| Betty Lou Keim | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 27, 1938 Malden, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | January 27, 2010 (aged 71) Chatsworth, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | actress |
| Spouse | Warren Berlinger (1960-2010); 4 children |
Betty Lou Keim (September 27, 1938 – January 27, 2010) was an actress with movie and television credits from 1949 to 1960.[1]
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Keim was born in Malden, Massachusetts as the daughter of a choreographer and a dancer, and she grew up in New York from the age of 5.[2] She started getting dance lessons from her father at the age of 6 and later also took voice lessons.[2] Her stage debut followed at age 7, under the direction of José Ferrer in Strange Fruit.[2] After several stage parts, she debuted on Broadway, and she became most remembered for playing a mean-spirited girl in the play A Roomful of Roses in 1956.[2]
By this time, Keim had already acted on television, guest starring in numerous TV series. In 1953, she landed a co-starring role in the short-lived sitcom My Son Jeep. Three years later, she made her film debut with a co-starring role alongside Barbara Stanwyck in These Wilder Years. The same year, she repeated her A Roomful of Roses role in its movie adaptation Teenage Rebel, as Ginger Rogers' daughter.
In 1957, she had a supporting role in 20th Century Fox's, The Wayward Bus, starring Jayne Mansfield, Joan Collins, and Dan Dailey.
When not acting, Keim attended the Lodge Tutoring School.[2] Her final acting experience was on The Deputy, in which she starred as Fran McCord from 1959 to 1960.
She retired from acting after marrying actor Warren Berlinger (b. 1937). They had four children.[3]
Betty Lou Keim died at her home in Chatsworth, California, aged 71, from lung cancer.