Bettye Louise Ackerman (February , â€" November , ) was an American
actress primarily known for her work on television.Ackerman was born
in Cottageville, South Carolina (another source says she was born in
Williston, South Carolina), the daughter of Clarence Kilgo Ackerman
and Mary Baker Ackerman, and grew up in Williston, in Barnwell County
in southwestern South Carolina, one of four children. She graduated
from Columbia College in South Carolina in and left for New York City
soon after. She studied theater at the graduate level at Columbia
University in New York and pursued art studies with Joseph Mugnaini
and George DeGroat at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles.Ackerman
played Dr. Maggie Graham on the ABC medical drama, Ben Casey, from
until . She played Anne Frazer on Bracken's World and the original
Constance MacKenzie on the daytime program Return to Peyton Place. She
appeared in an early episode of prime time soap Falcon Crest
portraying the character of Elisabeth Bradbury. She also appeared in
two episodes of Perry Mason, starring Raymond Burr: in she played the
role of Amy Reid in the episode, "The Case of the Thermal Thief," and
in she played Laura Brandon in "The Case of the Positive Negative."
In , she appeared in "Never Con a Killer," the pilot for the ABC crime
drama The Feather and Father Gang.
actress primarily known for her work on television.Ackerman was born
in Cottageville, South Carolina (another source says she was born in
Williston, South Carolina), the daughter of Clarence Kilgo Ackerman
and Mary Baker Ackerman, and grew up in Williston, in Barnwell County
in southwestern South Carolina, one of four children. She graduated
from Columbia College in South Carolina in and left for New York City
soon after. She studied theater at the graduate level at Columbia
University in New York and pursued art studies with Joseph Mugnaini
and George DeGroat at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles.Ackerman
played Dr. Maggie Graham on the ABC medical drama, Ben Casey, from
until . She played Anne Frazer on Bracken's World and the original
Constance MacKenzie on the daytime program Return to Peyton Place. She
appeared in an early episode of prime time soap Falcon Crest
portraying the character of Elisabeth Bradbury. She also appeared in
two episodes of Perry Mason, starring Raymond Burr: in she played the
role of Amy Reid in the episode, "The Case of the Thermal Thief," and
in she played Laura Brandon in "The Case of the Positive Negative."
In , she appeared in "Never Con a Killer," the pilot for the ABC crime
drama The Feather and Father Gang.
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