Betsy Blair was born in Cliffside, New Jersey, a child model before finding work as a chorus dancer at the early age of 15. She received her first mini-break on Broadway in Panama Hattie in 1940 delivering a single line, but by the next year she had copped the ing閚ue lead in William Saroyan's The Beautiful People. At around the same time she met dancer extraordinaire Gene Kelly and married him in 1940. Despite her background in dance, Betsy was admittedly not in the same league as a Vera-Ell ...[Read Story]
