- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 6, 1963
- Place of Birth
- San Diego, California, USA
Betsy Russell
Elizabeth "Betsy" Russell (born September 6, 1963) is an American actress who is best known for her roles in Private School (1983), Tomboy (1985), and as Jill Tuck, one of the primary characters of the Saw film series from 2006 to 2010. Russell was born in San Diego, California, the daughter of Constance (née Lerner) and Richard Lion Russell, a stock analyst, and the granddaughter of journalist and educator Max Lerner. Her father and maternal grandfather were Jewish. Russell wanted to be an actress since the age of eight and started acting in school plays. She appeared in a Pepsi commercial that was taped locally while in high school. After graduating from Mission Bay High School in 1981, she moved to Los Angeles and began taking acting classes before landing her first role. She did a masters program in Spiritual Psychology at the University of Santa Monica and is a certified hypnotist …
Filmography
movieBully High
2022 · Beth White
movieSkin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020 · Self
movieKnock 'em Dead
2014 · Louanne the Maid / Laurie Grant
movieMy Trip Back to the Dark Side
2014 · Destiny
movieNon-Stop
2013 · Gayle
movieBlood of 1000 Virgins
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieCelebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieChiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments
2010 · Self
movieSaw 3D
2010 · Jill Tuck
movieChain Letter
2010 · Sergeant Hamill
movieMandrake
2010 · Felicia
movieSaw VI
2009 · Jill Tuck
movieSaw V
2008 · Jill Tuck
movieSaw IV
2007 · Jill Tuck
movieSaw III
2006 · Jill Tuck
movieThe Break
1995 · Candy
tvPlatypus Man
1995 · Becky
movieAmore!
1993 · Cheryl Schwartz
movieDelta Heat
1992 · Vicky Forbes
movieCamp Fear
1991 · Jamie
movieRoxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
1989 · Liza Pulitzer
movieTrapper County War
1989 · Lacey Luddigger
tvSuperboy
1988 · Serene
movieCheerleader Camp
1988 · Alison Wentworth
movieOut of Control
1985 · Chrissie Baret
movieTomboy
1985 · Tomboy
movieAvenging Angel
1985 · Molly Stewart/Angel
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · Doris Robinson
moviePrivate School
1983 · Jordan Leigh-Jenson
tvThe A-Team
1983 · Tina, Adrian Prescott
tvFamily Ties
1982 · The Girl
movieLet's Do It!
1982 · Kittie
tvT. J. Hooker
1982 · Teenager