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Betsy Blair dies at 85; actress appeared in 'Marty'

Betsy Blair, an actress best remembered for playing the shy schoolteacher who meets Ernest Borgnine's lonely Bronx butcher at the Stardust Ballroom in the 1955 movie "Marty," has died. She was 85.

By Dennis McLellan

March 20, 2009

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