Betty, his real mother, had an affair with a married sailor during the war, and the resulting baby was adopted by Betty's sister Maggie and her husband Les Clegg.
Betty was on the verge of taking the case to court when she was finally persuaded to return to the pub.
Betty turned down Billy's proposal, together with an offer to go on holiday together, but called on Billy when she was burgled in September 1995.
BettyDriver was born in Leicester on 20 March 1920, the older of two daughters born to Federick Driver and his wife Nell.
Betty was pushed into a life on the boards by her star-struck mother, joining the Terence Byron Repertory Company at the age of nine and turning professional at the age of 10 in a touring production of Mixed Bathing.
Betty is godmother to William Roache's son, William Jr.
BettyDriver is known to millions as Coronation Street'sBetty Turpin, the longest serving barmaid at the Rover's Return who has been dispensing hotpot and her own brand of northern wisdom for thirty years
Recreating the occasionally glamorous, often arduous world of variety during the thirties and forties, Betty writes about encounters with nudes at the Windmill, filming with George Formby, her friendship with Bud Flanagan and the time she was royally snubbed by Gracie Fields.
Frank, funny and moving, Betty is a celebration of one of the longest and most remarkable showbusiness careers.
Former child-star BettyDriver was already a stage and film veteran when she teamed up with bandleader Henry Hall during the Second World War to sing in the BBC radio programme Henry Hall's Guest Night.
On TV, in The BettyDriver Show, she displayed her comic talent in addition to her singing prowess.
Later, following her premature retirement, Coronation Street producer Harry Kershaw approached BettyDriver to play the part of Betty Turpin in the long-running ITV soap, a role that once again made her a household name.
BBC - WW2 People's War - Tractor Driver Betty - Part 2 (1943-1949) - A4972061(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Apparently, he had been a university lecturer, and when the war came, he was forced to stay in England, and was put into agricultural work until the war ended, when he was allowed to return to Kenya.
The tractors and machinery were stored at the Depot, and any farmer in East Sussex who needed work done by a tractor would phone in and make an appointment to have a tractor and driver sent to his farm for a specific job to be done.
I was early for the ceremony, so my driver drove me all along Hastings Sea-front, and I felt like a queen, as many holiday-makers spotted me, and waved.
By 14 BettyDriver was sharing the bill with Gracie Fields and Norman Evans and continued to have a successful career as a singer in Variety (click to hear 'So Little Time'), and also, since 1969 as an actor on TV.
Betty Jumel was one of Britain’s best female comics and one of the few who could play a pantomime dame.
His slightly off beat delivery combined with a genius for eccentric dancing made him a firm favourite on the Halls and it was only a matter of time before John E Blakeley hired him to appear in Mancunian films.
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She lives with her younger sister, Freda Driver, in Cheshire, England.
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HOWGILL COLLIERY PAYROLL IN 1802(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
CARR Betty slatepicker 67 Newton Lancaster : Mary 46 : Mary slatepicker 50 Cunnison Lancastr (Howgill Colliery payroll 1802)
IRWIN Andw 43 : Betty 23 : Jas 19 : Jno 50 : Jno 70 Annandale Scotland : Mary bearmouth roader 45 : Wm smith 30 (Howgill Colliery payroll 1802)
This adorable novelty drivers license is a must have for any Betty Boop fan!
Everyone loves the "lovable, and charming" Betty Boop - this multi-color plastic laminated driver's license features her height, weight, date of birth, eye and hair color, street address, and an adorable color photo.
