Bettye Ackerman

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Early years

Ackerman was born in Cottageville, South Carolina (another source says she was born in Williston, South Carolina),[1] the daughter of Clarence Kilgo Ackerman and Mary Baker Ackerman, and grew up in Williston, in Barnwell County in southwestern South Carolina, one of four children. She graduated from Columbia College in South Carolina in 1945 and left for New York City soon after. She studied theater at the graduate level at Columbia University[2] in New York and pursued art studies with Joseph Mugnaini and George DeGroat at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles.[3]

Television

From 1961 until 1966, Ackerman played Dr. Maggie Graham on the ABC medical drama Ben Casey. She played Anne Frazer on Bracken's World and the original Constance MacKenzie on the daytime program Return to Peyton Place.[1] She appeared in an early episode of prime time soap Falcon Crest portraying the character of Elisabeth Bradbury. She also appeared in two episodes of Perry Mason, starring Raymond Burr: in 1965. she played the role of Amy Reid in the episode, "The Case of the Thermal Thief," and in 1966. she played Laura Brandon in "The Case of the Positive Negative." In 1977, she appeared in "Never Con a Killer," the pilot for the ABC crime drama The Feather and Father Gang.

Stage

Ackerman played the title role in the one act play Salome, by Oscar Wilde, as part of the Alexander Kirkland Acting Group. The production was released on Magic-Tone Records (CTG 4011). Ackerman's Broadway credits include A Meeting by the River (1979).[4]

Film

Ackerman's film debut came in Face of Fire in 1959.[2]

Personal life

On June 7, 1956, Ackerman, at 32, married her future Ben Casey co-star Sam Jaffe, who was then 65. Although there was a 33-year difference in their ages, the couple had a very successful and happy marriage[1] until Jaffe died of cancer in 1984.[5] They had no children.

She sold her home in Beverly Hills, California, and returned to South Carolina to be near her large extended family in 1998.[6] Shortly afterwards, she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Ackerman was also a noted artist, who had numerous exhibits in both Beverly Hills and Columbia, South Carolina.[3]

Death

Ackerman died November 1, 2006, after having suffered a stroke in Columbia, South Carolina.[6] She was 82.[2]

She is buried in Williston Cemetery in South Carolina.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1959 Face of Fire Grace Trescott
1969 Rascal Miss Whalen
1991 Ted & Venus Poetry Award Presenter
1994 Prehysteria! 2 Miss Winters Video

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1953 Script error: No such module "Sort". Girl (uncredited) Season 6 Episode 2: "The Bachelor Party"
1955 Studio One Betty Season 7 Episode 39: "The Incredible World of Horace Ford"
1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Mrs. Inkel Season 5 Episode 12: "Specialty of the House"
1961 Naked City Susan Bognar Season 2 Episode 25: "An Economy of Death"
1961 Insight Ilsa Davis Season 1 Episode 133: "Breakthrough"
1961–1966 Ben Casey Dr. Maggie Graham 58 episodes
1962 Script error: No such module "Sort". Lorna Dickson Season 1 Episode 14: "The Tender Poisoner"
1962–1963 Alcoa Premiere Ellen / Dorothy Swift 2 episodes
1964 Breaking Point Eunice Osment Season 1 Episode 18: "Better Than a Dead Lion"
1965–1966 Perry Mason Amy Reid / Laura Brandon 2 episodes
1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Dorothy Reynolds Season 4 Episode 21: "Verdict for Terror"
1967 Bonanza Estelle Dawson Season 9 Episode 1: "Second Chance"
1968 Companions in Nightmare Sara Nicholson TV Movie
1968–1970 Script error: No such module "Sort". Annette Jurgens / Miss Kurland / Mary Binyon 3 episodes
1969 Mannix Rita Claman Season 2 Episode 15: "Only Giants Can Play"
1969–1973 Medical Center Nurse Marsh 4 episodes
1969–1974 Ironside Dr. Pat Manners / Sylvia Harris 2 episodes
1970 Bracken's World Anne Frazer 13 episodes
1972 Columbo Miss Sherman Season 1 Episode 7: "Blueprint for Murder"
1972 Script error: No such module "Sort". Helene Season 1 Episode 6: "Can a Dead Man Strike from the Grave?"
1972 Heat of Anger Stella Galvin TV Movie
1972–1974 Return to Peyton Place Constance MacKenzie #1
1973 Gunsmoke Zisha Gorofsky Season 18 Episode 24: "This Golden Land"
1973–1975 Script error: No such module "Sort". Ellen Tabnor / Judge 2 episodes
1974 Murder or Mercy Nurse Cantelli TV Movie
1974 Mooch Bettye Ackerman (uncredited) TV Movie
1974 Lucas Tanner Frances Shaw 2 episodes
1974–1976 Police Story Martha Dunnhill / Katherine Moran 2 episodes
1974–1976 Barnaby Jones Margery Kinner / Mrs. Nesbitt 2 episodes
1975 Script error: No such module "Sort". Dr. Hamill Season 3 Episode 21: "Asylum"
1975 Harry O Laureen Lister Season 2 Episode 6: "The Acolyte"
1975 Petrocelli Ann Hendricks Season 2 Episode 11: "Too Many Alibis"
1977 Never Con a Killer Dorothy TV Movie
1977 Script error: No such module "Sort". Dorothy Season 1 Episode 6: "Never Con a Killer"
1977 Wonder Woman Asclepia Season 2 Episode 1: "The Return of Wonder Woman"
1977 CHiPs Mrs. Burgess Season 1 Episode 2: "Undertow"
1977–1981 Script error: No such module "Sort". Belle Becker 2 episodes
1978 Doctors' Private Lives Sylvia TV Movie
1978 Police Woman Helen Fletcher Season 4 Episode 22: "Good Old Uncle Ben"
1979 240-Robert Eileen Phillips Season 1 Episode 2: "Stuntman"
1980 Trouble in High Timber Country Mrs. Lomax TV Movie
1981 Foul Play Season 1 Episode 9: "The Terrible Tara O'Hara"
1982 Falcon Crest Elizabeth Bradbury Season 1 Episode 11: "For Love or Money"
1982 A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain Belle Tucker TV Movie
1982 Dynasty Katherine Season 3 Episode 4: "The Will"
1982–1984 Trapper John, M.D. Mrs. Bayard / Dr. Michaels 2 episodes
1983 Confessions of a Married Man Social Security Employee TV Movie
1983 Script error: No such module "Sort". Professor Helen Burton Season 6 Episode 26: "The Professor Has Class/When the Magic Disappears/We, the Jury"
1984 Double Trouble The Judge Season 1 Episode 5: "Dueling Feet"
1985 Me and Mom Season 1 Episode 1: "A Killing in the Market"
1985 Tales of the Unexpected Ruby Season 8 Episode 3: "Nothin' Short of Highway Robbery"
1986 St. Elsewhere Mrs. Nova Season 5 Episode 11: "Lost Weekend"

References

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