Actress Betsy Blair Dies at 85

Actress Betsy Blair, the Oscar-nominated leading lady of MARTY (1955), has passed away in London.

Ernest Borgnine, who played the title role in MARTY, is quoted by the Los Angeles Times as saying Blair was "the nicest person you could ever want to meet."

Blair's other films include THE SNAKE PIT (1948) and MYSTERY STREET (1950).

She is also known as Gene Kelly's first wife. They had a daughter, Kerry, who survives her mother.

Blair published a memoir, THE MEMORY OF ALL THAT: LOVE AND POLITICS IN NEW YORK, HOLLYWOOD, AND PARIS in 2003.