Betsy Brantley
Biography
Betsy Brantley is an American actress of film, television and theater who has worked steadily since the early 1980s. Born in 1955, she graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1977 and trained in the United Kingdom at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Her first major role came in Five Days One Summer (1982) opposite Sean Connery, cast by director Fred Zinnemann because he wanted an unfamiliar face, after only small stage parts and a minor turn in Shock Treatment (1981), where she played Neely Pritt. She later appeared in The Fourth Protocol (1987) with Pierce Brosnan and Michael Caine, and in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) she served as the performance model for Jessica Rabbit. Her other credits include Dark Angel (1990), Havana (1990), Deep Impact (1998) and Double Jeopardy (1999), plus the television series Tour of Duty and Second Noah.
71years old
Turns 72 on September 20in 354 days
- Born Rutherfordton
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 18 years1981 to 1999
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Getting ready for a role
Betsy Brantley served as the performance model for the character Jessica Rabbit in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Big break
Fred Zinnemann chose Betsy Brantley for Kate in Five Days One Summer, her first major role, since the director was looking for a new, unfamiliar face.
First role
Before she appeared in Five Days One Summer, Brantley's acting work had been a few English theater roles, a minor part in the film Shock Treatment and a five-minute role in a British TV movie.
Betsy Brantley movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit1988 Animation, Comedy, Crimeas Jessica's Performance Model
IMDb rating 7.7235K votes
Worked with
Betsy Brantley shares two films with Joanna Cassidy, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Joanna Cassidy's page
Michael Caine's page
Morgan Freeman's page
Christopher Lloyd's page
Dolph Lundgren's page
Wallace Shawn's page
All films by Rob Reiner
All films by Robert Zemeckis
Mimi LederDirector, 1 film, 1998
All films by Mimi Leder
Box office
What Betsy Brantley's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$952 million
10 of the 12 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 12 films: 10 worldwide figure; 2 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$352M36.9% of the total
- 2$349M36.7% of the total
- 3$178M18.7% of the total
- 4$31M3.2% of the total
- 5$12M1.3% of the total
- 6$9.7M1.0% of the total
- 7$9.2M1.0% of the total
- 8$9.2M1.0% of the total
$1.9 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
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