Betsy Russell

Betsy Russell

Nacimiento : 1963-09-06, San Diego, California, USA

Historia

Elizabeth "Betsy" Russell (born September 6, 1963) is an American actress who is best known for her roles in Private School (1983), Tomboy (1985), and as Jill Tuck, one of the primary characters of the Saw film series from 2006 to 2010. Russell was born in San Diego, California, the daughter of Constance (née Lerner) and Richard Lion Russell, a stock analyst, and the granddaughter of journalist and educator Max Lerner. Her father and maternal grandfather were Jewish. Russell wanted to be an actress since the age of eight and started acting in school plays. She appeared in a Pepsi commercial that was taped locally while in high school. After graduating from Mission Bay High School in 1981, she moved to Los Angeles and began taking acting classes before landing her first role. She did a masters program in Spiritual Psychology at the University of Santa Monica and is a certified hypnotist and life coach, also from the University of Santa Monica. Russell's first role was in the 1982 film Let's Do It! That same year, she landed roles on T. J. Hooker, Family Ties, and The Powers of Matthew Star. In 1983, Russell's breakout role came as Jordan Leigh-Jensen in the sex comedy Private School. While shooting the action film Avenging Angel, she was offered to audition for the 1985 film Silverado but turned it down. She said in an interview, "Everything happens for a reason. I always believe my career would have been different had I done that part. I can't say if it would have been better or worse. I’ve had a great run." She went on to star in a series of B movies in the 1980s, including the comedy Tomboy and the slasher film Cheerleader Camp. Russell also appeared on TV series such as The A-Team, Murder, She Wrote, 1st & Ten, and an episode of Superboy, which was a reunion with her Tomboy co-star Gerard Christopher. Russell resides in Malibu, California. In August 1988, Russell was engaged to actor Vincent Van Patten, son of Dick Van Patten. They were married nine months later on May 27, 1989, in North Hollywood. Their wedding reception was at Van Patten's father's Sherman Oaks home which was attended by numerous A-list celebrities. They divorced in 2001 and have two sons: Richard Van Patten (March 1993) and Vincent Van Patten, Jr. (September 3, 1995) Russell was previously engaged to film producer Mark Burg. After a brief retirement from acting, Russell appeared in a small role in Saw III playing John Kramer's ex-wife, Jill Tuck. She went on to star in the sequels, Saw IV, Saw V, Saw VI, and Saw 3D. She played a role in the 2010 film Chain Letter, the SyFy film Mandrake, and My Trip Back to the Dark Side. Description above from the Wikipedia article Betsy Russell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Películas

