HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS BETSY DRAKE BORN 1923 SEPTEMBER 11
HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS BETSY DRAKE BORN 1923 SEPTEMBER 11 Betsy Drake (September 11, 1923 – October 27, 2015) was a French-born American actress and writer. She was also known for being the third wife of actor Cary Grant. Early life and education[edit] Drake, the eldest child of two American expatriates, was born in Paris, France. Although her grandfather, Tracy Drake and his brother, had opened the Drake Hotel in Chicago on New Years Eve in 1920.[1] The Drakes lost their money in the 1929 stock-market crash. As a result, she returned to the U.S. on the SS Île de France with her parents, brothers, and a nanny. She grew up in Chicago, Westport, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Virginia, North Carolina, and New York City. She went to twelve different schools, both private and public, before concentrating on theatre and acting at a junior college in Rock Creek Park. Career[edit] She began looking for work as an actress in New York City, supporting herself by working as...