Betsy Aidem

Betsy Aidem (born October 28, 1957) is an American actress who plays for film, television and stage. Her film work includes The Bleeding House, See You in the Morning, A Vigilante and Aeris. Her television work includes The High Life, The Americans, appearing in episodes, "Safe House" and "Covert War". Her stage work includes Steel Magnolias and Five Women Wearing the Same Dress. Background An Obie Award winner, she first became interested in acting while she was in high school. Her debut was as a fairy in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. She is also a stage play director and her first professional production was in 2018, A Doll's House, Part 2., which was a stage production of the Lucas Hnath comedy.<ref>New Jersey Stage, 11/19/2018 - [https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/2018/11/19/a-look-at-betsy-aidem-director-of-a-dolls-house-part-2-at-george-street-playhouse/ A Look At Betsy Aidem, Director of "A Doll's House, Part 2" at George Street Playhouse By Charles Paolino] </ref> She was the first wife of William Fichtner and had a child with him. Stage work Midway through 2009, Aidem was in Nicki Bloom's Tender, a story about an act of violence that destroys a family. The play, directed by Daniela Topol, also starred Kerry Bishe, Michael Cullen, and Matt Dellapina. In October 2018, she appeared as the loony and flamboyant Professor Carroway in Love Course which was about two eccentric neurotics, Carroway and Professor Burgess, teaching a course in romantic literature and two students who attend the course end up teaching it.New York Theatre Guide, October 8, 2018 - Review of Primary Stages' Final Follies at Cherry Lane Theatre - Review By: David Walters Film work 1980s to 1990s Her earliest film work was in the 1982 film A Little Sex, where she played a passer-by. In 1985, she appeared in the television film Kojak: The Belarus File as Elissa Barak.