Betty Brewer

Betty Brewer alongside Cliff Edwards and Frank Ray (1947)

Virginia "Betty" Brewer (born November 14, 1924 in Joplin , Missouri ) is an American actress who participated in a total of ten feature films between 1940 and 1943.

Life

Betty Brewer made her film debut in 1940 at the age of 16 in an uncredited supporting role in western Rancho Grande . In the same year, the first major role in Rangers of Fortune followed , also a western. Other films in this genre followed with The Round Up and The Wild Bill . In 1941 she played her most famous role as Katy in the musical film Las Vegas Nights , in which Frank Sinatra made his screen debut.

In 1942, Brewer starred as Skeeter in the drama Juke Girl in her first serious film role. An extra role in The Big Throw in the same year was not mentioned in the credits. After appearances in the comedies Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch and My Kingdom for a Cook , she played her last small role as an autograph collector in The Goddess Dances in 1944 .

In October 1944, Betty Brewer married the lieutenant and fighter pilot Robert A. Hester in Florence . Then she withdrew into private life.

Filmography

1940: Rancho Grande
1940: Rangers of Fortune
1941: The Round Up
1941: Las Vegas Nights
1942: The Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942: Juke Girl
1942: Pride of the Yankees (The Pride of the Yankees)
1942: Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1943: My Kingdom for a Cook
1944: The Goddess Dances (Cover Girl)

Web links

Betty Brewer in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Date of birth according to the Internet Movie Database. Other sources give 1927 as the year of birth.
↑ BETTY 'BREWER MARRIED; Actress in Cornell's Overseasi Unit Bride of Fighter Pilot I. In: The New York Times . October 25, 1944, accessed October 29, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Brewer, Betty
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brewer, Virginia (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH	November 14, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH	Joplin , Missouri

[1] Date of birth according to the Internet Movie Database. Other sources give 1927 as the year of birth.

[2] BETTY 'BREWER MARRIED; Actress in Cornell's Overseasi Unit Bride of Fighter Pilot I. In: The New York Times . October 25, 1944, accessed October 29, 2019 .