Betty Mae Page, who in childhood began spelling her first name "Bettie", was born in Kingsport, Tennessee, in 1923, the second of six children to Walter Roy Page (1896–1964) and Edna Mae Pirtle (1901–198… See more

In late 1947, Page moved to New York City, where she hoped to find work as an actress. She supported herself by working a secretarial job at the American Bread Company, near Penn Station. Within days she becam… See more