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3 unusual facts about Betsy Blair


Betsy Blair

Following her divorce from Kelly, Blair moved permanently to Europe where she continued to appear in films, including Juan Antonio Bardem's Calle Mayor (1956) and Michelangelo Antonioni's Il Grido (1957).

In early 1941, Blair secured her first role in a stage play when Kelly's friend William Saroyan chose her to play the female lead role of St. Agnes of the Mice in his play The Beautiful People at the Lyceum Theatre, playing opposite Eugene Loring, and securing excellent reviews from leading critics George Jean Nathan and Richard Watts, Jr..

The Blue Film

It was adapted for television as part of the 1970s series Shades of Greene, and starred Betsy Blair, Baron Casanov and Brian Cox.



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