Betsy Aidem (born October 28, 1957) is an American actress who plays for film, television and stage. Her film work includes ''

The Bleeding House ''The Bleeding House'' is a 2011 horror film written and directed by Philip Gelatt and starring Alexandra Chando, Patrick Breen and Charlie Hewson. Plot The Smith family with a secret past is visited by a sweet-talking southern gentleman who i ...

'', '' See You in the Morning'', ''

A Vigilante ''A Vigilante'' is a 2018 American drama film written and directed by Sarah Daggar-Nickson. It stars Olivia Wilde, Morgan Spector, Kyle Catlett, C.J. Wilson, Tonye Patano, Chuck Cooper, Betsy Aidem and Judy Marte. It had its world premiere at ...

'' and '' Aeris''. Her television work includes '' The High Life'', ''

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'', appearing in episodes, "

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" and "

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". Her stage work includes ''

Steel Magnolias ''Steel Magnolias'' is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Academy Award winner Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis and Julia Roberts. The picture is a film adaptation ...

'' and ''

Five Women Wearing the Same Dress ''Five Women Wearing the Same Dress'' is a play written in 1993 by Alan Ball. Plot The play is a comedy set at the home of the bride in Knoxville, Tennessee during the newly married couple's ostentatious wedding reception. The five bridesmaids h ...

''.

Background

Obie Award The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards originally given by ''The Village Voice'' newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City. In September 2014, the awards were jointly presented and administered with the A ...

winner, she first became interested in acting while she was in high school. Her debut was as a fairy in

Shakespeare's William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict amon ...

''. She is also a stage play director and her first professional production was in 2018, ''A Doll's House, Part 2.'', which was a stage production of the Lucas Hnath comedy. She was the first wife of

William Fichtner William Edward Fichtner (born November 27, 1956) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Sheriff Tom Underlay on ''Invasion'', Alexander Mahone on ''Prison Break'', Carl Hickman on ''Crossing Lines'', and Adam Janikowski on ...

and had a child with him.

Stage work

Midway through 2009, Aidem was in Nicki Bloom's ''Tender'', a story about an act of violence that destroys a family. The play, directed by Daniela Topol, also starred Kerry Bishe, Michael Cullen, and Matt Dellapina. In October 2018, she appeared as the loony and flamboyant Professor Carroway in ''Love Course'' which was about two eccentric neurotics, Carroway and Professor Burgess, teaching a course in romantic literature and two students who attend the course end up teaching it.

Film work

1980s to 1990s

Her earliest film work was in the 1982 film ''

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'', where she played a passer-by. In 1985, she appeared in the television film '' Kojak: The Belarus File'' as Elissa Barak.

2000s

She appeared in Sarah Daggar-Nickson's 2018 film ''

'' which starred

Olivia Wilde Olivia Jane Cockburn ( ; born March 10, 1984), known professionally as Olivia Wilde, is an American actress and filmmaker. She played Thirteen (House), Remy "Thirteen" Hadley on the medical-drama television series ''House (TV series), House'' ( ...

Morgan Spector Morgan Michael Spector (born October 4, 1980) is an American actor. Spector has appeared in the TV series ''Allegiance'' (2015), '' The Mist'' (2017), ''Homeland'' (2018), and ''Pearson'' (2019), as well as the films '' The Drop'' (2014), ''Chris ...

and

Kyle Catlett Kyle Catlett (born November 16, 2002) is an American child actor from Morristown, New Jersey. Catlett has appeared in the television series ''The Following'' as "Joey Matthews". He made his feature film acting debut in a 2013 adventure drama film ...

. Also that year she was in '' Aeris'', a film about a couple adopting a sick kitten.

Television shows

Her work on television shows includes reoccurring roles on '' The High Life'' as Irene, and as Dr. Sloane on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''.''Who Was Who on TV, Volume 2'', By Norman Chance
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Stage appearances

Partial filmography

References

External links

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