BETSY RANDLE
Betsy Randle was born on June 24 in Chicago, Illinois and attended the Wilmette schools in the suburb of Glenview. As a teen, Betsy went to New Trier High Scool where she was cast as the lead in many school plays including Wonderful Town, Finian's Rainbow and Blithe Spirit. She went to college at the University of Kansas, studying voice and theater. There, Betsy was in A Streetcar Named Desire, the opera Die Flendermaus, and even sang the National Anthem at the Super Bowl! In Chicago, Betsy performed in Tribute, and A Summer at Blue Fish Cove.
Later, Betsy went to Hollywood and, before getting the role of Amy Matthews on Boy Meets World, landed guest spots on Paradise, Down Home, Guess Who's Coming for Christmas?, Family Ties, Baywatch, The Hogan Family, and The Nightmare Room; and had a recurring role as Karen on Home Improvement from 1992-1993.
Betsy now lives in Burbank, California, where she is a member of the Alliance Repertory Theater. Since Boy Meets World, she's been in the plays Rain and Pieces of Eight and the independant film Urban Mythology.
More Facts:
Family: husband-John, daughter-Jessica, son-Aaron
Hair color: blonde
Eye color: brown
Writes with: right hand
Height: 5'4''
Hobbies: mountain biking, rock climbing, fishing, and camping
Betsy's husband is a screenwriter, television director, and television editor.
Betsy's family always comes first.
Pictures of Betsy:
Color pic (about 1994)
Small black and white headshot (about 1997)
Black and white same photoshoot as above (about 1994)
My opinion of her: I'm not looking to insult anyone, but I probably wouldn't have picked Betsy Randle to play the part of Cory's mom. It isn't that she's not a good actress, it's just that most of the lines they gave her were tough to pull off (like when she had to tell Cory he was "dog meat"), and she kind of sounded too mean when she said them. Of course, this may have been the fault of the writers or directors or I may just be thinking this because my own mom is extremely nice. Maybe most mothers are a little mean.
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