Betsy Drake

Birth Name:

Betsy Drake

Birth Place:

Paris, France

Profession

Actress, Writer, Soundtrack

Was the third wife of famed actor Cary Grant, whom she met aboard the Queen Mary on a trip back to the U․S․ from England after her stage appearance in Elia Kazan's "Deep Are the Roots․"
Made her screen acting debut opposite Cary Grant in the 1948 film "Every Girl Should Be Married․"
Best known for playing Jenny Wells in "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" and Anna Perrott Rose in "Room for One More․"
Was one of the founding members of Elia Kazan's Actors Studio in New York
She and fellow actress Ruth Roman were passengers on the Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria when it sank in 1956

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