Bette Ford

Bette Ford (alizaliwa kama Harriet Elizabeth Dingeldein; 24 Juni 1927) ni mwigizaji na mwanamitindo wa Marekani aliyegeuka kuwa mpiganaji wa ng'ombe. Alikuwa mwanamke wa kwanza wa Marekani kupigana kwa miguu katika Plaza México, uwanja mkubwa zaidi wa mapigano ya ng'ombe.

Maisha ya awali 
Muda mfupi baada ya kuhamia jijini New York, aliolewa na mwigizaji mwingine, David Ford, ingawa ndoa ilivunjika baada ya miezi tisa tu. Baadaye aliolewa na John Meston (Julai 30, 1914 - Machi 24, 1979) mwandishi wa redio na runinga wa Amerika anayejulikana zaidi kwa kuunda ushirikiano (na Norman Macdonnell), kipindi cha redio / Televisheni cha Gunsmoke. Mume wa tatu na wa sasa wa Ford ni Scott Wolkoff (amezaliwa Mei 27, 1947), ambae ni mdogo kwake kwa miongo miwili.

Kazi yake ya awali ya mwanamitindo na uigizaji 
Alizaliwa kama Harriet Elizabeth Dingeldein huko McKeesport, Pennsylvania mnamo 1927, yeye na kaka yake walilelewa na ndugu baada ya kutelekezwa, kwanza na mama yao na baadaye, na baba yao. Baada ya kumaliza shule ya upili mnamo 1945, alianza kazi yake kama mwanamitindo na mwigizaji huko New York, ambapo sifa zake za uanamitindo zilijumuisha stints as the Jantzen Bathing Suit Girl, the Camay Bride, na the Parliament Cigarette Girl,, na sifa zake za uigizaji zilijumuisha kuonekana mara kwa mara kwenye The Jackie Gleason Show na The Jimmy Durante Show. Muda mfupi baada ya kuhamia New York, aliolewa na mwigizaji mwingine, David Ford, ingawa ndoa ilivunjika baada ya miezi tisa.

Kazi ya upiganaji ng'ombe 
Wakati akiwa kwenye upigaji picha za wanamitindo huko Bogotá, Kolombia, Ford alitambulishwa kwa matador mashuhuri Luis Miguel Dominguín na kumtazama akipigana uwanjani. Mapema baadae, Ford aliondoka New York kwenda  nchini Mexiko kufundisha kama mpiganaji wa ng'ombe. Mnamo 1954, Warner Bros walifanya rekodi fupi juu ya mafunzo yake, "Beauty and the Bull".

Mechi yake ya kwanza ya kihistoria huko Plaza México ilifuatiwa na miaka kadhaa ya mapigano kama figura (watu mashuhuri wa kupigana na ng'ombe) huko Mexiko na Ufilipino. Studio ya MGM, ambayo ilikuwa imempa mkataba wa kuigiza kabla ya kuondoka New York kuwa mpiganaji wa ng'ombe, ilipanga filamu ya urefu kamili kulingana na hadithi yake ya maisha, na ikatuma waandishi kadhaa, kati yao John Meston, muundaji mwenza wa Gunsmoke , kukutana na Ford na kujadili juu ya skrini. Ford alioa Meston muda mfupi baada ya kukutana na kisha alistaafu kama mpiganaji wa ng'ombe.

Kazi ya kaimu ya kupigana na ngombe 
Ford ameonekana katika filamu kadhaa ikiwa ni pamoja na Clint-Eastwood-iliyoongozwa na Sudden Impact na Honkytonk Man, na safu za runinga pamoja na Cheers, LA Law, Melrose Place, na Felicity. Sauti yake inaweza kusikika katika The Animatrix, mwenzake DVD ya uhuishaji wa filamu trilogy The Matrix, na matangazo mengi.

Filamu zilizochaguliwa 

 Beauty and the Bull  (1954, Short) .... Bette Ford
 Death Valley Days (1968, TV Series) .... Millie
 Emergency! (1977, TV Series) .... Juen Edwards
 James at 15 (1977, TV Series) .... Mrs. Droste
 Honkytonk Man (1982) .... Lulu 
 Falcon Crest (1983, TV Series) .... Prison Guard
 Sudden Impact (1983) .... Leah 
 Emerald Point N.A.S. (1984, TV Series) .... Mrs. Randolph
 St. Elsewhere (1984, TV Series) .... Pat Kroll
 Cheers (1984, TV Series) .... Irene Blanchard
 Crazy Like a Fox (TV series)|Crazy Like a Fox (1985, TV Series) 
 Hotel (U.S. TV series)|Hotel (1985, TV Series) .... Mrs. Fielding
 Crime Story (U.S. TV series)|Crime Story (1987, TV Series) .... Angie / Bartender
 A Year in the Life (1987, TV Series) .... Jackie
 L.A. Law (1987-1988, TV Series) .... Rusty Farrell
 Major Dad (1989, TV Series) ... Mom
 Hunter (1984 U.S. TV series)|Hunter (1990, TV Series) ... Anna Scarlatti
 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990, TV Series) ... Madame Chatchka
 Marked for Death (1990) .... Kate Hatcher 
 The Commish (1992, TV Series) .... Irene Wallerstein
 The Wonder Years (1992, TV Series) ... Aunt Muriel
 Melrose Place (1993, TV Series) .... Mrs. Wilson
 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt (1994, TV Series) .... Mrs. Peterson
 Season of Change (1994) .... Granny Upton
 Thunder Alley (TV series)|Thunder Alley (1995, TV Series) .... Wanda
 Party of Five (1995, TV Series) .... Miss Corso
 It Was Him or Us (1995, TV Movie) .... Maggie Shepard
 A Face to Die For (1996, TV Movie) .... Mrs. Berman
 Nash Bridges (1996, TV Series)
 Promised Land (TV series)|Promised Land .... (1997, TV Series) .... Marie Jasper
 A River Made to Drown In (1997) .... Lady with Whip 
 The Landlady (1998) .... Justine Welch
 Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (1998, TV Series) .... Marge Ryecart 
 My Engagement Party (1998) .... Estelle Salsburg
 Providence (American TV series)|Providence (1999, TV Series) .... Hildy
 ER (TV series)|ER (2001, TV Series) .... Princess Taffeta
 Felicity (TV series)|Felicity (2001, TV Series) .... Professor May
 The Division (2002, TV Series) .... Mrs. Sanders
 Final Flight of the Osiris (2003, Short) .... Old Woman (English version, voice)
 The Animatrix (2003) .... Old Woman (segment "Final Flight of the Osiris") (voice)
 Valley of the Sun (2011) .... Bunny McGill

Marejeo

Viungo vya nje 
 "La Estocada" (interviewed by Fortunato Salazar in Guernica magazine, 2011); accessed December 29, 2016.
 "Bette Ford: Story of a Lady Bullfighter" (Bette Ford interviewed by "Gus O'Shaugn" in the Village Voice, 1955); accessed April 27, 2016.
  on What's My Line, 1957
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