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Betty Leslie-Melville(1927-2005)

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Betty Leslie-Melville was born on 7 March 1927 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She was a writer, known for The Last Giraffe (1979), To Tell the Truth (1956) and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962). She was married to Jock Leslie-Melville, Lloyd Anderson, Dancy Bruce and George Steele. She died on 23 September 2005 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
BornMarch 7, 1927
DiedSeptember 23, 2005(78)
BornMarch 7, 1927
DiedSeptember 23, 2005(78)
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Susan Anspach and Simon Ward in The Last Giraffe (1979)
The Last Giraffe
6.0
TV Movie
  • Writer
  • 1979
To Tell the Truth (1956)
To Tell the Truth
7.7
TV Series
  • Self - Contestant(as Betty Bruce)
Johnny Carson in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
8.5
TV Series
  • Self - Guest
Edgar Bergen and Jack Paar in Jack Paar Tonite (1973)
Jack Paar Tonite
6.9
TV Series
  • Self

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  • Susan Anspach and Simon Ward in The Last Giraffe (1979)
    The Last Giraffe
    6.0
    TV Movie
    • book "Raising Daisy Rothschild"
    • 1979

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  • Alternative name
    • Betty Bruce
  • Born
    • March 7, 1927
    • Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • Died
    • September 23, 2005
    • Baltimore, Maryland, USA(dementia)
  • Spouses
      Jock Leslie-Melville1964 - 1984 (his death)
  • Other works
    Founder, with her husband Jock Leslie-Melville , of the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife (AFEW) in 1972.
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    • 1 Portrayal

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    She and her husband Jock wrote several children's books about animals. One story was titled "Walter Warthog" in 1989 about a tame warthog who they named after their good friend anchorman Walter Cronkite.
  • Nickname
    • The Giraffe Lady

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