 10 nominations, led the 1937 Warner Bros. contract lawsuit, starred in All About Eve, first woman AMPAS president.
Bette Davis Eyes
"Bette Davis Eyes": pop song written 1974 by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon, first recorded by DeShannon on New Arrangement (1975); Kim Carnes' 1981 synth version spent nine weeks at Hot 100 No. 1 and won 1982 Grammys for Record and Song of the Year.
Bette Davis filmography
Bette Davis filmography: the screen record of actress Bette Davis (Ruth Elizabeth Davis, 1908–1989), from her 1931 debut through 1987, with 54 Warner Bros. films, two Oscars, and ten nominations.
Bette Korber
Bette Korber is an American computational biologist who led the Los Alamos HIV database, designed mosaic HIV vaccines, and showed the SARS-CoV-2 D614G mutation increased infectivity.
Bette L. Otto‐Bliesner
Bette Otto-Bliesner is an American paleoclimate modeler, a Senior Scientist and section head at NSF NCAR in Boulder, Colorado, described by NCAR as one of the world's leading climate modelers.
Bette Midler
Bette Midler, the Divine Miss M, American singer-actress born 1945 in Honolulu; Continental Baths cabaret star, Grammy, Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominee for The Rose and For the Boys, Hello Dolly! Tony, NYRP founder.
Bette Nash
Bette Nash (1935–2024), American flight attendant, Guinness-verified world's longest-serving and oldest active flight attendant; flew the Washington–New York–Boston shuttle from 4 November 1957 until her death.
Bette Nesmith Graham
Bette Nesmith Graham, born Bette Clair McMurry, was an American businesswoman who invented Liquid Paper correction fluid in 1954 and built a company that dominated the market.
Better Broken
Better Broken (2025) is Sarah McLachlan's tenth studio album and first in 11 years, released via Concord Records, produced by Tony Berg and Will Maclellan, centered on resilience themes.
Better Business Bureau
Better Business Bureau (BBB): North American nonprofit, not a government agency, publishing A+ to F business ratings, customer reviews, and complaint mediation; founded 1912, funded by accredited-business dues, with no enforcement power.
Better Call Saul
Better Call Saul: AMC drama prequel to Breaking Bad, created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, starring Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman; six seasons 2015–2022, 53 Emmy nominations, acclaimed legal realism.
Better Call Saul (Breaking Bad)
Better Call Saul (Breaking Bad) is Breaking Bad season 2, episode 8, aired April 26, 2009 on AMC, written by Peter Gould; it introduces Bob Odenkirk's Saul Goodman and named the later prequel series.