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Betty Thomas

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American actress and director (born 1947)

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Betty Thomas is an American director and actress. She is known for her role as Sergeant Lucy Bates on the television series Hill Street Blues, a role for which she was nominated for an Emmy award seven times, winning once.

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Thomas as Lucy Bates in Hill Street Blues, 1982Thomas as Lucy Bates in Hill Street Blues, 1982

Filmography 37

Charlie's Angels2000 · ★ 5.9
Doctor Dolittle1998 · ★ 5.7
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel2009 · ★ 5.7
John Tucker Must Die2006 · ★ 6.1
I Spy2002 · ★ 5.4
Guess Who2005 · ★ 6.0
28 Days2000 · ★ 6.2
Can't Hardly Wait1998 · ★ 6.2
Surviving Christmas2004 · ★ 5.7
Private Parts1997 · ★ 6.5
The Brady Bunch Movie1995 · ★ 6.1
Used Cars1980 · ★ 6.4
Troop Beverly Hills1989 · ★ 5.7
John Candy: I Like Me2025 · ★ 7.8
The Late Shift1996 · ★ 6.4
Only You1992
Jackson County Jail1976
Homework1982
Loose Shoes1978
Tunnel Vision1976
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy1976
Night of 100 Stars II1985
Prison for Children1987
My Breast1994
A Labor of Love1976
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind1984
The Best of SCTV1988
Outside Chance1978
When Your Lover Leaves1983
Silicon Follies2001
The Last Affair1976
Nashville Grab1981
Twilight Theatre1982
Dog and Cat1977
No Greater Gift1985
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct2017
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56 credits on file

Television 16

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962
Saturday Night Live1975
Hill Street Blues1981
Grace and Frankie2015
Doogie Howser, M.D.1989
Dream On1990
Whose Line Is It Anyway?1988
Midnight Caller1988
The Loop2006
Hooperman1987
Mancuso, F.B.I.1989
Parenthood1990
Shannon's Deal1990
Moon Over Miami1993
A Peaceable Kingdom1989
Arresting Behavior1992

Awards 3

2001Dorothy Arzner Directors Award
1993Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
1985Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Connected to Betty 6

Ed O'BrienAlso in Prison for Children (1987)Yvette MimieuxAlso in Outside Chance (1978)Merritt ButrickAlso in When Your Lover Leaves (1983)Frankie AvalonAlso in Troop Beverly Hills (1989)Kathryn JoostenAlso in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)Steve BacicAlso in John Tucker Must Die (2006)

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Betty Thomas is an American director and actress. She is known for her role as Sergeant Lucy Bates on the television series Hill Street Blues, a role for which she was nominated for an Emmy award seven times, winning once. Her latest film, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, was at the time the highest-grossing film ever directed by a solo woman director

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
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Dates
Born 1948 · age 78
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