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Bettye Ackerman (1924–2006)

Actress

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Best known as Dr. Maggie Graham on the Ben Casey, she met and married her "Ben Casey" co-star, actor Sam Jaffe, earlier in 1955 when they were both appearing on stage in a production of "Tartuffe". They married a year later. Despite their 33-year age difference the marriage lasted 28 years until his death of cancer in 1984 at age 93. They had no children. See more trivia »

Born:

Bettye Louise Ackermann
in Cottageville, South Carolina, USA

Died:

(age 82) in Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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1994 Prehysteria! 2 (video)
Miss Winters
 
1991 Ted & Venus
Poetry Award Presenter
 
1986 St. Elsewhere (TV series)
Mrs. Nova
– Lost Weekend (1986) … Mrs. Nova
 
1985 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
Ruby
– Nothin' Short of Highway Robbery (1985) … Ruby
 
1982-1984 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)
Dr. Michaels / Mrs. Bayard
– Promises... Promises (1984) … Dr. Michaels
– Maybe Baby (1982) … Mrs. Bayard
 
1984 Double Trouble (TV series)
The Judge
– Dueling Feet (1984) … The Judge
 
1983 The Love Boat (TV series)
Professor Helen Burton
– The Professor Has Class/When the Magic Disappears/We, the Jury (1983) … Professor Helen Burton
 
1982 Dynasty (TV series)
Katherine
– Kirby (1982) … Katherine
– The Will (1982) … Katherine
 
1982 A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain (TV movie)
Belle Tucker
 
1982 Falcon Crest (TV series)
Elizabeth Bradbury
– For Love or Money (1982) … Elizabeth Bradbury
 
1977-1981 The Waltons (TV series)
Belle Becker
– The Revel (1981) … Belle Becker
– The Achievement (1977) … Belle Becker
 
1980 Trouble in High Timber Country (TV movie)
Mrs. Lomax
 
1979 240-Robert (TV series)
Eileen Phillips
– Stuntman (1979) … Eileen Phillips
 
1978 Police Woman (TV series)
Helen Fletcher
– Good Old Uncle Ben (1978) … Helen Fletcher
 
1978 Doctors' Private Lives (TV movie)
Sylvia
 
1977 CHiPs (TV series)
Mrs. Burgess
– Undertow (1977) … Mrs. Burgess
 
1977 Wonder Woman (TV series)
Asclepia
– The Return of Wonder Woman (1977) … Asclepia
 
1977 Never Con a Killer (TV movie)
Dorothy
 
1977 The Feather and Father Gang (TV series)
Dorothy
– Never Con a Killer (1977) … Dorothy
 
1974-1976 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Margery Kinner / Mrs. Nesbitt
– Renegade's Child (1976) … Mrs. Nesbitt
– Venus as in Fly Trap (1974) … Margery Kinner
 
1974-1976 Police Story (TV series)
Katherine Moran / Martha Dunnhill
– Three Days to Thirty (1976) … Katherine Moran
– Glamour Boy (1974) … Martha Dunnhill
 
1975 Petrocelli (TV series)
Ann Hendricks
– Too Many Alibis (1975) … Ann Hendricks
 
1975 Harry O (TV series)
Laureen Lister
– The Acolyte (1975) … Laureen Lister
 
1975 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Dr. Hamill
– Asylum (1975) … Dr. Hamill
 
1973-1975 The Rookies (TV series)
Ellen Tabnor / Judge
– Solomon's Dilemma (1975) … Judge
– Sound of Silence (1973) … Ellen Tabnor
 
1969-1974 Ironside (TV series)
Dr. Pat Manners / Sylvia Harris
– Run Scared (1974) … Sylvia Harris
– A Matter of Love and Death (1969) … Dr. Pat Manners
 
1974 Lucas Tanner (TV series)
Francis Shaw
– By the Numbers (1974) … Francis Shaw
 
1974 Murder or Mercy (TV movie)
Nurse Cantelli
 
1973 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Zisha Gorofsky
– This Golden Land (1973) … Zisha Gorofsky
 
