Betty
For other uses, see Betty (disambiguation), which also includes Bettie entries.
Betty or Bettie is a common diminutive for the names Elizabeth and Bethany.[1] In Latin America, it is also a common diminutive for the name Beatriz, 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.[2]
Politicians and activists
- Betty de Boer (born 1971), Dutch politician
- 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
Actresses and singers
- Betty Bronson (1906-1971), American actress
- Betty Buckley (born 1947), American theater, film and television actress
- Betty Burbridge (1895-1987), American actress
- 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 girl
- 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 Moschona (1927-2006), Greek actress
- Betty Stockfeld (1905–1966), Australian film actress
- Betty White (born 1922), American television actress best known for her roles in the sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls
Athletes
- Betty Cuthbert (born 1938), 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 former pairs figure skater
- Betty Nuthall (1911-1983), English tennis player
- Betty Stöve (born 1945), Dutch retired tennis player
- Betty Ann Grubb Stuart (born 1950), American retired tennis player
- Betty Uber (1906-1983), English badminton and tennis player
Other
- Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (1914–2010), South African abstract artist
- Betty Ford (1918-2011), former First Lady of the United States, wife of Gerald Ford
- Betty Jackson (born 1949), British fashion designer
- Bettie de Jong (born 1933), Dutch rehearsal director and former dancer
- Betty Kennedy (born 1926), Canadian broadcaster, journalist and author
- Betty Knox (Alice Elizabeth Peden) (1906–1963), part of Wilson, Keppel and Betty, a popular British music hall and vaudeville act
- Betty Linderoth (1822-1900), Swedish clockmaker
- Betty MacDonald (1908–1958), American author
- Betty Nguyen, American news anchor
- Bettie Page (1923-2008), American pin-up and fetish model of the 1950s
- Betty Pariso, American professional bodybuilder
- Betty Parsons (1900–1982), American artist, art dealer and collector
- Betty Siegel (born 1931), American author and former president of Kennesaw State University
- Bettie, a black cook at the Battle of the Alamo - see List of Texian survivors of the Battle of the Alamo
Fictional characters
- Betty, title character of the comic strip Betty (1920–1943) by Charles A. Voight
- Betty (Naked Brothers Band), in the TV series The Naked Brothers Band
- Atomic Betty or 'Betty Barrett', Cartoon Network-Teletoon's first child superhero
- 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 Crocker, a brand name
- Betty Draper, in the TV series Mad Men
- Betty Eagleton, in the British soap opera Emmerdale'
- Betty Gordon, protagonist of a series of children's novels
- Betty Kane, now known as Bette Kane
- title character of Yo soy Betty, la fea, a Colombian soap opera, basis for the US TV series Ugly Betty
- Betty Rizzo, in the 1978 film Grease, 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, in the TV series Littlest Pet Shop
- Betty Spaghetty, a bendable rubber doll
- Betty Spencer, 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
- Brickhouse Betty, from the animated cartoon series of the same name featured on Playboy TV and the web
- Betty, the antagonist of the 2002 comedy Kung Pow! Enter the Fist
- Betty, the love interest of protagonist Tom Green's character in the 2001 film Freddy Got Fingered
References
- ↑ "Betty- Girl l Baby Names, Name Meanings". BabyCenter LLC. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ↑ https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39284/39284-h/39284-h.htm
See also
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