Elizabeth "Betsy" Parrish
(February 10, 1925 – December 16, 2022) was an American actress, singer and acting teacher.
Career
Parrish was long affiliated with the
Stella Adler Studio of Acting
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American Academy of Dramatic Art
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, and the Eugene O'Neill International Theatre Institute. She was a founding member of the Harold Clurman Laboratory Theatre Company, having performed in ''
Uncle Vanya
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'', ''
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Macbeth
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''.
In 2004, she appeared in a one-woman
New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
musical
revue
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, ''Moments of Being, with Betsy''.
In 2019 and 2020, the nonagenarian Parrish performed her cabaret show, "Every Soul's a Cabaret", at, among other venues, the
Martha's Vineyard
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Playhouse (Massachusetts) and the Pangea World Theater (
Minneapolis
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, Minnesota), respectively.
Acting credits
Broadway & Off-Broadway
* ''
La Cage aux Folles'', as Jacqueline (1983 thru 1987)
* ''
Deathtrap'' as Helga ten Dorp; succeeded
Marian Winters
Marian Winters (April 19, 1920 – November 3, 1978) was an American dramatist and actress of stage, film, and television.
Biography
Marian Winters was born Marian Weinstein, the eldest of four sisters born to Morris and Sophie Weinstein. Her ...
(1978 thru 1982)
* ''Keep It In the Family'', as standby for roles of Betsy Jane and Daisy Brady
''Keep It In the Family''
at Internet Broadway Database
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* '' Pickwick'', as Mrs. Leo Hunter and as understudy for role of Rachel (1965)
* ''Riverwind'' as Louise Sumner (1962)
* ''Little Mary Sunshine
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'' as Mme. Ernestine von Liebedich (1959)
* '' Johnny Johnson'' as French Nurse (1956)
Feature films
* '' See You in the Morning'' (1989) as "Group Therapy Patient"
* ''Orphans
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'' (1987) as "Rich Woman"
Television
* ''Law & Order
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''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering on ...
'' (1994) as "Judge Sally Norton"
* ''Kate & Allie
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'' (1989) as "Evelyn"
* ''The Edge of Night
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It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that networ ...
'' (soap opera
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) as "Zelda Moffett" (1981) and as "Buffy Revere" (1982)
References
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1925 births
2022 deaths
American film actresses
American musical theatre actresses
American stage actresses
American television actresses
Actresses from Pittsburgh
21st-century American women
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