1969-1973 Medical Center (TV series)
Nurse Marsh
– Question of Guilt (1973) … Nurse Marsh
– Countdown (1971) … Nurse Marsh
– Deadly Encounter (1970) … Nurse Marsh
– 24 Hours (1969) … Nurse Marsh
 
1972 Return to Peyton Place (TV series)
Constance MacKenzie #1 (1972)
 
1972 Heat of Anger (TV movie)
Stella Galvin
 
1972 The Sixth Sense (TV series)
Helene
– Can a Dead Man Strike from the Grave? (1972) … Helene
 
1972 Columbo (TV series)
Miss Sherman
– Blueprint for Murder (1972) … Miss Sherman
 
1968-1970 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Annette Jurgens / Mary Binyon / Mrs. Kurland
– Antennae of Death (1970) … Mary Binyon
– The Prey (1969) … Mrs. Kurland
– Homecoming (1968) … Annette Jurgens
 
1970 Bracken's World (TV series)
Anne Frazer
– A Team of One-Legged Acrobats (1970) … Anne Frazer
– One, Two, Three... Cry (1970) … Anne Frazer
– Day for Night (1970) … Anne Frazer
– Diffusion (1970) … Anne Frazer
– A Beginning, a Middle and an End (1970) … Anne Frazer
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1969 Rascal
Miss Whalen
 
1969 Mannix (TV series)
Rita Claman
– Only Giants Can Play (1969) … Rita Claman
 
1968 Companions in Nightmare (TV movie)
Sara Nicholson
 
1967 Bonanza (TV series)
Estelle Dawson
– Second Chance (1967) … Estelle Dawson
 
1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Dorothy Reynolds
– Verdict for Terror (1967) … Dorothy Reynolds
 
1965-1966 Perry Mason (TV series)
Amy Reid / Laura Brandon
– The Case of the Positive Negative (1966) … Laura Brandon
– The Case of the Thermal Thief (1965) … Amy Reid
 
1961-1966 Ben Casey (TV series)
Dr. Maggie Graham
– Twenty Six Ways to Spell Heartbreak: A, B, C, D... (1966) … Dr. Maggie Graham
– Fun and Games and Other Tragic Things (1966) … Dr. Maggie Graham
– If You Play Your Cards Right, You Too Can Be a Loser (1965) … Dr. Maggie Graham
– The Day They Stole County General (1965) … Dr. Maggie Graham
– Journeys End in Lovers Meeting (1965) … Dr. Maggie Graham
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1961-1965 Insight (TV series)
– A Thief Named Dismas (1965)
– Breakthrough (1961)
 
1964 Breaking Point (TV series)
Eunice Osment
– Better Than a Dead Lion (1964) … Eunice Osment
 
1962-1963 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)
Dorothy Swift / Ellen
– Chain Reaction (1963) … Dorothy Swift
– The Jail (1962) … Ellen
 
1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Lorna Dickson
– The Tender Poisoner (1962) … Lorna Dickson
 
1961 Naked City (TV series)
Susan Bognar
– Economy of Death (1961) … Susan Bognar
 
1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Mrs. Inkel
– Specialty of the House (1959) … Mrs. Inkel
 
1959 Face of Fire
Grace Trescott
 
1955 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Betty
– The Incredible World of Horace Ford (1955) … Betty
 
1953 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
Girl
– The Bachelor Party (1953) … Girl
 
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1971 Mooch Goes to Hollywood (TV movie)
Herself (uncredited)
 
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Trivia:

Best known as Dr. Maggie Graham on the Ben Casey, she met and married her "Ben Casey" co-star, actor Sam Jaffe, earlier in 1955 when they were both appearing on stage in a production of "Tartuffe". They married a year later. Despite their 33-year age difference the marriage lasted 28 years until his death of cancer in 1984 at age 93. They had no children. See more »

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