Betty
Encyclopedia
Betty is a common diminutive for the names "Elizabeth
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Elizabeth (given name)
Elizabeth is a feminine given name derived from the Greek Elisávet , which is a form of the Hebrew name Elisheva , meaning "My God is an oath" or"My God is abundance."...
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Bethany (given name)
Bethany is a feminine given name derived from a Biblical place name meaning "house of figs." Bethany was the town where Lazarus lived in the New Testament....
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Actresses and musicians
- Betty (band)Betty (band)BETTY is an alternative rock group from New York City. The group originated in Washington, D.C. and traces its lineage to a birthday party for Dodie Bowers . The band's harmonies and unique lyrics attracted a cult following in the vibrant alternative music scene and among gay/lesbian audiences...
, American alternative rock band - Betty BooBetty BooAlison Moira Clarkson better known as Betty Boo, is an English singer, songwriter and pop-rap artist...
, English dance-music artist, singer, and songwriter - Betty BuckleyBetty BuckleyBetty Lynn Buckley is an American theater, film and television actress and singer. She is a Tony Award winner and Grammy Award nominee.-Early life:...
, American theater, film, and television actress - Betty DelandBetty DelandBetty Deland, as married Almlöf, , was a Swedish child actor, actor and principal at Dramatens elevskola...
, Swedish actress - Betty DriverBetty DriverElizabeth Mary "Betty" Driver, MBE was an English singer, actress and author, best known for her role as Betty Williams on the British soap opera, Coronation Street, appearing in more than 2,800 episodes...
, British singer and actress - Betty GrableBetty GrableElizabeth Ruth "Betty" Grable was an American actress, dancer and singer.Her iconic bathing suit photo made her the number-one pin-up girl of the World War II era. It was later included in the LIFE magazine project "100 Photos that Changed the World"...
, American actress, singer, dancer, and pin-up girl whose sensational bathing-suit photo became the number one pinup of the World War II era - Betty HarrisBetty HarrisBetty Harridick is an American Soul Singer. Her recording career in the 1960s produced three hit records that made the Billboard R&B and pop charts: "Cry to Me" , "His Kiss" and "Nearer to You"...
, American soul singer - Betty HuttonBetty HuttonBetty Hutton was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedienne and singer.-Early life:Hutton was born Elizabeth June Thornburg, daughter of a railroad foreman, Percy E. Thornburg and his wife, the former Mabel Lum . While she was very young, her father abandoned the family for...
, American actress and singer - Betty KennedyBetty KennedyBetty Kennedy, is a Canadian broadcaster, journalist, author, and retired Senator, who is best known as a panelist on the CBC television show Front Page Challenge ....
, Canadian author and senator - Betty MoschonaBetty MoschonaBetty Moschona was a Greek actress.She received her first role in 1952 with Mimis Kokkinis' company and participated in inspected with different comical roles . She employed between others including the Kalouta sisters, Orestis Makris, Sofia Vebo, Rena Dor, Al. Livaditis, Kouli Stoligka and the...
, Greek actress - Bettie PageBettie PageBettie Mae Page was an American model who became famous in the 1950s for her fetish modeling and pin-up photos. She has often been called the "Queen of Pinups"...
, American pin-up, and early fetish model of the 1950s. - Betty WhiteBetty WhiteBetty White Ludden , better known as Betty White, is an American actress, comedienne, singer, author, and former game show personality. With a career spanning seven decades since 1939, she is best known to modern audiences for her television roles as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and...
, American television actress best known for her roles in the sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls
Other people
- Betty Ballhaus, German television presenter and photo model
- Betty Davies, Calico Cat based in Caldy on the Wirral, UK.
- Betty FordBetty FordElizabeth Ann Bloomer Warren Ford , better known as Betty Ford, was First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977 during the presidency of her husband Gerald Ford...
, Former First Lady of the United States, wife of Gerald Ford - Betty FriedanBetty FriedanBetty Friedan was an American writer, activist, and feminist.A leading figure in the Women's Movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the "second wave" of American feminism in the twentieth century...
, American feminist and author of The Feminine Mystique - Betty LinderothBetty LinderothBetty Linderoth, née Cedergren , was a Swedish Watchmaker.Betty Linderoth was the daughter of a watchmaker and educated as her father's apprentice and Journeyman. When she was mocked by her fellow students as a "watchmaker in skirts", she dressed in trousers and cut her hair...
, Swedish clockmaker - Betty ShabazzBetty ShabazzBetty Shabazz , born Betty Dean Sanders and also known as Betty X, was an American educator and civil rights advocate. She was the wife of Malcolm X....
, American educator and civil rights advocate, wife of Malcolm X. - Betty StöveBetty StöveBetty Stöve is a former Dutch professional tennis player. She is best remembered for reaching the ladies' singles final at Wimbledon in 1977. She also won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.-Career:...
, Dutch tennis player
Fictional characters
- Betty Blue, the main character of the film Betty Blue by Jean-Jacques Beineix, played by Béatrice Dalle
- Betty BoopBetty BoopBetty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick. She originally appeared in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop film series, which were produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures. She has also been featured in...
