Betsy von Furstenberg
| Betsy von Furstenberg | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Elizabeth Caroline Maria Agatha Felicitas Therese, Freiin von Fürstenberg-Herdringen 16 August 1931 Arnsberg, Germany |
| Died | 21 April 2015 (aged 83) New York City, NY, US |
| Education |
Gardner School Hewitt School |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) |
Guy Vincent (m. 1954; div. 1966) John J. Reynolds (m. 1984; his death 1994) |
| Children | Glyn Douglas Vincent Gay Caroline Vincent |
| Parent(s) | Franz-Egon von Fürstenberg-Herdringen Elizabeth Foster Johnson |
| Relatives |
Dolores Guinness (half-sister) Gloria Rubio (step-mother) |
Betsy von Furstenberg (August 16, 1931 – April 21, 2015) was a German-born American radio, television, film, and Broadway actress.
Elizabeth Caroline Maria Agatha Felicitas Therese, Freiin von Fürstenberg-Herdringen was born in Arnsberg. Her parents were Franz-Egon, Graf (Count) von Fürstenberg-Herdringen (1896–1975) and his first wife, Elizabeth Foster Johnson (1899–1961), a native of Memphis, Tennessee. Her stepmothers were Gloria Rubio, Clara Ghyczy, and Joan Siegel. She has two half siblings from her father's marriage to Gloria Rubio: Franz-Egon, Freiherr von Fürstenberg-Herdringen (b. 1939), and Dolores Maria Agatha Wilhelmine Luise Freiin von Fürstenberg-Herdringen (1936–2012), who married Patrick Guinness.
Betsy began studying dancing when she was 4 and at 7 was performing with the American Ballet Theatre. At 14, she was a model. She attended the Gardner School and graduated from the Hewitt School.
Though some published sources have described von Furstenberg as a countess, she is in fact a Freiin (baroness) by birth, according to the last published issue of the Almanach de Gotha. Children of the counts von Fürstenberg-Herdringen are known as Freiherr (baron) or Freiin (baroness), and the sons only move up in rank to Graf (count) if they inherit the primary title. She did not use the umlaut of her family surname in her professional career nor its compound hyphenation.
Betsy von Furstenberg appeared on Broadway in Second Threshold (1951), The Chalk Garden and Child of Fortune (1956), Nature's Way (1957), The Paisley Convertible (1967), Avanti! (1968), The Gingerbread Lady (1970), Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1953) The Making of Moo (1958), Step on a Crack (1962), The Frog Pond (1965), and Does Anybody Here Do the Peabody? (1976).
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