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Betty Driver

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Betty Driver

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Also known as Elizabeth Mary Driver, Elizabeth Driver

British actress and singer (1920–2011)

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Within Vinony's link graph, Betty Driver is referenced by 95 other articles, and connects out to Order of the British Empire, George Formby and World War II.

It sits within the topics 1920 births, 2011 deaths and 20th-century English actresses.

Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Betty-The Autobiography

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

Betty Driver was born in 1920 at the Prebend Nursing Home, Leicester, the elder of two daughters of Frederick and Nellie Driver She weighed 5.5 kg (12 lb). Driver said she fell in love several times in her teenage years, but each relationship was ruined by her mother, who wanted to keep her daughter single so as not to lose her free "meal ticket". All the earnings Driver made before she turned…

Known for

  • Funny Up North — Herself2011
  • The Betty Driver Story — Self2011
  • Outbreak 1939: When War Broke Out2009
  • Legends — Self2006
  • Pardon the Expression — Mrs. Edgeley1965
  • Coronation Street — Betty Turpin1960
  • Coronation Street — Betty Williams1960
  • Facing the Music — Mary Matthews1941
  • Let's Be Famous — Betty Pinbright1939
  • Penny Paradise — Betty Higgins1938

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
GB
Active from
1920-05-20
Active to
2011-10-15

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,053
Total plays
3,242

Tags

britishfemale vocalistswartimecoronation streetschellack-schatz

Betty Driver - "The Girl from the Street" ( - 14th Oct 2011) Better known as the supplier of Ken's HotPot in the Rovers' Return, Coronation Street. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Betty+Driver">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Betty Driver

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Betty
Family name
Driver
Gender
female
Place of birth
Leicester
Place of death
Cheadle
Occupation
film actor
Languages spoken
English language
Notable work
Coronation Street
Instrument
voice
Show 5 more facts
date of birth
1920-05-20
date of death
2011-10-15
cause of death
pneumonia
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
1928-00-00
Sources (3)

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Available in 10 languages

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