Bully High
Beth White
A coming-of-age drama that tackles some of today's most prevalent issues including religious prejudices, sexual orientation and bullying.
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Self
The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that led to the use of nudity in films while emphasizing the political, sociological and artistic changes that shaped that history. Skin will also study the gender inequality in presenting nude images in motion pictures and will follow the revolution that has created nude gender equality in feature films today.
Knock 'em Dead
Louanne the Maid / Laurie Grant
Three rival actresses and their crew, desperate and hating each other, reunite for a horror movie sequel when someone starts killing them off just like in their movie, in this bitchy, raunchy comedy mystery.
My Trip Back to the Dark Side
Destiny
Shawn Stone is having a bad day. The funding for his film project is not there, his personal life is in shambles, he's out of time and money. He sees only one way to solve his problems - he must turn to the dark side and ask the King of Porn for some cash
Sin escalas
Gayle
La ayudante de un historiador debe custodiar la novela que está a punto de publicarse y que revelaría los secretos de una secta. Embarcada en un vuelo de madrugada, descubre que alguien le ha robado su portátil. También se da cuenta de que el apuesto caballero con quien se había besado en el asiento de atrás también ha desaparecido. La tripulación comienza a perder la paciencia con ella…
Blood of 1000 Virgins
Herself (archive footage)
The question of "who hunts virgins" and more will be stripped down and explored in the sexiest trailers hosted by Playboy's Nikki Leigh.
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1
Self (archive footage)
The naked floodgates burst open in the Saucy 70s and the 80s continued the trend. Welcome to the 80s, Jerry Falwell, Reagan conservatism, VCRs, pay tv, big hair and AIDS. Drive-ins and grindhouses were replaced by multiplex theaters, but the VCR and Pay TV came to the rescue with a flood of direct to video sexy features. Remember trying to watch scrambled Pay TV looking for some skin?
Saw VII
Jill Tuck
Mientras una mortal batalla explota sobre el brutal legado de Jigsaw, un grupo de supervivientes busca el apoyo del gurú de la autoayuda Bobby Dagen, un hombre que con sus oscuros secretos provocará una nueva ola de terror.
Chain Letter
Sergeant Hamill
Slasher donde el asesino busca a sus víctimas en aquellos que rompen una cadena de emails.
Las ruinas 2
Felicia
Una expedición liderada por el aventurero Darren McCall y financiada por el adinerado Harry Vargas les lleva a la impenetrable selva para recuperar una legendaria daga enjoyada de un antiguo cementerio. Pero retirando la daga de su lugar de descanso, despiertan a una criatura con forma de planta larga que había permanecido durante mucho tiempo inactiva; parte planta, parte animal y completamente sedienta de sangre.
Saw VI
Jill Tuck
El Agente Especial Strahm está muerto, y el Detective Hoffman es el sucesor de Jigsaw y su juego macabro. Sin embargo, cuando la Brigada de Investigación Criminal comienza a estrechar el cerco a Hoffman, lo forzarán a poner en marcha el juego complejo de Jigsaw, y por fin a entenderlo por completo... Sexta entrega de la sangrienta saga Saw.En octubre de 2009 la distribuidora decidió cancelar su estreno en España a causa de la controvertida clasificación X que recibió del Ministerio de Cultura. Finalmente, la película llega a las salas españolas en octubre de 2010, con un montaje específico de los productores, que han eliminado 3 minutos de metraje, suprimiendo las escenas más violentas de la cinta.
Saw V
Jill Tuck
Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) es la última persona viva para heredar el legado de Jigsaw (Tobin Bell). Pero cuando su secreto se ve amenazado, Hoffman debe iniciar la caza para eliminar todos los cabos sueltos. Nueva entrega de la saga dirigida por el diseñador de producción de las tres anteriores.
Saw IV
Jill Tuck
Jigsaw y su aprendiz Amanda están muertos. Ahora, luego de hacerse público el asesinato de la detective Kerry, dos agentes del FBI, el Agente Strahn y el Agente Pérez, llegan a la aterrorizada comunidad para ayudar al veterano detective Hoffman a examinar minuciosamente los restos grisáceos que quedaron de Jigsaw, y así resolver el rompecabezas. Sin embargo, cuando el Comandante Rigg, perteneciente a la brigada especial SWAT, es secuestrado y empujado dentro del juego, contará con tan solo noventa minutos para triunfar en una serie de trampas dementes y salvar a un viejo amigo o enfrentar las consecuencias mortales...
Saw III
Jill Tuck
