Betsy Gay

Acting

Betsy Gay

Born 1929-02-02 · Waterford, Connecticut, USA

Betsy Gay (February 2, 1929 — June 13, 2025) was an American actress and yodeler, perhaps best known as Alfalfa's girlfriend Effie in the Our Gang Comedies. Gay appeared in films, television, and radio shows. Her film career mostly consisted of bit-parts during the Golden Age of Hollywood, such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938), Our Gang Follies of 1938 (1937) and Mystery Plane (1939). Her final role was in 1943. Throughout her singing career, Gay worked alongside the likes of Dale Evans, Stuart Hamblen, and Tex Williams. She won a yodelling competition in California two years in a row in the mid-1940s. She had several music recordings with labels such as Capitol Records and Decca Records.

Acting credits

At the Circus poster
6.4

Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter's accomplices steal the money so he can take over the circus. Antonio Pirelli and Punchy, who work at the circus, together with lawyer Loophole try to find the thief and get the money back.

At the Circus

1939

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer poster
6.6

Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1938

Bachelor Daddy poster
8.0

The lives of three bachelors is disrupted when one of them is left with a baby.

Bachelor Daddy

1941

It Happened in Hollywood poster
6.3

A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.

It Happened in Hollywood

1937

When You're in Love poster
6.8

An Australian opera singer hires a husband so she can work in the U.S. Moore sings "Minnie the Moocher" in one scene.

When You're in Love

1937

The Zero Hour poster
5.3

A celebrated Broadway actress and a wealthy widowed businessman are brought together through their shared affection for a young orphan.

The Zero Hour

1939

Mystery Plane poster
7.2

An American pilot with a top-secret invention is kidnapped by foreign agents.

Mystery Plane

1939

How Spry I Am poster
7.0

After an orphanage burns down, hotel keeper Andy is forced to provide the children with shelter.

How Spry I Am

1942

What's Buzzin', Cousin? poster
7.0

Musicians help a woman and her friends make some money with a ghost-town hotel.

What's Buzzin', Cousin?

1943

Our Gang Follies of 1938 poster
6.4

Alfalfa gives up being "King of the Crooners" to sing opera, but a nightmare of being under the thumb of an evil producer sends him back to his roots.

Our Gang Follies of 1938

1937

The Pinch Singer poster
7.7

Alfalfa and our gang try to win fifty dollars on a radio contest.

The Pinch Singer

1936

Arbor Day poster
6.2

Truant officers mistake 2 midgets for members of the gang.

Arbor Day

1936

Came the Brawn poster
7.2

Alfalfa enters a rigged wrestling match against the Masked Marvel, unaware that neighborhood bully Butch has secretly donned the disguise of his opponent.

Came the Brawn

1938