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Betsy Blair (11 December 1923 – 13 March 2009) was an American actress of film and stage, long based in London.

Born as Elizabeth Winifred Boger, Blair pursued a career in entertainment from the age of eight, and as a child worked as an amateur dancer, performed on radio, and worked as a model, before joining the chorus of Billy Rose’s Diamond Horseshoe in 1940. There she met Gene Kelly; they were married the following year, when she was 17 years ancient; they divorced 16 years later in 1957.

After work in the theatre, Blair started her film career playing supporting roles in films such as A Double Life (1947) and Another Part of the Forest (1948). Her interest in Marxism led to an investigation by the House Un-American Activities Committee and Blair was blacklisted for some time, but resumed her career with a critically acclaimed performance in Marty (1955), winning a BAFTA Award and a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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• Betsy Blair Dies : Slobokan’s Site O’ Schtuff
  Betsy Blair, an Academy Award-nominated actress also known for her forthright memoir describing her youthful marriage to Gene Kelly and her firsthand experience of the Hollywood blacklist, died on Friday in London. …Read more

• Rebel Without a Cause – Live Quick, Die Young: Betsy Blair: 1923-2009
  Actress Betsy Blair, who died in London today at 85, was the first person we interviewed for our book Live Quick, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause, and it is a tale she told us that leads it off: … Read more
• Betsy Blair : Alternative Film Guide
  Betsy Blair, best known for her Academy Award-nominated performance as Ernest Borgnine’s like interest in the 1955 Oscar- and Palme d’Or-winning drama Marty, and for her marriage to Gene Kelly, … Read more
• Celebrities News update » Blog Archive » Blacklisted actress Betsy …
  In this Nov. 1948, file photo, actress Betsy Blair is flanked by actors AP – Betsy Blair, the Oscar-nominated actress and teenage bride of Gene Kelly, has died in London at the age of 85, her publisher said on Thursday. … Read more
• Laura's Miscellaneous Musings: Actress Betsy Blair Dies at 85
  Actress Betsy Blair, the Oscar-nominated leading lady of MARTY (1955), has passed away in London. Ernest Borgnine, who played the title role in MARTY, is quoted by the Los Angeles Times as saying Blair was “the nicest person you could … Read more
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