Born 1926 in Kershaw, South Carolina, American model and actress Elizabeth Threatt went to New York at 19 and began a successful modeling career where she was known as Betty. She worked with all the great photographers for magazines like
Harper’s and
Vogue. Her dark exotic beauty was especially in demand for beauty advertising campaigns.
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| Elizabeth Threatt in the 1940s and ’50s |
In 1952, director Howard Hawks saw her photograph and cast her as the Blackfoot princess Teal Eye in his acclaimed frontier film The Big Sky (1952). Although she was a notable part of this successful film, Threatt left the picture business and never acted again.
Threatt died in 1993 in Concord, North Carolina, aged 67.
Take a look at these stunning photos to see portraits of a young Elizabeth Threatt as a model in the 1940s and 1950s.
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| Betty Threatt in an Odette Barsa Original lingerie, Harper's Bazaar, October 1946 |
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| Betty Threatt is wearing a hat made up of gold surplus Navy braid by Chanda, silver faille dress by Charles James, Kislav gloves, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar, November 1946 |
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| Betty Threatt in a three-piece wool suit by Herbert Sondheim, hat by Walter Florell, bag by Koret, Vogue, September 1, 1947 |
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| Betty Threatt in beautiful Wesley Simpson cinnamon plaid dress by Claire McCardell, photo by Weitzen, Vogue, August 15, 1947 |
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| Betty Threatt in dinner dress of dark green Hockanum wool buttoned with jewels and pleated from the long torso by Bruno, Kodachrome by Genevieve Naylor, Harper's Bazaar, September 1947 |
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| Betty Threatt in dramatic dress of superbly massed cerulean satin offset by an olive-feathered wing fan by Charles James, gloves by Aris, diamonds by Harry Winston, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar, April 1947 |
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| Betty Threatt in jacket and skirt ensemble by B.H.Wragge, 1947 |
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| Betty Threatt in night dress of pure silk sheer in misty mauve with ankle-length skirt and tiny bolero jacket by Odette Barsa, photo by Genevieve Naylor, Harper's Bazaar, November 1947 |
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| Betty Threatt is wearing Revlon's "Cindarella Pumpkin" lipstick and nail color, floral chiffon stole by Brooke Cadwallader, flacon porcelain dogs from Shelly Marks, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar, October 1947 |
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| Nightgown and bolero jacket designed by Odette Barsa worn by Betty Threatt, New York, 1947 |
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| Betty Threatt in claret velvet evening coat by Pauline Trigère, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar, 1948 |
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| Betty Threatt in gray silk shantung two-piece, photo by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, February 1948 |
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| Betty Threatt in green pleated evening dress by Bruno, photo by Genevieve Naylor, 1948 |
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| Betty Threatt in hot pink satin evening coat by Traina-Norell, photo by George Hoyningen-Huene, 1948 |
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| Betty Threatt in Silverblu Mink cape-jacket and gown from bergdorf Goodman, Vogue, January 1948 |
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| Betty Threatt, Vogue, 1948 |
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| Elizabeth Threatt in plaid dress by Huxley, photo by Frances McLaughlin-Gill, New York, June 1948 |
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| Betty Threatt enjoying a facial steam for dry skin, Portuguese silver bowl from Norman of London, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar, October 1949 |
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| Betty Threatt in a moire taffeta suit, New York, 1949 |
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| Betty Threatt in Celanese ottoman suit by Omar Kiam for Ben Reig Original, Vogue, September 1, 1949 |
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| Betty Threatt in layered tulle cap and tortoise-shell fan with multi-colored ostrich feathers and gloves all by John Frederics, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, November 1949 |
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| Betty Threatt in ravishing stole of EMBA Aleutian mink by Maximilian, gloves by Viola Weinberger, Kodachrome by Louise Dahl-Wolfe at Delius Gallery, Harper's Bazaar, July 1949 |
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| Betty Threatt in ruby-red silk velvet dinner-suit by Christian Dior, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar, September 1949 |
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| Betty Threatt is wearing Traina-Norell's knit dress appliqued with beige silk flowers embroidered in gold, black fox stole by Maximilian, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar, October 1949 |
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| Betty Threatt in Bates gingham Montgomery clan plaid dress by Henry Rosenfeld, Lujean bag, photo by Karen Radkai in front of the Pan American office on Havana's Prado, Harper's Bazaar, January 1950 |
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| Betty Threatt in cotton tartan shirt-dress by Mollie Parnis, photo by Karen Radkai in the marketplace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Harper's Bazaar, January 1950 |
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| Betty Threatt in strapless dress with an elongated torso inclined at the waist, a short full sashed skirt, in silk taffeta by Norman Norell, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar, 1950 |
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| Betty Threatt in pale lilac linen dress, the bodice and off-shoulder sleeves embroidered thickly with corded satin ribbon by Hattie Carnegie, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar UK, May 1951 |
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| Betty Threatt in soft afternoon dress with contrasting coat of Enka rayon by Larry Aldrich, photo by John Rawlings, Vogue, January 1, 1951 |
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| Betty Threatt in soft clinging lace dress made of DuPont nylon by Friedlander, Vogue, February 15, 1954 |
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