27.07.1948 (76 years) (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
Betty Thomas (born Betty Lucille Nienhauser, July 27, 1947) is an American actress and director of television and motion pictures. She is known for her Emmy-award winning role as Lucy Bates on the television series Hill Street Blues. As of March 2018, Thomas is one of just two directors (and the only solo director) to have multiple films on the list of seventeen highest-US-grossing female-directed films.