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Betty Thomas
American director and actress (born 1947) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Betty Thomas (born Betty Lucille Nienhauser; July 27, 1947) is an American director and actress.[3][4] She is known for her Emmy Award-winning role as Sergeant Lucy Bates on the television series Hill Street Blues.[5] As of March 2018, Thomas is one of just two directors (and the only solo director) to have multiple films on the list of seventeen highest-US-grossing female-directed films.[6]