On 15 October 2011, Betty Driver, who had played Betty Williams since 1969, died of pneumonia, aged 91.

Spaghetti Jam in San Francisco ( 1976-83 ) hosted weekly jam sessions that included Betty Thomas, Terry McGovern, John Elk, Buzz Belmondo, Robin Williams, Barry Sobel, Dana Carvey, Gil Christner, Joyce Imbesi, Taylor Negron, Jose Simon and Paul Willson.

* May 22 – Betty Williams, Northern Irish political activist, co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

* Peace – Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan

This show was written by Eric Merriman and, for the first two series, Barry Took ; Horne's supporting players were Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Ron Moody ( soon succeeded by Bill Pertwee ).

With Barry Took as script editor ( and later producer ), this was an attempt to translate the spirit of Round the Horne to TV, though with different actors supporting Horne: Graham Stark, for example, substituted for Kenneth Williams and Sheila Steafel for Betty Marsden.

The series was created by Barry Took and Marty Feldman, with others contributing to later series after Feldman returned to performing, and starred Kenneth Horne, with Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.

The cast was Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee and announcer Douglas Smith, with music by the Fraser Hayes Four and Paul Fenoulhet and the Hornblowers ( Edwin Braden replaced Fenoulhet from episode 7 of Series 1 ).

Jonathan Rigby, Robin Sebastian and Nigel Harrison were back as Horne, Williams and Paddick, with Sally Grace as Betty Marsden, Stephen Boswell as Smith and Michael Shaw as Bill Pertwee.

Ugly Betty actress Vanessa Williams officially uses " Vanessa L. Williams " due to SAG guidelines, although the other actress with same first and last names ( Vanessa A. Williams ) is arguably less notable.

Anderson used the award money to establish a singing competition to help support young singers ; recipients of which include Camilla Williams ( 1943, 1944 ), Nathaniel Dickerson ( 1944 ), Louise Parker ( 1944 ), Rawn Spearman ( 1949 ), Georgia Laster ( 1951 ), Betty Allen ( 1952 ), Shirlee Emmons ( 1953 ), Judith Raskin ( 1952, 1953 ), Miriam Holman ( 1954 ), Shirley Verrett ( 1957 ), and Joyce Mathis ( 1967 ).

Well known persons affiliated with Unity include Betty White, Eleanor Powell, Wally Amos, Licensed Unity Teacher Ruth Warrick, Barbara Billingsley, Theodore Schneider, Erykah Badu, Matt Hoverman, author Victoria Moran, Patricia Neal, Holmes Osborne and Esther Williams.

Both programmes starred Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee, with announcer Douglas Smith.

The supporting cast included Pat Lancaster, Betty Marsden, Ron Moody, Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams.

The cast was Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Ron Moody, Stanley Unwin ( for the first episode only ), announcer Douglas Smith with music by Patricia Lancaster, the Malcolm Mitchell Trio and the BBC Revue Orchestra.

The cast was Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee, announcer Douglas Smith with music by Patricia Lancaster, the Fraser Hayes Four, Edwin Braden and the BBC Revue Orchestra.

The cast was Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Patricia Lancaster, Bill Pertwee, Janet Waters, announcer Douglas Smith with music by Patricia Lancaster, the Fraser Hayes Four, the Hornets, Edwin Braden and the BBC Revue Orchestra.

The cast was Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee, announcer Douglas Smith with music by Patricia Lancaster, Edwin Braden, the Fraser Hayes Four and the BBC Revue Orchestra.

The cast was Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee, announcer Douglas Smith with music by Jill Day, Edwin Braden, the Fraser Hayes Four and the BBC Revue Orchestra.

The cast was Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee, announcer Douglas Smith with music by Eileen Gourlay, Edwin Braden, the Fraser Hayes Four and the BBC Revue Orchestra.

The cast was Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee, announcer Douglas Smith with music by Eileen Gourlay, Edwin Braden, the Fraser Hayes Four and the BBC Revue Orchestra.

