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Betty A. Bridges Dies: 40-Year Actor On ‘Good Times’, ‘ER’, ‘Hill Street Blues’ & Mother Of Todd Bridges Was 83


Betty A. Bridges, who guested on dozen of TV series from 'Good Times' to '2 Broke Girls' during a 40-year career and was Todd Bridges' mother, has died at 83.

Betty A. Bridges, who guested on dozen of popular TV series during a 40-year career ranging from Good Times and Charlie’s Angels to Lou Grant and Hill Street Blues to ER and 2 Broke Girls and later was a prominent acting coach, died August 27. She died at the Phoenix home of her son, Diff’rent Strokes and reality TV star Todd Bridges, where she had been in hospice care. Her students included Nia Long, Tony O’Dell, Sanaa Lathan, Marcus Chong, Shashawnee Hall and sisters Regina and Reina King, the family said.

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