Betty Draper

Betty Draper
Mad Men character
January Jones as Betty Draper
First appearance"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (2007)
Last appearance"Person to Person" (2015)
Created byMatthew Weiner
Portrayed byJanuary Jones
In-universe information
Full nameElizabeth Hofstadt Francis
AliasElizabeth Hofstadt (maiden name)
Elizabeth Draper (first married name)
Elizabeth Francis (Second married name)
NicknameBetty
Betts
Birdie
GenderFemale
OccupationHousewife
Ex-model
FamilyGene Hofstadt (deceased father)
Ruth Hofstadt (deceased mother)
William Hofstadt (brother)
Gloria Hofstadt (step-mother)
Spouse
(m. 1953; div. 1964)
Henry Francis
(m. 1964)
ChildrenSally Draper (daughter with Don Draper)
Robert Draper (son with Don Draper)
Eugene Draper (son with Don Draper)
Eleanor Francis (step-daughter from Henry Francis)
RelativesJudy Hofstadt (sister-in-law)
Herman (deceased grandfather)
Emma (deceased aunt)
NationalityAmerican

Elizabeth "Betty" Draper Francis[1] (formerly Draper, née Hofstadt) is a fictional character played by January Jones on AMC's television series Mad Men. She begins the show married to protagonist Don Draper (Jon Hamm); following an amicable separation in the third season, the two remain divorced for the remainder of the series, but continue to share custody of their three children.

Blonde and beautiful but emotionally distant and immature, Betty spends the bulk of Mad Men slowly growing as a person amid the social and political turmoil of the 1960s. The character's appearance is often compared to that of Grace Kelly,[2][3][4] with the similarities between the two also drawn during the first season of the series.

Jones received two Golden Globe nominations and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her performance. She also won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series twice along with the cast of Mad Men.[5]

  1. ^ "Betty Draper Francis | Basket of Kisses". Lippsisters.com. 29 June 2008. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
  2. ^ Cosgrave, Bronwyn (March 31, 2010). "Grace Kelly's style". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on April 2, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
  3. ^ "Grace Kelly's lasting legacy". The Age. October 26, 2009. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
  4. ^ Stanley, Alessandra (July 25, 2008). "Back to the Office, Vices in Tow". The New York Times. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  5. ^ "January Jones-Awards". IMDb.com. Retrieved 30 August 2015.