Elizabeth "Betsy" Parrish[1] (February 10, 1925 – December 16, 2022)[2] was an American actress, singer and acting teacher.

Career

Parrish was long affiliated with the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Other teaching credits include: Circle in the Square, High School of Performing Arts, Metropolitan Opera Studio, Yale Drama School (Associate Professor Adjunct), American Academy of Dramatic Art, and the Eugene O'Neill International Theatre Institute.[3] She was a founding member of the Harold Clurman Laboratory Theatre Company, having performed in Uncle Vanya, Hot L Baltimore, and Macbeth.[1]

In 2004, she appeared in a one-woman New York musical revue, Moments of Being, with Betsy.[4]

In 2019 and 2020, the nonagenarian Parrish performed her cabaret show, "Every Soul's a Cabaret", at, among other venues, the Martha's Vineyard Playhouse (Massachusetts) and the Pangea World Theater (Minneapolis, Minnesota), respectively.[1]

Acting credits

Broadway & Off-Broadway

Feature films

Television

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Every Soul's a Cabaret: Betsy Parrish Makes Musical Magic at Pangea". Theater Pizzazz. January 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Stella Adler Studio Announces Passing of Betsy Parrish". The Stella Adler Studio Official Instagram. December 16, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Elizabeth Parrish". Stella Adler Studio of Acting.
  4. ↑ "Moments of Being, with Betsy (Closed May 30, 2004) | Off-Off-Broadway | reviews, cast and info | TheaterMania". www.theatermania.com.
  5. ↑ Keep It In the Family at Internet Broadway Database


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