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Betty Thomas (born Betty Lucille Nienhauser; July 27, 1947) is an American actress, director, and producer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Betty Thomas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct
2017
as Self
“We are the stories we tell ourselves.” Seeing is Believing: Women Direct is a documentary series about directors, leaders… who happen to be women.Au...
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
2009
Director
Pop sensations Alvin, Simon and Theodore end up in the care of Dave Seville's twenty-something nephew Toby. The boys must put aside music super stardo...
John Tucker Must Die
2006
Director
After discovering they are all dating the same same guy, three popular students from different cliques band together for revenge, so they enlist the h...
Guess Who
2005
Executive Producer
When a young African-American woman brings her fiancé home to meet her parents, she's neglected to mention one tiny detail – he's white.
Surviving Christmas
2004
Producer
A wealthy executive, Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) has no close relationships and becomes nostalgic for his childhood home as Christmas approaches. When h...
I Spy
2002
Director, Producer
When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created yet, is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United States' top ...
Silicon Follies
2001
Director, Executive Producer
The lives and stories of Silicon Valley workers and their bosses as they fight for their wages...
Charlie's Angels
2000
Executive Producer
The captivating crime-fighting trio who are masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts are back! When a devious mastermind embroils them in a plo...
28 Days
2000
Director
After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. Sh...
Doctor Dolittle
1998
Director
A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a chi...
Can't Hardly Wait
1998
Producer
It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night t...
Private Parts
1997
Director
The life and career of shock-jock superstar Howard Stern is recounted from his humble beginnings to his view from the top. Possessing a desire to be a...
The Late Shift
1996
Director
David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995
Director
The original '70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.
My Breast
1994
Director
Meredith Baxter plays Joyce Wadler in this heartwarming story of hope, courage and redemption inspired by the New York City journalist's real-life str...
Only You
1992
Director
Dumped by his fiancée, Clifford Godfrey goes on vacation anyway where he ends up torn between a sober party girl and his travel agent.
Troop Beverly Hills
1989
as Velda Plendor
A Beverly Hills housewife in the middle of a divorce tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter's Wilderness Girls troop.
The Best of SCTV
1988
Guy Caballero and Edith Prickley try to persuade the FCC to renew SCTV's license.
Prison for Children
1987
as Angela Brannon
Contemporary drama dealing with an orphaned teenager trapped in an antiquated juvenile disciplinary system and the efforts of the institution's superi...
No Greater Gift
1985
as Dr. Mary Lewis
Two terminally ill boys strike up a friendship in a hospital ward. One of the boys decides to make the ultimate sacrifice to the other so he can have ...
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...
E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind
1984
as Herself
A comic spoof of adult magazines and video shows.
When Your Lover Leaves
1983
as Maude
Comedy about a woman dumped by her married boyfriend who gets involved in a short-lived relationship with a neighbor. When that also doesn't work out,...
Homework
1982
as Reddog's Secretary
Good-looking but virginal "rockstar" teen Tommy tries to score with some of the local high school girls. But a classmate's mom decides to make a man o...
Twilight Theatre
1982
Television parody. Sketches include: Women Who Have Made It With Me, No-Arms Bandits, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, & Funky High School. Features a performance...
Nashville Grab
1981
as Maxine Pearce
A dashing, fast-living country singer almost turns Nashville upside-down after he is kidnapped by a pair of conniving female convicts determined to us...
Used Cars
1980
as Bunny
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the ...
Outside Chance
1978
as Katherine
An advertising executive finds herself in a small-town jail after being terrorized on a drive from Los Angeles to New York by two hitchhikers who stea...
Loose Shoes
1978
as Biker Chic #1
Broad satire and buffoonery presented as a series of movie trailers. Among the titles and subjects are: "The Howard Huge Story", "Skate-boarders from ...
Dog and Cat
1977
as Waitress
A veteran detective loses his partner in a shooting while they are investigating a gangster who is controlling the local porno rackets. He is stunned ...
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
1976
as Party Guest
When one of her friends goes missing, Chesty and several fellow WAVEs go looking for her and end up in a world of senatorial corruption and Mafia inti...
The Last Affair
1976
The wife of a sterile man steps outside the marriage with a gigolo in order to conceive.
Jackson County Jail
1976
as Waitress
A young woman stumbles into a nightmare land of hijacking and humiliation while driving cross-country from California to New York.
Tunnel Vision
1976
as Bridgit Bert Richards
A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you na...
A Labor of Love
1976
as Herself - Sleeping Girl
In 1975, Chicago filmmakers Flaxman and Goldman got carte blanche to film the shooting of a local film called THE LAST AFFAIR. Neither AFFAIR's direct...
Del
N/A
Director
When an aspiring comedian gets a job driving his famous but eccentric improv teacher, they develop a close relationship.