- After she retreated from the public eye, she was plagued by mental problems and stabbed three people. She was sentenced to a mental institution.
- Did not begin modeling until she was 27 years old.
- After she faded from public view in the 1960s, many conflicting rumors about her fate circulated. In reality, she unsuccesssfully tried to live a domestic married life, and then later entered a religious seminary, briefly working as a Christian missionary.
- She became close with Hugh Hefner, who was a huge fan of hers. She appeared in the first issue of Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month for January 1955.
- Received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee (1944).
- In the 1950s, the United States Congress called her to testify to explain the photos in which she appeared. While she never appeared before the committee (she was excused), the negatives of dozens of her photos were destroyed by court order. The negatives that survived were illegal to print for many years.
- Became a born-again Christian in the 1960s and served as a Baptist missionary to Angola.
- Her photos were the inspiration for the leading lady of the Rocketeer comics, basis for the film The Rocketeer (1991).
- Indirectly caused an uproar when a Seattle homeowner had a mural of Bettie painted on the side of his home, facing Interstate 5.
- While in later life, she licensed the use of her name to promote various collectibles (such as figurines, T-shirts, and books of her pin-up photos), she herself did not make public appearances, stating "I want people to remember me the way I was".
- While she was posing, she was studying drama at a theater workshop. She worked hard to lose her Southern accent because this was keeping her from getting more mainstream work.
- She was given a screen test by 20th-Century Fox but was never signed by the movie studio.
- Saw her popularity increase in the 1980s with the publication of a comic, "The Betty Pages". She is now recognized as something of an icon.
- The exact location of her residence was a closely guarded secret, but in the Los Angeles area.
- Attended and graduated from Hume-Fogg High School in Nashville, Tennessee (1940).
- Following her sudden death, she was interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
- Was one of six children of Walter Roy Page and Edna Mae Pirtle.
- She was a cousin of Mena Suvari's mother, and was also the great-aunt of comedian/writer Benjy Bronk.
- Played the guitar and the piano.
- Had a grand dislike for profanity.
- Photographs of her have been used on album covers including 'Ain't Misbehavin', Fats Waller's Hits and Jazz' by The Broadway Jazz Orchestra & Singers, 'Best Musical Comedy Songs' by The Broadway Singers & Orchestra, 'The Leopard Lounge Swinging Lounge Tunes From The Atlantic And Warner Vaults' by Warner Strategic Marketing, the Split album by Worship and Vessel of Flesh, and 'The Eye of She' by Wallace Robert Holt.
- In 2018, Bettie Page once more became immortalized in comic book form, this time by TidalWave Productions in their four issue comic book series "Fantasy World of Bettie Page."
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