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Betty Sue Baker 1953
Betty in 1953
Betty Sue Baker 2008
Betty in 2008
Betty Sue Baker
Portrayed by Chelsea Hobbs (1953)
Debra Mooney (2008)
Episode Pin Up Girl
Status Arrested

Betty Sue Baker was the best friend and murderer of Rita Flynn, a pin up model in the early 1950s.

History[]

Betty was envious of Rita's success, claiming that everything came easy for her, whereas Betty was stuck taking care of an alcoholic father. Betty began to dance at The Red Curtain, a nightclub/strip club, to make money that her father kept taking from her. She was struggling to get by but always refused any help from Rita, despite working as Monty Moran's assistant.

After Betty's disastrous date, she went to Rita's house. Rita informed her that she wanted to quit modeling to be a photographer, enraging Betty with her career once again. Betty was drunk and upset already because the man she went out with didn't want a date, he just wanted Rita's autograph. Feeling used, Betty shot and killed Rita. She wanted Rita's luck, success, and she wanted things to be easy just for once.

Betty became a nun to atone for killing Rita, and was arrested for her murder in 2008.

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