Betty Buckley

Age: 62
Height: 5' 6"

Birth Place: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Born: Jul. 3rd, 1947

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Betty Buckley's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Eight is Enough	Sandra Sue 'A&hellip

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:

Graduated from Texas Christian University (Ft. Worth, TX)
Was encouraged to participate in beauty pageants. She was crowned Miss Fort Worth, but lost the "Miss Texas" title. Nevertheless, she was asked to sing at the Miss America pageant in 1967.
Member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority.
Daughter of Ernest (a dean of engineering and a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force) and Betty Bob Diltz (a dancer and journalist). Her father vehemently disapproved of her becoming an actress which caused her great emotional distress.
Studied journalism at Texas Christian University and worked at the Fort Worth Press for a year where she covered hard news and was a rodeo reporter.
Worked for one year at a local Texas newspaper prior to going to New York to try her luck as an actress. On her first day after arriving in New York Buckley was cast in one of the two female roles for the Broadway musical "1776".
Sang backup on 'Roberta Flack' (qv)'s 1974 hit album "Feel Like Makin' Love".
Left New York after 9/11 and presently has a 35-acre ranch in Fort Worth, Texas, with her four dogs, two cats, three horses and an African gray parrot. She is learning how to ride cutting horses, a practice that dates back to the Old West.

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