Nuevas y macabras aventuras del siniestro Jigsaw, el hombre que mueve los hilos de los espantosos juegos que han aterrorizado a la comunidad y desconcertado a la policía. Jigsaw, una vez más, ha conseguido escapar, esta vez con la ayuda de su nueva aprendiz, Amanda (Shawnee Smith). Mientras la policía local intenta localizarle, el Doctor Lynn Denlon (Bahar Soomekh) y Jeff (Angus Macfayden) no saben que están a punto de convertirse en los siguientes peones de este horrible juego.
The Break
Candy
A depressed and destitute Nick Irons, a tennis pro banned from the tour for slugging a player during a TV match, agrees to coach a bookie's "head case" son, Joel, who wants to turn pro. The bookie wants his son to get out of tennis and contracts Nick to discourage him. Nick begins to do that but after an episode with his old flame, Jennifer, and after seeing the kid's determination he decides to teach him all the tricks, both physical and psychological, of the trade. The two battle the kids of a famous coach, unfair refs., injuries, travel all over the southern US, while Nick tries to woo his love back, finally to reach the big championship tennis match where all is resolved in dramatic fashion.
Amore!
Cheryl Schwartz
Saul Schwartz cumple cuarenta años. Gerente de una empresa familiar, su vida siempre ha ido planificada por otros. Por este motivo, decide dar un cambio radical y acabar con la rutina que presidía su aburrida existencia.
Delta Heat
Vicky Forbes
An L.A. cop investigates the death of his partner in the swamps of Louisiana. Enlisting the help of an ex-cop who lost his hand to an alligator many years before.
Camp Fear
Jamie
Las chicas de una hermandad se reunen para celebrar una pequeña fiesta en un campamento a las afueras, tratan de llevar con ellas a un profesor del que sienten gran atraccion. Cuando comienza una orgia entre las chicas y el profesor, un grupo de druidas asalta el campamento matando a todo lo que encuentran a su paso, con el motivo de prevenir el apocalipsis.
Trapper County War
Lacey Luddigger
A Vietnam veteran and a young man set out to rescue a woman kidnapped by a backwoods family.
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
Liza Pulitzer
When young Roxanne Ulrich (Chynna Phillips) meets wealthy charmer Herbert Pulitzer (Perry King) and enters the scandal-ridden world of the rich and famous, her life changes forever. After a whirlwind courtship, the two wed, but their marriage is quickly torn apart by drug abuse and affairs. Courteney Cox co-stars in this drama based on Roxanne Pulitzer's 1987 autobiography, written after her headline-making divorce from the publishing heir.
Animadoras asesinas
Alison Wentworth
Un grupo de porristas se reúnen en el campamento Hurrah con la intención de entrenarse para las próximas competencias. Alison (Betsy Russell), una de las porristas comienza a sufrir pesadillas relacionados con asesinatos; además su novio Brent Hoover (Leif Garrett), que la acompañó al campamento, parece más interesado en las demás jóvenes que en su propia novia, lo que le produce celos a Alison. Cuando las jóvenes porristas comienzan a ser asesinadas una a una, Alison teme que, sin saberlo, sea ella la responsable.
Tomboy
Tomboy
La peleona, obstinada y ferozmente confiada, mecánica y marimacho, Tomasina "Tommy" Boyd, se encoña del cachas arrogante y piloto de carreras Randy Starr, tras conocerlo en una fiesta en casa de un rico estúpido. Sin embargo, el machista de Randy no se toma en serio a Tommy porque es una chica, así que Tommy lo reta a una carrera trucada de alto riesgo para ganarse su respeto.
Fuera de control
Chrissie Baret
Upon graduation from high school eight teens take a seaplane trip, intending to celebrate on Keith's parents' private island. Stormy weather causes the plane to crash and they end up on a deserted isle. They find evidence of other visitors, and soon must fend for their lives against drug smugglers.
Angel 2
Molly Stewart/Angel
La acción transcurre cuatro años después de que el teniente Andrews sacara a Molly del ambiente en el que vivía. Ahora estudia Derecho en la universidad y sale con un compañero de clase que desconoce su vida anterior. Cuando asesinan a su tutor, Molly regresa a su antiguo barrio en busca del asesino. Lo primero que hace es adoptar su imagen anterior para encontrarse con sus amigos.
Escuela privada... para chicas
Jordan Leigh-Jenson
Un instituto de chicas justo enfrente de un instituto de chicos. En medio, sólo una estrecha calle que los separa. Christine está locamente enamorada de Jim, un apuesto y atlético chico, con el que pretende fugarse en busca de una aventura amorosa de locura. Sin embargo, su archienemiga Jordan también lo desea, y hará todo lo que pueda para conseguirlo, cueste lo que cueste.
Let's Do It!
Kittie
A sex "comedy" is about a virgin named Freddie who has a major complex about his mother and won't let himself become involved with any other woman.