---
name: "Betsy Baker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/betsy-baker"
fi1m_id: "betsy-baker"
imdb_id: "nm0048260"
tmdb_id: 11464
wikidata_id: "Q4898268"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 May 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T00:52:24.805622+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Betsy Baker

## Identity

Betsy Baker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/betsy-baker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** betsy-baker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0048260
- **TMDB ID:** 11464
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4898268
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Baker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4898268, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048260/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11464

Actor. Born 8 May 1955 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 May 1955, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
- **Active:** 1983–2018
- **Also known as:** Elizabeth Baker
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 77 (1), 2010s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Baker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4898268, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048260/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11464

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Evil Dead*](https://film.one/film/the-evil-dead.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Betsy Baker, also credited as Elizabeth Baker, is an American actress. She was born on 8 May 1955 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and grew up in St. Joseph, Michigan. She graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in theatre education and classical voice.

Baker played Linda in the 1981 film *The Evil Dead*. After a hiatus to raise her children, she resumed acting in the mid-2000s. Her later credits include *Oz the Great and Powerful* (2013), *Lucifer* (2016) as Sister Molly, and *The Accountant 2* (2025) as Mrs. Beams.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Sharp Objects* (2018), Fi1m 84, as Jocelyn Vickery — [page](https://film.one/tv/sharp-objects.md)
- *The Evil Dead* (1983), Fi1m 77, as Linda — [page](https://film.one/film/the-evil-dead.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *All That We Love* (2025), as Waitress
- *The Accountant²* (2025), as Mrs. Beams
- *Good Grief* (2024), as Restaurant Goer
- *Lola* (2024), as Dolly
- *Black Girl Missing* (2023), as Mrs. Brown
- *Old People* (2022), as White Haired Woman
- *Quantum Leap* (2022), series, as Librarian
- *Bosch: Legacy* (2022), series, as Jo Adcock
- *Secret Agent Dingledorf and His Trusty Dog Splat* (2021), as Queen
- *Kajillionaire* (2020), as Baggage Claim Clerk
- *Mythic Quest* (2020), series, as California Senator
- *Bless This Mess* (2019), series, as Grace
- *The Premonition* (2019), as Miss Hooper
- *The Conners* (2018), series, as Carla
- *Sharp Objects* (2018), series, as Jocelyn Vickery — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/sharp-objects.md)
- *The Orville* (2017), series, as Pundit
- *Girl Followed* (2017), as Dr. Tocaro
- *Speedwagon* (2017), as Margot Vrbronski
- *Shooter* (2016), series, as Clerk
- *96 Souls* (2016), as Juror #3
- *Rush Hour* (2016), series, as Nick’s Wife
- *Social Norm* (2016), as Professor
- *Lucifer* (2016), series, as Sister Molly
- *Baskets* (2016), series, as Morpheus' Mom
- *Lake Eerie* (2016), as Eliza
- *Superstore* (2015), series, as Donating Customer
- *Life in Pieces* (2015), series, as Emcee
- *How to Get Away with Murder* (2014), series, as Waitress
- *You're the Worst* (2014), series, as Librarian — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/youre-the-worst.md)
- *5 Hour Friends* (2014), as Hillary
- *Some Are Born* (2014), as Amanda Fairweather
- *The Perfect Boyfriend* (2013), as Grace
- *Oz the Great and Powerful* (2013), as Quadling Woman
- *Monday Mornings* (2013), series, as Mrs. Sutcliff
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, as Juror #5
- *New Girl* (2011), series, as Woman #3 — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *Shameless* (2011), series, as Janice — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *Shoegazer* (2010), as Loretta Meyerson
- *The Middle* (2009), series, as Patient - Mrs. Parker
- *Dangerous Women* (2009), series, as Linda
- *2084* (2009), as Clara
- *True Blood* (2008), series, as Midwife — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-blood.md)
- *Brutal Massacre: A Comedy* (2008), as Gladys
- *Life After Dead: The Ladies of the Evil Dead* (2007), Producer
- *The Ladies of the Evil Dead Meet Bruce Campbell* (2007), Actor
- *Witches' Night* (2007), as Marge
- *Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!* (2007), series, as MIDI Mom
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Barbara Davis — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Ramona — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Appearances* (1990), Actor
- *The Evil Dead* (1983), as Linda — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-evil-dead.md)
- *Word of Honor* (1981), as Denise McNeil

## Gallery

- ![Betsy Baker](https://film.one/media/person/706533/gallery-c5aac9fca5a3.jpg) Betsy Baker — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Betsy_Baker_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Unfortunately, they sat where my camera couldn't shoot, so here's from the TV. The Ladies of Evil Dead: Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker, and Theresa Tilly Panel wi (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/706533/gallery-ed06a5c9a9d5.jpg) Unfortunately, they sat where my camera couldn't shoot, so here's from the TV. The Ladies of Evil Dead: Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker, and Theresa Tilly Panel wi (2015) — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/WW_Chicago_2015_-_Evil_Dead_03_%2820860672759%29.jpg/1280px-WW_Chicago_2015_-_Evil_Dead_03_%2820860672759%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Betsy Baker](https://film.one/media/person/706533/gallery-7c3add772bad.jpg) Betsy Baker — Image via TMDB
- ![Betsy Baker](https://film.one/media/person/706533/gallery-54d36c597af9.jpg) Betsy Baker — Image via TMDB
- ![Betsy Baker](https://film.one/media/person/706533/gallery-8bb05d6b74e8.jpg) Betsy Baker — Image via TMDB

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