Betty Jean Hansen Profile

Betty Jean Hansen

	(Benita Jean Pederson)
20 February 34	is born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota to Clarence and Stella Pederson
48	studies at Washington High School
2 October 48	wins the Stairway to Stardom competition in Minneapolis, Minnesota by singing 'Little White Lies'
?	marries Glen Hansen Jr.
	is employed at Western Surety Company
10 January 54	Herb Bechtold reports that "Betty turned down one offer to travel with a name band so she could stay near Hollywood. She has had screen tests at RKO and Universal Studios and was mentioned for a bit part in a picture starring Lisabeth Scott. She missed a chance for another bit part in one picture because she wasn't home last Saturday when the call came."
?	competes in Miss Avalon and Miss 102
April 54	is crowned Miss Good Posture by the International Chiropractors Association
	her measurements are reported as 35-23-35
22 May 54	competes for $10,000 on Beauty Pageant
10 August 55	says about her role in Daddy Long Legs (1955) that "we worked a week and a half to do a scene that lasts only 45 seconds."
4 April 57	makes her onstage debut at The Tropicana Hotel
10 March 58	marries Nat Brandwynne
11 April 58	her daughter, Alexandria is born
5 June 59	her daughter, Heather is born
15 November 60	her daughter, Bari is born
?	marries Joseph W. Berman
15 February 04	dies in Las Vegas, Nevada
18 February 04	is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery

Sources: Argus-Leader, Los Angeles Mirror, Los Angeles Times, Alexandria Briare
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