Betty

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Betty or Bettie is a common diminutive for the name Elizabeth. In Latin America, it is also a common diminutive for the given name Beatriz, the Spanish form of the Latin name Beatrix and the English name Beatrice. In the 17th and 18th centuries, it was more often a diminutive of Bethia.

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People with the name

Athletes

• Betty Cuthbert (1938-2017), Australian sprinter and Olympic champion
• Betty Jameson (1919-2009), American Hall-of-Fame golfer and one of the founders of the LPGA
• Betty McKilligan (born 1949), Canadian pairs figure skater
• Betty Nuthall (1911-1983), English tennis player
• Betty Pariso, American bodybuilder
• Betty Stöve (born 1945), Dutch tennis player
• Betty Ann Grubb Stuart (born 1950), American tennis player
• Betty Uber (1906-1983), English badminton and tennis player

Journalists and media personalities

• Betty Kennedy (born 1926), Canadian broadcaster, journalist and author
• Betty Nguyen, American news anchor

Performing artists and fashion models

• Betty Arvaniti (born 1939), Greek actress
• Betty Boije (1822-1854), Finnish-Swedish contralto and composer
• Betty Bronson (1906-1971), American actress
• Betty Buckley (born 1947), American actress
• Betty Burbridge (1895-1987), American actress
• Bette Davis (1908-1989) American actress
• Bettie de Jong (born 1933), Dutch rehearsal director and dancer
• Betty Deland (1831-1882), Swedish actress
• Betty Driver (1920-2011), British actress and singer
• Betty Faria (born 1941), Brazilian actress
• Betty Grable (1916-1973), American actress, singer, dancer and pin-up '
• Betty Harlafti, Greek mezzo-soprano and singer
• Betty Harris (born 1939), American soul singer
• Betty Hutton (1921-2007), American actress and singer
• Betty Kelly (born 1943), American singer, member of Martha and the Vandellas
• Betty Knox (Alice Elizabeth Peden) (1906-1963), part of Wilson, Keppel and Betty, a British music hall and vaudeville act
• Betty Kuuskemaa (1879-1966), Estonian actress
• Betty Moschona (1927-2006), Greek actress
• Bettie Page (1923-2008), American pin-up and fetish model
• Betty Stockfeld (1905-1966), Australian actress
• Betty White (born 1922), American actress, best known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls

Politicians and activists

• Betty Apiafi (born 1962), Nigerian MP and educator
• Betty de Boer (born 1971), Dutch politician
• Betty Boothroyd (born 1929), British MP and former Speaker of the House of Commons
• Betty Friedan (1921-2006), American feminist and author of The Feminine Mystique
• Bettie Hewes (1924-2001), Canadian politician
• Betty Komp (born 1949), American politician
• Betty McCollum (born 1954), American politician
• Betty Shabazz (1934-1997), American educator and civil rights advocate, wife of Malcolm X
• Betty Williams (Nobel laureate) (born 1943), North Irish peace activist
• Betty Williams (politician) (born 1944), Welsh politician and MP

Visual artists

• Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (1914-2010), South African abstract artist
• Betty Curnow (1911-2005), New Zealand painter and printmarker
• Betty Parsons (1900-1982), American artist, art dealer, and collector

People in other fields

• Bettie, a black cook at the Battle of the Alamo - see List of Texian survivors of the Battle of the Alamo
• Betty Ang, Filipina businesswoman
• Betty Ford (1918-2011), First Lady of the United States, wife of Gerald Ford
• Betty Jackson (born 1949), British fashion designer
• Betty Joseph (1917-2013), British psychoanalyst
• Betty Linderoth (1822-1900), Swedish clockmaker
• Betty MacDonald (1908-1958), American author
• Betty Siegel (born 1931), American author, and president of Kennesaw State University

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Fictional characters

• Betty (Naked Brothers Band), in the TV series The Naked Brothers Band
• Betty, title character of the comic strip Betty (1920-1943) by Charles A. Voight
• Betty, the title character of Yo soy Betty, la fea, a Colombian soap opera, basis for the US TV series Ugly Betty
• Betty, the antagonist of the comedy film Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (2002)
• Betty, the love interest of protagonist Tom Green's character in the film Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
• Atomic Betty or 'Betty Barrett', Cartoon Network-Teletoon's first child superhero
• Boxcar Betty, a fictional hobo and Industrial Workers of the World organizer
• Brickhouse Betty, the title character from the animated cartoon series featured on Playboy TV and the Internet
• Betty Blue, the main character of the film Betty Blue
• Betty Boop, a Paramount Pictures cartoon character
• Betty Brant, a Marvel Comics supporting character
• Betty Cooper, a comic book character published by Archie Comics
• Betty Draper, a character in the TV series Mad Men
• Betty Eagleton, a character in the British soap opera Emmerdale'
• Betty Gordon, protagonist of a series of children's novels
• Betty Kane, now known as Bette Kane
• Betty Rizzo, a character in the film Grease (1978), played by Stockard Channing
• Betty Ross, Bruce Banner's love interest in the Hulk comics
• Betty Rubble, a Flintstones character
• Betty Slug, the lead character in the Canadian comic strip Betty
• Betty Smith, a character in the TV series Littlest Pet Shop
• Betty Spencer, the wife of Frank Spencer in the British sitcom Some Mothers do 'ave 'em
• Betty Suarez, the title character and heroine of the TV series Ugly Betty
• Betty Williams (Coronation Street), in the British soap opera Coronation Street

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References

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See also

• Bette (given name)
• Betti
• Bettie

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