Betty Draper

Elizabeth "Betty" Draper (née Hofstadt) is a fictional character on AMC's television series Mad Men. She is portrayed by January Jones. Betty was born Elizabeth Hofstadt in 1932. She has mentioned having a German grandmother. Her first kiss was with a Jewish boy named David Rosenberg. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College with an Anthropology degree, and briefly modeled in Italy before moving to Manhattan. It was during this time that she met Don ... more

Elizabeth "Betty" Draper (née Hofstadt) is a fictional character on AMC's television series Mad Men. She is portrayed by January Jones. Betty was born Elizabeth Hofstadt in 1932. She has mentioned having a German grandmother. Her first kiss was with a Jewish boy named David Rosenberg. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College with an Anthropology degree, and briefly modeled in Italy before moving to Manhattan. It was during this time that she met Don Draper. Betty's mother died early in 1960, three months before the events of the episode "Ladies Room." Her father, Gene (Ryan Cutrona), had a girlfriend named Gloria, whom Betty doesn't like and whom her father, sometime in the 18 months between seasons 1 and 2 marries; Gloria left Gene when he began showing signs of mental deterioration, in Season 3. Her confidantes have included her neighbor Francine Hanson, and Glen Bishop, the young son of divorcee Helen Bishop. Her father lived in Cape May, New Jersey. He moved with the Drapers in season... less