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Currently, Betsy Burke is 303 years, 10 months and 5 days old. Betsy Burke will celebrate 304rd birthday on a Tuesday 31st of December 2024. Below we countdown to Betsy Burke upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Betsy Burke |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Age | years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
| Born | December 31, 1720 () |
| Birthday | December 31 |
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Betsy Burke’s zodiac sign is Capricorn. According to astrologers, Capricorn is a sign that represents time and responsibility, and its representatives are traditional and often very serious by nature. These individuals possess an inner state of independence that enables significant progress both in their personal and professional lives. They are masters of self-control and have the ability to lead the way, make solid and realistic plans, and manage many people who work for them at any time. They will learn from their mistakes and get to the top based solely on their experience and expertise.
Betsy Burke was born in the Year of the Rat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rat are quick-witted, clever, charming, sharp and funny. They have excellent taste, are a good friend and are generous and loyal to others considered part of its pack. Motivated by money, can be greedy, is ever curious, seeks knowledge and welcomes challenges. Compatible with Dragon or Monkey.
Betsy Ruth Burke was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to John A. Burke, an inventor and Great Lakes Historian who was educated by Jesuit Monks, and Gizela Anne (Kovach), a Hungarian beauty with a deep love of animals and nature.
Betsy's feature film script "Season of Starlings," is in development. In the story, the myth of La Llorona becomes reality as a transplanted tomboy battles to save an abandoned young mother and child.
Growing up, Betsy wrote plays to direct her siblings and cousins in. After graduating with a Writing Degree from the University of Cincinnati, Betsy spent two years traveling around Europe, studying languages and expanding her Ohio perspective.
She lived for 11 years in San Francisco, where she gained success as a stage actress, performing at The Magic Theater, The American Conservatory Theater, The Marin Theater Company, and on many other stages.
She was known as an offbeat ingenue with a talent for originating roles. She was hired at Lucasfilm as the human guinea pig for "The Betsy Flier," a flying rig named after her. During this time, she was also cast in the original stage production of "The House of Yes" at Yale University under a special contract.
She moved to Los Angeles, where she was immediately cast in Dracula (1992) directed by Francis Ford Coppola, in a scene opposite Anthony Hopkins...see it on her reel. After principle roles in several TV series, made for TV movies and cult films, Betsy started writing and directing films.
Her first short film Rebel Rebel (2001) was accepted into the Academy Award accredited Palm Springs International Short Film Festival and went on to many other festivals around the world including Berlin, Paris, Budapest, Montreal and Johannesburg.
Her short film script Cowboys (2004) was selected for production through a writing competition in New Mexico. This encouraged her long-standing dream to move there. Her residence in former ghost town, Madrid, New Mexico, in an 1850's authentically haunted house, has inspired her to write and direct several more short films, and pen several feature films.
The treatment for her Sci-Fi TV series was shortlisted for the George RR Martin writing competition.In "Ain't It Cool News" by Harry Knowles, Betsy was described as "...an inventive filmmaker on the verge of much bigger things.
.. Keep your eye out for her!"Betsy teaches a community yoga class, engages in organic gardening, sustainable living, and wild animal rescue.
