Bettina Le Beau

Bettine Le Beau
File:Bettina Le Beau.jpg Le Beau in c. 1963
Born	(1932-03-23)23 March 1932 Antwerp, Belgium
Occupation	Actor and writer

Bettina Le Beau (born 23 March 1932 in Antwerp, Belgium), also known as Bettine Le Beau, is an Flemish actress known for her film, radio and television appearances in the UK.

Life

During World War II she was separated from her parents; as she was Jewish, she was held in a concentration camp in southern France. She escaped from Camp DeGurs and was hidden by a family from the Nazis. She went to England in 1945 and attended Pitman's College. She worked as a model, graphologist and cabaret artist and learned several languages.

As an actress her television appearances include The Benny Hill Show, The Prisoner, Call My Bluff and The Golden Shot. Film appearances include My Last Duchess, A Ferry Ann, Devil's Daffodil and an uncredited role as Professor Dent's secretary in the first James Bond film, Dr No. On radio, she was a regular on the BBC World Service programme Animal, Vegetable and Mineral, a version of Twenty Questions.

She worked on a programme for women on radio and wrote a book entitled Help Yourself to Happiness (ISBN 0953421600). She has also lectured on her experience of the Holocaust.

External links

• Bettine Le Beau at the Internet Movie Database
• The Authorised Bettine Le Beau webpage