As per our current Database, Betty Burgess has been died on 15 November, 2002 at Riverside, California, USA.
When Betty Burgess die, Betty Burgess was 85 years old.
| Popular As | Betty Burgess |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Age | 85 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Born | February 15, 1917 (Los Angeles, California, USA) |
| Birthday | February 15 |
| Town/City | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Nationality | USA |
Betty Burgess’s zodiac sign is Aquarius. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Betty Burgess was born in the Year of the Snake. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Snake are seductive, gregarious, introverted, generous, charming, good with money, analytical, insecure, jealous, slightly dangerous, smart, they rely on gut feelings, are hard-working and intelligent. Compatible with Rooster or Ox.
Betty Burgess was born Elizabeth Burgess on February 15, 1917, in Los Angeles, California. Her father worked for the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra. She began taking voice lessons and sang on the radio when she was just seven years old.
Betty also studied tap dancing and learned how to play the guitar. She dreamed of being on the stage so she enrolled in a dramatic school. At the age of eighteen she was discovered by a talent agent and started appearing in local plays.
The pretty blonde was just over five feet tall and weighed 100 pounds. In 1935 she beat out forty other actresses to land the lead role in the musical Coronado. Her performance in the film got rave reviews.
Then she got supporting roles in the drama Tough To Handle and I Demand Payment.Betty married comedian Sonny Lamont in 1938 and had a son. The couple toured vaudeville together and costarred in the 1939 western The Adventures Of The Masked Phantom.
It would be Betty's final film. She quit show business to devote herself to being a mother. After leaving Sonny she married thirty-nine year old Donald Johansen in 1941. They had a daughter named Rebecca but divorced soon after.
On January 5, 1960 Betty married professional wrestler George Zaharias. They split up just just six months later. She married her fourth husband, Dr. Charles E. Magner, in 1962 and moved to Montana. She spent her time painting and collecting antiques.
Betty divorced Charles and returned to California. She died on November 15, 2002 at the age of eighty-five. She was buried at Oak Park Cemetery in Claremont, California.