As of 2008, the mayor was Mike Porter, and the village council was composed of president Steve Hart and members John Curtis, Emily Shaffer, Brandon Strain, Keith Strait, and Betty Williams.

Coronation Street's stalwart cast slotted back into the programme alongside the newcomers, examining new relationships between characters of different ages and backgrounds: Eddie Yeats became the Ogdens ' lodger, Gail Potter and Suzie Birchall moved in with Elsie, Mike Baldwin ( Johnny Briggs ) arrived in 1976 as the tough factory boss, and Annie Walker reigned at the Rovers with her trio of staff Bet Lynch, Betty Turpin and Fred Gee.

* Coronation Street character Betty Turpin ( portrayed by Betty Driver ) was famous for her version of the dish which was served in the fictional Rovers Return Inn.

* Betty Williams, a character from the British soap opera, Coronation Street

* Billy Williams ( Coronation Street ), fictional character of Coronation Street married to Betty Williams

* Betty Driver MBE, actress and author, most famous for her role as Betty Williams on the British soap Coronation Street, was once the landlady of Whaley Bridge's Cock Inn.

Elizabeth Mary " Betty " Driver, MBE ( 20 May 1920 – 15 October 2011 < ref > The Sunday Times Magazine, The Sunday Times, 18 < sup > th </ sup > December 2011, page 64 </ ref >) was an English singer, actress and author, best known for her role as Betty Williams on the British soap opera, Coronation Street, appearing in more than 2, 800 episodes.

In 1969, she was persuaded to come out of retirement to play police officer's wife Betty Turpin on Coronation Street, a role she would play for over 40 years.

* Coronation Street ( 1969-2011 ) Betty Williams

Elizabeth " Betty " Williams ( née Preston, previously Turpin ) is a long-standing fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, portrayed by former music hall star Betty Driver.

Betty and her husband Cyril move to Coronation Street in June 1969, helping her sister Maggie to run the local corner shop following the breakup of Maggie's marriage to Les Clegg.

In his 1998 book The Women of Coronation Street, Daran Little describes Betty as an archetypal mother figure.

He compares her to one of Coronation Streets original characters Minnie Caldwell ( Margot Bryant ), as she is " warm and comforting [...] loves cats and has had her share of lodgers "; however, Little notes that " while Minnie wandered through life in a haze, Betty is sharp-witted, blessed with insight and wisdom ".

A Coronation Street insider reassured The Sun that Betty was not being written out of the show, however, stating: " She ’ ll be here for a long time to come – she ’ ll just be on the other side of the bar for a change ".

ITV describe Betty as a " lynchpin " of the soap opera, stating that: " She ’ s as much a part of Coronation Street as the cobble stones.

In 1999, when Betty was celebrating 30 years on-screen, Alison Boshoff of the Daily Mail praised the character's never changing style: " for 30 years, one favourite fixture of Coronation Street has remained exactly the same [...] barmaid Betty Turpin.

In 2007, Coronation Street bosses told The Sun newspaper that there were no plans to retire the character of Betty, despite actress Betty Driver being 87 at the time, the oldest cast member in the soap.

" Actor Rob James-Collier, who played Liam Connor in the soap, has deemed Betty to be one of Coronation Street < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s two best characters, alongside Jack Duckworth ( Bill Tarmey ).

Current licensees include Procter & Gamble ( Pampers diapers ), Fisher-Price, Nakajima USA, Build-A-Bear Workshop ( Build-An-Elmo, Build-A-Cookie Monster, And Build-A-Big Bird ), GUND, Hasbro ( Sesame Street Monopoly ), Wooly Willy, Betty Crocker ( Elmo Fruit Snacks ), C & D Visionary ( air freshners ) and Children's Apparel Network.

The Korat was introduced to the UK by Betty Munford of the High Street, Hungerford.

In March 2012, New York City co-named Broadway at the corner of West 165th Street, the corner in front of the Audubon Ballroom, Betty Shabazz Way.