Betty Lou Keim
| Betty Lou Keim | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 27, 1938 Malden, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | January 27, 2010 (aged 71) Chatsworth, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | actress |
| Spouse | Warren Berlinger (1960-2010); 4 children |
Betty Lou Keim (September 27, 1938 – January 27, 2010) was an actress with movie and television credits from 1949 to 1960.[1]
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[edit] Early life and career
Keim was born in Malden, Massachusetts as the daughter of a choreographer and a dancer, and she grew up in New York from the age of 5.[2] She started getting dance lessons from her father at the age of 6 and later also took voice lessons.[2] Her stage debut followed at age 7, under the direction of José Ferrer in Strange Fruit.[2] After several stage parts, she debuted on Broadway, and she became most remembered for playing a mean-spirited girl in the play A Roomful of Roses in 1956.[2]
By this time, Keim had already acted on television, guest starring in numerous TV series. In 1953, she landed a co-starring role in the short-lived sitcom My Son Jeep. Three years later, she made her film debut with a co-starring role alongside Barbara Stanwyck in These Wilder Years. The same year, she repeated her A Roomful of Roses role in its movie adaptation Teenage Rebel, as Ginger Rogers' daughter.
In 1957, she had a supporting role in 20th Century Fox's, The Wayward Bus, starring Jayne Mansfield, Joan Collins, and Dan Dailey.
When not acting, Keim attended the Lodge Tutoring School.[2] Her final acting experience was on The Deputy, in which she starred as Fran McCord from 1959 to 1960.
[edit] Personal life
She retired from acting after marrying actor Warren Berlinger (b. 1937). They had four children.[3]
[edit] Illness and death
Betty Lou Keim died at her home in Chatsworth, California, aged 71, from lung cancer.
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[edit] References
- ^ Obituary London Daily Telegraph, February 10, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "Teen Ager on Broadway Finds Roses on Her Path" by Lucile Preuss, The Milwaukee Journal, January 1, 1956. p. 10
- ^ Obituary Los Angeles Times, February 24, 2010.
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