Betsy Gordon Drake Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Betsy Drake was born on September 11, 1923 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France as Betsy Gordon Drake. She is an actress and writer, known for Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957), Room for One More (1952) and The Second Woman (1950). She was previously married to Cary Grant.
Every Girl Should Be Married, Dancing in the Dark, The Second Woman, Pretty Baby, Room for One More, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Houseboat, Intent to Kill, Next to No Time, Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion
Star Sign
Virgo
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Fact
1
Her marriage to Grant on Christmas Day 1949 took place in an Arizona farmhouse and was arranged by Grant's best man, millionaire Howard Hughes.
2
Her grandfather, Tracy Corey Drake, and his brother built the Drake Hotel in Chicago.
3
In her 1962 divorce from Cary Grant, she received over $1 million in cash plus a percentage of the earnings from the 13 films he made during their marriage.
4
She lost over $200,000 worth of jewelry as well as a book manuscript she was working on in the Andrea Doria accident in July 1956.
5
Was a first-class passenger on the Andrea Doria along with Ruth Roman, and her son Dickie. Was saved from the ship after going onto the port side of the ship and finding that side's boats useless because of the severe list. She was later rescued from the sinking liner.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion
1965
Julie Harper
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1959
TV Series
Lucy Fremont
General Electric Theater
1958
TV Series
Ellie
Next to No Time
1958
Georgie Brant
Intent to Kill
1958
Dr. Nancy Ferguson
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957
Jenny Wells
Room for One More
1952
Anna Perrott Rose
Pretty Baby
1950
Patsy Douglas
The Second Woman
1950
Ellen Foster
Dancing in the Dark
1949
Julie Clarke
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948
Anabel Sims
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Houseboat
1958
screenplay - uncredited
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dancing in the Dark
1949
performer: "Dancing in the Dark", "Something to Remember You By", "New Sun in the Sky", "I Love Louisa" - uncredited
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
American Masters
2004
TV Series documentary acknowledgment - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
American Masters
2004
TV Series documentary
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Biography
1993
TV Series documentary
Herself - Grant's Third Wife
Off to See the Wizard
1967
TV Series
Julie Harper
Known for movies
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) as Jenny Wells
Room for One More (1952) as Anna Perrott Rose
The Second Woman (1950) as Ellen Foster
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948) as Anabel Sims
$4 Million
