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Betty Lou Keim 1938 - 2010

Betty Lou Keim was born on September 27, 1938 at Chatsworth in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California United States. She was married to Warren Berlinger in 1960, and they were together until Betty's death on January 27, 2010 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County. Betty Keim was buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Parks and Mortuaries 6150 Mt Sinai Dr, in Simi Valley, Ventura County.

Betty Lou Keim

September 27, 1938

Chatsworth in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States

January 27, 2010

Chatsworth in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States

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She married Warren in 1960 and stayed with him until she died. Betty Lou Keim Born September 27, 1938 Malden, Massachusetts, U.S. Died January 27, 2010 (aged 71) Chatsworth, California, U.S. Occupation Actress Years active 1949-1960 Spouse(s) Warren Berlinger (m. 1960; her death 2010) Children 4 Also in 1956, both Berlinger and his A Roomful of Roses Broadway costar Betty Lou Keim reprised their roles in the 1956 film version titled Teenage Rebel. They married four years later, and remained so until her death in 2010. Berlinger is survived by the couple’s children Lisa, David, Edward and Elizabeth, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Betty Lou Keim (September 27, 1938 – January 27, 2010) was an American stage, film, and television actress. 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 five. She started getting dance lessons from her father at the age of six and later took voice lessons. Her stage debut followed at age seven under the direction of José Ferrer in Strange Fruit. 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. Her other work on Broadway included The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1953), Texas, Li'l Darlin' (1949), and Crime and Punishment (1947). Keim also 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 role alongside Barbara Stanwyck and James Cagney 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. The following year, she appeared in Some Came Running. When not acting, Keim attended the Lodge Tutoring School. Her final acting experience was on The Deputy, in which she starred as Fran McCord from 1959 to 1960. Personal life Keim retired from acting in 1960 after marrying actor Warren Berlinger, with whom she had four children. She died at her home in Chatsworth, California, aged 71, from lung cancer. Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1956 These Wilder Years Suzie 1956 Teenage Rebel Dorothy 'Dodie' McGowan 1957 The Wayward Bus Norma , the counter girl 1958 Some Came Running Dawn Hirsh
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1938

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September 27, 1938

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Chatsworth in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California United States

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Professional Career

Betty Lou Keim Born September 27, 1938 in Malden, Massachusetts, USA Died January 27, 2010 in Chatsworth, California, USA (lung cancer) Mini Bio (1) Betty Lou Keim was born, in 1938, in Malden, Massachusetts. She made her debut as Peggy Allison in the television series, My Son Jeep (1953). She later appeared on The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) and The Alcoa Hour (1955). Two movie roles followed in 1956, those being These Wilder Years (1956) and Teenage Rebel (1956). Betty's best performance was in Some Came Running (1958), filmed and released in 1958. In this fine film, she played Dawn Hirsh, the pretty, out of control daughter of a small town jeweler and his wife, played by Arthur Kennedy and Leora Dana. After appearing in the TV series The Deputy (1959) as Fran McCord in 1959, Betty married Warren Berlinger that same year and left show business. They have four children. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Denny Jackson Family (1) Spouse Warren Berlinger (18 February 1960 - 27 January 2010) (her death) (4 children) Trivia (7) Retired following her marriage to actor Warren Berlinger. Raised a family of four. Her children by actor Warren Berlinger are Lisa, David, Edward and Elizabeth. Played a spiteful, troublesome daughter opposite Patricia Neal on Broadway in "A Roomful of Roses". The Broadway play was then turned into a film the following year entitled Teenage Rebel (1956) with Betty Lou reprising her role opposite Ginger Rogers. Parents were Raphael Conrad "Buster" Keim, a choreographer, and Dorothy Claire (Tracy) Keim. Known for playing rebellious teen daughters in late 1950s films, she had contracts with both MGM and Fox at the height of her career, retiring after marrying actor Warren Berlinger. Upon her death, she was buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Simi Valley, CA. She was a lifelong liberal Democrat.
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January 27, 2010

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lung cancer

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Chatsworth in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California United States
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Mount Sinai Memorial Parks and Mortuaries 6150 Mt Sinai Dr, in Simi Valley, Ventura County, California 93063, United States
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Also in 1956, both Berlinger and his A Roomful of Roses Broadway costar Betty Lou Keim reprised their roles in the 1956 film version titled Teenage Rebel. They married four years later, and remained so until her death in 2010. Berlinger is survived by the couple’s children Lisa, David, Edward and Elizabeth, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

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Betty Lou Keim lived 4 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 71.

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