Betty Lou Bredemus (August 13, 1934 â€" February 19, 2015) was an
American actress and acting coach. The matriarch of the Roberts
family, which includes Academy Award-winning actress Julia Roberts,
Academy Award-nominated actor Eric Roberts, and granddaughter Emma
Roberts, she also served in the United States Air Force and received a
National Defense Service Medal for her service, which was spent
entertaining the troops in Air Force base theatrical productions.Betty
Lou Bredemus was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of
Wendell John Bredemus (1904-1955), a football player, and Elizabeth
Ellen (née Billingsley).Bredemus met her husband Walter Grady Roberts
(1933-1977) while performing in the play George Washington Slept Here
together, which was directed by Rance Howard, father of director Ron
Howard. Howard and his wife Jean, Roberts and Bredemus became close
friends, and decided to tour to a couple of USO bases performing
plays. Bredemus and Roberts were married in 1955, and soon after their
first child was born, actor Eric Roberts, in April 1956.After the
army, Walter decided to pursue a career as a playwright, so he moved
the family to Louisiana so he could attend Tulane University. The
family lived on campus in family housing. Walter left school just shy
of graduating, and he moved the family to Decatur, Georgia in 1960.
Bredemus soon began working at Emory University in the public
relations area, while Walter worked in various theatrical jobs.
American actress and acting coach. The matriarch of the Roberts
family, which includes Academy Award-winning actress Julia Roberts,
Academy Award-nominated actor Eric Roberts, and granddaughter Emma
Roberts, she also served in the United States Air Force and received a
National Defense Service Medal for her service, which was spent
entertaining the troops in Air Force base theatrical productions.Betty
Lou Bredemus was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of
Wendell John Bredemus (1904-1955), a football player, and Elizabeth
Ellen (née Billingsley).Bredemus met her husband Walter Grady Roberts
(1933-1977) while performing in the play George Washington Slept Here
together, which was directed by Rance Howard, father of director Ron
Howard. Howard and his wife Jean, Roberts and Bredemus became close
friends, and decided to tour to a couple of USO bases performing
plays. Bredemus and Roberts were married in 1955, and soon after their
first child was born, actor Eric Roberts, in April 1956.After the
army, Walter decided to pursue a career as a playwright, so he moved
the family to Louisiana so he could attend Tulane University. The
family lived on campus in family housing. Walter left school just shy
of graduating, and he moved the family to Decatur, Georgia in 1960.
Bredemus soon began working at Emory University in the public
relations area, while Walter worked in various theatrical jobs.
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