Betty Kean

Acting

Betty Kean

Born December 15, 1914 · Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Died September 29, 1986 · aged 71

Betty Kean (December 15, 1914 - September 29, 1986) was an actress and part of the 1950s era comedy duo the Kean Sisters with her sister Jane Kean.

Known For

DreamscapeDreamscape · 1984
Dreamscape
6.11984
MovieDramaScience Fiction
In order to diagnose the psychic traumas suffered by his patients, Dr. Paul Novotny gets young Alex Gardner to enter their dreams.
The SeductionThe Seduction · 1982
The Seduction
5.81982
MovieThriller
A beautiful newscaster is stalked and tormented by a photographer obsessed with her beauty.
The Fifth FloorThe Fifth Floor · 1978
The Fifth Floor
5.01978
MovieHorrorThriller
A young woman collapses on the disco dance floor of what's revealed to be strychnine poisoning. Assuming that this is an attempt at suicide, her boyfriend and doctor have her committed to the Fifth Floor, an asylum with obviously crazy inmates and a predatory orderly. The problem is, she's still sane!
Moonlight MasqueradeMoonlight Masquerade · 1942
Moonlight Masquerade
6.31942
MovieComedy
Two business partners, John Bennett, Sr. and Robert Forrester, are starting to get nervous when the birthday of Victoria, Forrester's daughter, approaches. A long time ago the two men made an arrangement that they would sign over one third of their company to their oldest children when they turned twenty-one, with the condition they married each other within thirty days....
My Gal Loves MusicMy Gal Loves Music · 1944
My Gal Loves Music
10.01944
MovieMusicComedy
A sister act finds itself stranded and broke, and teams up with a medicine man who is promoting a child talent contest.
Sing a JingleSing a Jingle · 1944
Sing a Jingle
7.01944
MovieMusic
In Sing a Jingle, Allan Jones plays popular radio crooner Roy King, who goes to work in a war plant after being declared 4F. He falls in love with Muriel Crane, the boss' daughter, who is at first unaware of the fact that King is the heartthrob of millions (he's gotten the job under an assumed name).
Murder in the Blue RoomMurder in the Blue Room · 1944
Murder in the Blue Room
5.71944
MovieComedyMystery
A young woman, a trio of singers, and a mystery writer are among the guests at a house long-considered to be haunted.
Hi, Good Lookin'!Hi, Good Lookin'! · 1944
Hi, Good Lookin'!
6.51944
MovieComedyMusic
An usher at a radio station studio pretends to be an executive at the station in order to help a pretty girl become a singer.

Filmography

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The Andy Griffith ShowThe Andy Griffith Show · 1960
The Andy Griffith Show
7.61960
SeriesComedyFamily
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.

Ma Parker

My World and Welcome to ItMy World and Welcome to It · 1969
My World and Welcome to It
6.31969
SeriesComedy
My World and Welcome to It is an American half-hour television sitcom based on the humor and cartoons of James Thurber. It starred William Windom as John Monroe, a Thurber-like writer and cartoonist who works for a magazine closely resembling The New Yorker called The Manhattanite. Wry, fanciful and curmudgeonly, Monroe observes and comments on life, to the bemusement of his rather sensible wife Ellen and intelligent, questioning daughter Lydia. Monroe's frequent daydreams and fantasies are usually based on Thurber material. My World — And Welcome To It is the name of a book of illustrated stories and essays, also by James Thurber. The series ran one season on NBC 1969-1970. It was created by Mel Shavelson, who wrote and directed the pilot episode and was one of the show's principal writers. Sheldon Leonard was executive producer. The show's producer, Danny Arnold, co-wrote or directed numerous episodes, and even appeared as Santa Claus in "Rally Round the Flag."

Mrs. Monroe