Betty Thomas (born July 27, 1947) is an American actress and director. Jump to: navigation, search July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Thomas was born Betty Thomas Nienhauser in Saint Louis, Missouri. She graduated from Ohio University (in Athens, OH) with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She worked as an artist and taught school in Chicago before deciding to pursue a career in show business. Jump to: navigation, search Saint Louis (pronounced in English, in French), frequently spelled St. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio, enrolling almost 20,000 students on its main 1,800 acre (7. ... Athens is a small city and the county seat of Athens County in southeastern USA, on the Hocking River. ... The Bachelor of Fine Arts, or BFA, or B.F.A. is an undergraduate degree. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...

Thomas joined The Second City comedy group and appeared in the films Tunnel Vision (1975) and Chesty Anderson, USN (1976), Used Cars (1980) and Loose Shoes (1980) and on the TV series The Fun Factory (1976). The Second City is a long-running improvisational comedy troupe based in the Old Town area of Chicago, Illinois, with offshoot troupes in other cities, most notably Toronto. ... Jump to: navigation, search Chesty Anderson, USN is a 1976 R-rated comedy film featuring Shari Eubank in one of her two movies. ... Used Cars is a 1980 comedy film. ...

While Thomas had been building her career in comedy, her breakthough role as an actress came when she was cast in the dramatic role of police officer Lucille Bates on the TV series Hill Street Blues (1981-1987). She was nominated for six Emmy Awards for this role and won one for "Best Supporting Actress" in 1985. Jump to: navigation, search Hill Street Blues was a serial police drama that first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. ... An Emmy Award. ...

Following the end of the series, Thomas moved into directing. She first worked in TV, directing episodes of series such as Doogie Howser, M.D., Dream On, Hooperman, Mancuso, FBI, Midnight Caller, On the Air, Parenthood, Shannon's Deal, Sons and Daughters, and Star Trek: The Next Generation and TV movies such as Couples (1994), My Breast (1994), and The Late Shift (1996). She won Emmys for her direction of Dream On in 1990 and My Breast in 1994. The television show Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989–1993) starred Neil Patrick Harris as a brilliant teenaged doctor who was also faced with the problems of being a normal teenager. ... Dream On is a cult American adult situation comedy about Martin Tupper, a dreamer whose life is full of colourful characters. ... Hooperman was an ABC television series starring John Ritter that had a two-year run from 1987 to 1988. ... Midnight Caller was a dramatic NBC television series which ran from 1988 until 1991. ... This article should be transwikied to wiktionary In telecommunication, the term on-the-air can mean a station that is transmitting a carrier, whether or not the carrier is modulated. ... Parenthood is a 1989 film starring Steve Martin, Dianne Wiest, Dennis Dugan, Mary Steenburgen, Paul Linke, Jason Robards, Rick Moranis, Tom Hulce, Martha Plimpton, Zach La Voy, and Keanu Reeves. ... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ...

Thomas made her feature film directorial debut in 1992 with Only You. She went on to direct several highly successful films, including The Brady Bunch Movie (1995), Private Parts (1997), Doctor Dolittle (1998), 28 Days (2000), and I Spy (2002). She has also produced several films, including Can't Hardly Wait (1998), Charlie's Angels (2000), and Surviving Christmas (2004). The Brady Bunch Movie is a 1995 comedy film adaptation of the classic television series of the same name, produced by Paramount Pictures, and the film stars new actors that play all the main characters. ... Jump to: navigation, search Private Parts is a sometimes amusing autobiographical story of Howard Sterns rise to shock jock success. ... Doctor Dolittle is the central character of a series of childrens books by Hugh Lofting. ... In the film, Gwen Cummings (Bullock) is a party animal, constantly high on either alcohol or some form of barbiturates. ... The I-Spy books were spotters guides written for English children, particularly successful in the 1950s and 60s. ... Cant Hardly Wait is a 1998 romantic comedy film directed by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont. ... Charlies Angels ( 2000) is an action/comedy film based on the 1970s television series Charlies Angels. ... Promotional poster for Surviving Christmas Surviving Christmas is a 2004 comedy film, directed by Mike Mitchell, and stars Ben Affleck. ...