, a Paramount Pictures cartoon character - Betty CooperBetty CooperBetty Cooper is a fictional character of Archie Comics, the blonde-haired daughter of Hal and Alice Cooper. Betty likes sports, and is also a cheerleader. Betty was created in December 1941. Her older brother Chic Cooper and older sister Polly Cooper have both moved out of Riverdale, their hometown...
, a character of Archie Comics - Betty CrockerBetty CrockerBetty Crocker AKA: batter witch is a cultural icon, as well as brand name and trademark of American Fortune 500 corporation General Mills. The name was first developed by the Washburn Crosby Company in 1921 as a way to give a personalized response to consumer product questions. The name Betty was...
, a brand name - Betty DraperBetty DraperElizabeth "Betty" Francis is a fictional character on AMC's television series Mad Men, portrayed by January Jones...
, a character of AMC's TV Series Mad Men - Betty Kane, now known as Bette KaneBette KaneBette Kane is a fictional character in the . She first appeared in the sixties as "Betty Kane", the Bat-Girl. Later, her name was modified to "Bette Kane" and she took on the mantle of Flamebird.-Pre-Crisis:...
- Betty La FeaBetty la feaYo soy Betty, la fea is a popular soap opera filmed in Colombia, written by Fernando Gaitán and produced between 1999 through 2001 by the Colombian network RCN . More than a dozen versions of the telenovela have been made in other countries...
or Ugly Betty, a fictional character created in a Colombian soap opera with tremendous international success and which was the origin for the US version Ugly Betty - Betty Rizzo, the character played by Stockard ChanningStockard ChanningStockard Channing is an American stage, film and television actress. She is known for her portrayal of First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series The West Wing; for playing Betty Rizzo in the film Grease; and for her role as Ouisa Kittredge in the play Six Degrees of Separation and its...
in the 1978 film Grease - Betty Ross, a character from the Hulk comics: Bruce Banner's love interest
- Betty RubbleBetty RubbleElizabeth 'Betty' Jean Rubble is a fictional character in the television animated series The Flintstones and its spin-offs and live-action motion pictures. She is the black-haired wife of caveman Barney Rubble and the adoptive mother of Bamm-Bamm Rubble...
, Flintstones character - Betty SpaghettyBetty SpaghettyBetty Spaghetty is a bendable rubber doll from the Ohio Art Company. She is portrayed as a fun-loving teenager or preteen. Her features include rubbery hair used to let children make various hairdos and changeable hands, feet, shoes, etc....
, a bendable rubber doll - Betty Spencer, wife of Frank Spencer in the British sitcom Some Mothers do 'ave 'emSome Mothers Do 'Ave 'EmSome Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em was a BBC situation comedy, written by Raymond Allen and starring Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice.The series followed the accident-prone Frank Spencer and his tolerant wife Betty through Frank's various attempts to hold down a job, which frequently end in...
, played by Michele Dotrice - Betty SuarezBetty SuarezBeatriz "Betty" U. Suarez is a central fictional character and heroine of the American dramedy series Ugly Betty. She is portrayed by America Ferrera, who won a 2007 Golden Globe and 2007 SAG award for her portrayal of the character, as well as the Outstanding Actress in a Comedy award for the role...
, the title character and heroine of the ABC series Ugly Betty - Atomic BettyAtomic BettyAtomic Betty is a Canadian animated television series produced by Atomic Cartoons, Breakthrough Films & Television, and Tele Images Kids. Additional funding for production is provided by Teletoon in Canada and M6 and Télétoon in France. It currently airs on CITV. The series has once again begun...
or 'Betty Barrett', Cartoon Network-Teletoon's first child superhero - Brickhouse BettyBrickhouse BettyBrickhouse Betty is an adult cartoon character featured online on numerous popular websites, including Newgrounds. Betty is the brainchild of , a rum-drinking duo known only as "Sven & Angus" in the adult film and Internet world. She is also the star of the only adult animated short to ever win...
, a character from the animated cartoon series of the same name featured on Playboy TV and the Web - Betty (Naked Brothers Band), a character from the TV series, The Naked Brothers Band
Other
- "Betty", a country song by Chris Cummings from the album Ooh, That Could Cost Him the Gold, Bob!Ooh, That Could Cost Him the Gold, Bob!Ooh, That Could Cost Him the Gold, Bob! is the fourth studio album by Canadian country music artist Chris Cummings. It was released by Warner Music Canada on March 26, 2002...
- The Mitsubishi G4MMitsubishi G4MThe Mitsubishi G4M 一式陸上攻撃機, 一式陸攻 Isshiki rikujō kōgeki ki, Isshikirikkō was the main twin-engine, land-based bomber used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in World War II. The Allies gave the G4M the reporting name Betty...
used by the Imperial Japanese NavyImperial Japanese NavyThe Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...
had the reporting name "Betty" - The American Mark 90 nuclear bomb, given the nickname "Betty", a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918