---
name: "Bette Ford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bette-ford"
fi1m_id: "bette-ford"
imdb_id: "nm0285525"
tmdb_id: 1212032
wikidata_id: "Q4898389"
roles: []
born: "24 June 1927"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:14:32.902665+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."
---

# Bette Ford

## Identity

Bette Ford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bette-ford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bette-ford
- **IMDb ID:** nm0285525
- **TMDB ID:** 1212032
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4898389
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Ford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4898389, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285525/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212032

Actor. Born 24 June 1927 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 24 June 1927, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Also known as:** Betty Ford
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Ford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4898389, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285525/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212032

## Biography

Bette Ford (born Harriet Elizabeth Dingeldein) is an American actress and former professional bullfighter. Born on 24 June 1927 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, she began her career as a model and actress in New York before training as a matador in Mexico.

She became the first American woman to fight on foot in the Plaza México. After retiring from bullfighting in the late 1950s, she returned to acting in the late 1960s. Her film roles include Lulu in *Honkytonk Man* (1982) and Leah in *Sudden Impact* (1983). Television credits include appearances in *Cheers*, *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* and voice work in *The Animatrix* (2003).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sudden Impact* (1983), Fi1m 65, as Leah — [page](https://film.one/film/sudden-impact.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

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

- *Apple & Onion* (2018), series, as Mrs. Lollypop (voice)
- *Tarantula* (2017), series, as (voice)
- *Clarence* (2014), series, as Gale / E (voice), Gale / Grandma (voice), Gale (voice), Gale / Old Lady 2 (voice)
- *Valley of the Sun* (2011), as Bunny McGill
- *The Animatrix* (2003), as Old Woman ("Final Flight of Osiris")
- *Final Flight of the Osiris* (2003), as Old Woman (voice)
- *The Animatrix* (2003), series, as Old Woman (voice)
- *The Division* (2001), series, as Mrs. Sanders
- *Life Among the Cannibals* (1999), as Betty
- *Providence* (1999), series, as Hildy
- *The Landlady* (1998), as Justine Welch
- *Felicity* (1998), series, as Professor May
- *Two Guys and a Girl* (1998), series, as Marge Ryecart
- *River Made to Drown In* (1997), as Lady with Whip
- *Nash Bridges* (1996), series, Actor
- *A Face to Die For* (1996), as Mrs. Berman
- *It Was Him or Us* (1995), as Maggie Shepard
- *ER* (1994), series, as Princess Taffeta — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Party of Five* (1994), series, as Miss Corso — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)
- *Season of Change* (1994), as Granny Upton
- *Melrose Place* (1992), series, as Mrs. Wilson
- *Jack's Place* (1992), series, Actor
- *The Commish* (1991), series, Actor
- *Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter* (1991), as De-De
- *Marked for Death* (1990), as Kate
- *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* (1990), series, as Madame Chatchka
- *Major Dad* (1989), series, Actor
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Mrs. Peterson
- *Nightingales* (1988), as Bridget's Mother
- *The Wonder Years* (1988), series, as Aunt Muriel — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)
- *A Year in the Life* (1987), series, as Jackie
- *Throb* (1986), series, Actor
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Rusty Farrell
- *Crazy like a Fox* (1984), series, as Mrs. Bishop
- *Hunter* (1984), series, as Anna Scarlatti
- *Sudden Impact* (1983), as Leah — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/sudden-impact.md)
- *Another Woman's Child* (1983), as Bar Girl
- *Honkytonk Man* (1982), as Lulu
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Pat Kroll — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Cheers* (1982), series, as Irene Blanchard — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)
- *Hotel* (1982), series, Actor
- *Falcon Crest* (1981), series, as Prison Guard
- *Emergency!* (1972), series, as Juen Edwards
- *Beauty and the Bull* (1954), as Bette Ford

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