# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/betty-driver
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:55:35.006Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/betty-driver"
name: "Betty Driver"
slug: "betty-driver"
description: "Elizabeth (Betty) Mary Driver was a British actress and singer, best known for her role as Betty Williams in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street, a role she played for 42 years from 1969 to 2011, appearing in 2,732 episodes. She had previously appeared as Mrs Edgley in Coronation Street spin-off Pardon the Expression (1965–1966) opposite Arthur Lowe. In her early career Driver was a singer, appearing in musical films such as Boots! Boots! (1934), opposite George Formby, and in Penny Paradise (1938), directed by Carol Reed. She was made an MBE in the 2000 New Year Honours."
tagline: "British actress and singer (1920–2011)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5c/Betty%27s_hotpot.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1920-05-20"
deathDate: "2011-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.81
  momentum:             0.8027327070879591
  historical:           10.22441333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0238107/"
    handle:    "nm0238107"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1969877"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Driver"
    title: "Betty Driver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%82_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "سائق بيتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Driver"
    title: "Betty Driver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Driver"
    title: "Betty Driver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Driver"
    title: "Betty Driver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Driver"
    title: "Betty Driver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "بتی درایور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Driver"
    title: "Betty Driver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Driver"
    title: "Betty Driver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%B9%DB%8C_%DA%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "بیٹی ڈرائیور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/46979db7-0231-4a66-8a83-046ee85c638c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q468017"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1197041"
    title: "Betty Driver"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump