Betty Bobbitt
Biography
Betty Bobbitt was an American-born Australian actress. She worked as a director, singer, and playwright during a career that spanned more than 60 years in theater, television, and film. Born in Manhattan and raised in Norristown, Pennsylvania, she moved to Los Angeles at 18 for a stage production of Auntie Mame, then took an Australian television contract and became a regular on the Melbourne variety show Daly at Night. She appeared in many productions with the Melbourne Theatre Company and in Australian serials. Her best-known role was Judy Bryant on Prisoner from 1980 to 1985, a part intended to last 13 episodes but extended as she became popular. She later had cameos opposite Paul Hogan in Crocodile Dundee II (1988), Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001), and The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee (2020), and self-published a 2011 book, From the Outside. She died in 2020.
81years old at death
- Born Manhattan
- Died Melbourne
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Also credited as Betty Ann Bobbitt
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 32 years1988 to 2020
Every film, newest first
- 2020The Very Excellent Mr. DundeeIMDb rating 5.1
- 2001Crocodile Dundee in Los AngelesIMDb rating 4.9
- 1988Crocodile Dundee IIIMDb rating 5.7
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Big break
At 18, Bobbitt went to Los Angeles for a theater production of Auntie Mame. There an Australian television producer asked whether she would like to come to Australia and be funny, and she was contracted for six months.
About the name
In early 1960s Australia, Bobbitt went by the nickname "Betty Bobbitt the dizzy brunette from Big Bear", which referred to a made-up place supposedly located in Pennsylvania.
Beyond film
While on Prisoner, Bobbitt toured Australia in the 1980s with castmates Jane Clifton and Colette Mann as a three-woman group called "The Mini Busettes." They played RSL and similar clubs.
Beyond film
Bobbitt appeared alongside Anne Phelan and Colette Mann, who would later star in Prisoner, in a 1970s stage show. The production, The Glitter Girls, featured songs from the 1940s.
Behind the camera
Bobbitt's book From the Outside, which she self-published in 2011, documents her life and her career playing Judy Bryant on Prisoner.
Betty Bobbitt movies on Netflix
Most often with
Paul Hogan appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Paul Hogan's page
Linda Kozlowski's page
Steve Rackman's page
Alec Wilson's page
Gerry Skilton's page
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.