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Betty or Bettie is a
name , a common
diminutive for the
names
Bethany and
Elizabeth .
[1] In Latin America, it is also a common diminutive for the given name
Beatriz , the Spanish and Portuguese 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.
[2]
Notable people
Athletes
Journalists and media personalities
Performing artists and fashion models
Betty Alberge (1922–1991), British actress
Betty Arvaniti (born 1939), Greek actress
Betty Boije (1822–1854), Finnish-Swedish contralto and composer
Betty Boo (born 1970), stage name of English singer and songwriter Alison Moira Clarkson
Betty Bronson (1906–1971), American actress
Betty Buckley (born 1947), American actress
Betty Burbridge (1895–1987), American actress
Betty Carter (Lillie Mae Jones) (1929–1998), American jazz singer
Betty Cody (1921–2014), Canadian-born American country music singer
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 Everett (1939–2001), American soul singer
Betty Faria (born 1941), Brazilian actress
Betty G , a stage name of an Ethiopian singer and songwriter Bruktawit Getahun
Betty Garrett (1919–2011), American actress, comedian, singer and dancer
Betty Grable (1916–1973), American actress, singer, dancer and
pin-up girl
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 1944), 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 (1922–2021), American actress, best known for
Life with Elizabeth ,
The Mary Tyler Moore Show and
The Golden Girls
Betty Who (born 1991), Australian-American singer and musician
Betty Wright (1953–2020), American soul and R&B singer and songwriter
Betty (singer) (born 2003), Armenian child singer
Politicians and activists
Betty Apiafi (born 1962), Nigerian MP and educator
Betty de Boer (born 1971), Dutch politician
Betty Boothroyd (1929–2023), British MP and former
Speaker of the House of Commons
Betty Croquer , Venezuelan politician
Betty Friedan (1921–2006), American feminist and author of The Feminine Mystique
Betty Hall (1921–2018), American politician
Bettie Hewes (1924–2001), Canadian politician
Betty Komp (born 1949), American politician
Betty Ray McCain (1931–2022), 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) (1943–2020), North Irish peace activist
Betty Williams (politician) (born 1944), Welsh politician and MP
Visual artists
People in other fields
Madeleine Passot "Betty" (1914–2009), French Resistance agent
Acid Betty (born 1977), American drag queen
Betty Ang , Filipina businesswoman
Betty Bentley Beaumont (1828–1892), British author, merchant
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 Klimenko (born 1959), Australian businessperson and motorsport team owner
Betty Linderoth (1822–1900), Swedish clockmaker
Betty MacDonald (1908–1958), American author
Betty Mitchell (1896–1976), Canadian theatre director and educator
Betty Siegel (1931–2020), American author, and president of Kennesaw State University
Betty (slave) (
c. 1738 – 1795), one of Martha Washington's slaves
Bettie, a black cook at the Battle of the Alamo - see
List of Texian survivors of the Battle of the Alamo
Lady Betty (Lady Elizabeth Hastings) (1682–1739), philanthropist
Lady Betty (
Elizabeth Sugrue ) (c. 1740/1750–1807), Irish executioner
Fictional characters
Betty, a character in the 1991 American comedy movie
What About Bob?
Betty (Naked Brothers Band) , in the TV series
The Naked Brothers Band .
Betty, the 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)
Atomic Betty or 'Betty Barrett', Cartoon Network-Teletoon's first child superhero
Boxcar Betty (Boxcar Bertha), 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 Burke, a character from
Power Rangers Beast Morphers
Betty Childs-Skolnic, a character in the
Revenge of the Nerds film series
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 Finn, a character in the 1988 film
Heathers
Betty Gordon , the protagonist of a series of children's novels
Betty Grof, a character who is
Simon Petrikov 's girlfriend in the TV series Adventure Time
Betty Kane, now known as
Bette Kane
Betty Lou , a muppet character on
Sesame Street
Betty Perry, a character in the 1925 American silent comedy
Introduce Me
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 Sutton, a character in the 1995 American romantic drama movie
A Walk in the Clouds
Betty Lou Who, a character in the 2000 American Christmas fantasy comedy movie
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Betty Williams (Coronation Street ) , in the British soap opera
Coronation Street
Other
See also
References