Betty Applewhite

Betty Applewhite is a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character is portrayed by actress Alfre Woodard, and is the center of the mystery of the series' second season. Betty has two sons named Matthew and Caleb whom she had with her ex-husband Virgil Applewhite (mentioned only). Betty grew up in a very religious household. Betty is a gifted pianist. Betty married young to a man named Virgil Applewhite. Bet... More

Betty Applewhite is a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character is portrayed by actress Alfre Woodard, and is the center of the mystery of the series' second season. Betty has two sons named Matthew and Caleb whom she had with her ex-husband Virgil Applewhite (mentioned only). Betty grew up in a very religious household. Betty is a gifted pianist. Betty married young to a man named Virgil Applewhite. Betty and Virgil had two sons named Matthew and Caleb Applewhite. Caleb is somewhat slow. Virgil started being abusive which lead to Betty leaving him. She took Matthew and Caleb with her. Matthew lied to Bree and Danielle Van de Kamp saying that Virgil was dead when the Applewhite's first meet the Van de Kamp's. While living in Chicago, Matthew had an off and on relationship with a girl named Melanie Foster. One night he broke up with her for good. Melanie wanted to make it a real goodbye so they decided to meet in a lumberyard. Caleb got there...

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