Betty Lou Keim (September , â€" January , ) was an American stage,
film, and television actress.Keim was born in Malden, Massachusetts,
as the daughter of a choreographer and a dancer, and she grew up in
New York from the age of five. She started getting dance lessons from
her father at the age of six and later took voice lessons. Her stage
debut followed at age seven under the direction of José Ferrer in
Strange Fruit. After several stage parts, she debuted on Broadway, and
she became most remembered for playing a mean-spirited girl in the
play A Roomful of Roses in . Her other work on Broadway included The
Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (), Texas, Li'l Darlin' (), and Crime and
Punishment ().Keim also acted on television, guest starring in
numerous TV series. In , she landed a co-starring role in the
short-lived sitcom My Son Jeep.Three years later, she made her film
debut with a role alongside Barbara Stanwyck and James Cagney in These
Wilder Years. The same year, she repeated her A Roomful of Roses role
in its movie adaptation Teenage Rebel as Ginger Rogers' daughter. In ,
she had a supporting role in th Century Fox's, The Wayward Bus. The
following year, she appeared in Some Came Running. When not acting,
Keim attended the Lodge Tutoring School. Her final acting experience
was on The Deputy, in which she starred as Fran McCord from to .
film, and television actress.Keim was born in Malden, Massachusetts,
as the daughter of a choreographer and a dancer, and she grew up in
New York from the age of five. She started getting dance lessons from
her father at the age of six and later took voice lessons. Her stage
debut followed at age seven under the direction of José Ferrer in
Strange Fruit. After several stage parts, she debuted on Broadway, and
she became most remembered for playing a mean-spirited girl in the
play A Roomful of Roses in . Her other work on Broadway included The
Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (), Texas, Li'l Darlin' (), and Crime and
Punishment ().Keim also acted on television, guest starring in
numerous TV series. In , she landed a co-starring role in the
short-lived sitcom My Son Jeep.Three years later, she made her film
debut with a role alongside Barbara Stanwyck and James Cagney in These
Wilder Years. The same year, she repeated her A Roomful of Roses role
in its movie adaptation Teenage Rebel as Ginger Rogers' daughter. In ,
she had a supporting role in th Century Fox's, The Wayward Bus. The
following year, she appeared in Some Came Running. When not acting,
Keim attended the Lodge Tutoring School. Her final acting experience
was on The Deputy, in which she starred as Fran McCord from to .
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