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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 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.

Betty Aberlin

Betty Aberlin (born 1942, born Betty Kay Ageloff) is the American actress who played Lady Aberlin on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, and also Betty of Betty's Little Theater; she appeared on Broadway in Sandhog and Stop the World and in Kevin Smith films.

Betty Driver

Betty Driver (Elizabeth Mary Driver, 1920–2011), English singer and comic actor, was Betty Turpin/Williams, the hotpot-serving barmaid of Coronation Street's Rovers Return from 1969, after a variety career with Henry Hall and ENSA.

Betty Field

Betty Field was an American film and stage actress active from the late 1930s to 1971, starring on Broadway in Dream Girl and appearing in Picnic and Bus Stop.

Betty Gabriel

Betty Gabriel (born 1981, Washington, D.C.) is an American actress and Juilliard graduate known as Georgina in Get Out, a Blumhouse scream queen, and as Elizabeth Wright in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan.

Betty Garrett

Betty Garrett (1919-2011), American actress, singer, and dancer; MGM musical star opposite Frank Sinatra in On the Town; wife of blacklisted actor Larry Parks; later Irene Lorenzo on All in the Family and Edna Babish on Laverne & Shirley.

Betty Gilpin

Betty Gilpin (Elizabeth Folan Gilpin) is an American actress and writer born 1986 in New York, known for Debbie Eagan in GLOW, Mrs. Davis, The Hunt, and her 2026 Emmy-winning Widow's Bay guest role.

Betty Hutton

Betty Hutton, born Elizabeth June Thornburg (1921–2007), American actress, singer, and dancer nicknamed the Blonde Bombshell; Paramount musical star of Annie Get Your Gun and The Greatest Show on Earth.

Betty Lynn

Betty Lynn (1926–2021), born Elizabeth Ann Theresa Lynn, American actress best known as Thelma Lou, Barney Fife's sweetheart on The Andy Griffith Show (1961–1966), USO performer in WWII, later a fixture at the Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, North Carolina.

Betty White

Betty White (1922–2021), American actress, comedian, and TV pioneer, first woman to produce a sitcom; starred in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls, and Hot in Cleveland, won eight Emmys, and held the record for the longest TV career.

Beulah Bondi

Beulah Bondi, also known as Beulah Bondy, was an American character actress who appeared in films with James Stewart, including It's a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

Beverlee McKinsey

Beverlee McKinsey, born Beverlee Magruder (1935 to 2008), was an American actress known for the daytime roles of Iris Carrington on Another World and Alexandra Spaulding on Guiding Light.

Beverley Mitchell

Beverley Mitchell (born 1981, Arcadia, California) is an American actress and country singer, best known as Lucy Camden on 7th Heaven (1996–2007), later a podcast co-host and producer.

Beverley Owen

Beverley Owen (Beverley Jane Ogg, 1937–2019), American actress, original Marilyn Munster in the first 13 episodes of The Munsters (1964), replaced by Pat Priest; left to marry Jon Stone; died of ovarian cancer in Vermont.

Beverly Aadland

Beverly Aadland, also Beverly Aadland Fisher, American actress (born 1942 Hollywood, died 2010 Lancaster), Errol Flynn's teenage girlfriend; films South Pacific, Cuban Rebel Girls; subject of The Last of Robin Hood.

Beverly D'Angelo

Beverly D'Angelo (born 1951, Columbus, Ohio) is an American actress and singer, Ellen Griswold in the National Lampoon's Vacation films and Golden Globe-nominated Patsy Cline in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980).

Beverly Garland

Beverly Garland, born Beverly Lucy Fessenden (1926–2008), was an American film and television actress who starred in 1950s Roger Corman films and played Fred MacMurray's wife on My Three Sons.

Bevin Bru

Bevin Bru (born 1991, Miami) is a Cuban American actress, writer, and producer known for Angelique Martin in Batwoman Season 2, Detective Melody Abreu in ABC's R.J. Decker, and the films Head Count and 57 Seconds.

Bex Taylor-Klaus

Bex Taylor-Klaus (Rebecca Edison Taylor-Klaus, born 1994, Atlanta) is an American non-binary actor: Bullet on The Killing, Audrey Jensen on MTV's Scream, the voice of Pidge in Voltron: Legendary Defender, and roles in Dumplin', Hell Fest, Blackbird, 13 Reasons Why, and Deputy.

Bianca Kajlich

Bianca Maria Kajlich (born 1977, Seattle) is an American actress and former ballerina with Olympic Ballet Theatre, known for Jennifer Morgan on Rules of Engagement (2007-2013, 100 episodes) and films 10 Things I Hate About You, Bring It On, and Halloween: Resurrection.

Bianca Lawson

Bianca Lawson (born 1979) is an American actress known as Megan Jones on Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Kendra on Buffy, Maya on Pretty Little Liars, and Darla on Queen Sugar (2016–2022).

Bianca Leigh

Bianca Leigh (born 1962, Willingboro, New Jersey) is an American trans actress, singer, and writer; Mary Ellen in Transamerica, Karma in Hurricane Bianca, and Mary's Chaperone in the original Broadway cast of Oh, Mary!

Bibi Andersson

Bibi Andersson (Berit Elisabet Andersson, 1935-2019), Swedish actress and Ingmar Bergman collaborator; nurse Alma in Persona (1966), Cannes 1958 and Berlin 1963 Best Actress winner, four Guldbagge Awards.

Bibi Besch

Bibi Besch, born Bibiana Maria Köchert in Vienna in 1942, was an Austrian-American actress best remembered as Dr. Carol Marcus in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982).

Biff Wiff

Biff Wiff, born Gary Crotty, was an American character actor (1948 to 2025) whose profane Santa on I Think You Should Leave became one of the show's most-quoted sketches.

Bijou Phillips

Bijou Lilly Phillips (born 1980) is an American actress, model, and singer, daughter of Mamas and the Papas founder John Phillips; known for Almost Famous, Bully, and two kidney transplants, 2017 and 2026.

Bill Bixby

Bill Bixby (Wilfred Bailey Everett Bixby III, 1934–1993), American TV actor and director, star of My Favorite Martian, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Magician, and The Incredible Hulk; died of prostate cancer while directing Blossom.

Bill Camp

Bill Camp, American character actor (born 1961 or 1964, Massachusetts), Juilliard-trained stage veteran, Tony and Emmy nominee, known for The Night Of, 12 Years a Slave, Joker, and The Gilded Age.

Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby (born July 12, 1937, Philadelphia) is an American comedian and actor, star of I Spy and The Cosby Show, nine-time Grammy winner, whose 2018 sexual assault conviction was overturned in 2021 and who was ordered in 2026 to pay $59.25 million in a civil case.