Betty Buehler

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{{Short description|American actress (1921–2012)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Betty Buehler

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|12|10}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|07|06|1921|12|10}}

| occupation = Actress

| education = Columbia University (BA)

}}

Maria Elizabeth Buehler de Lutz (December 10, 1921 – July 6, 2012){{cite web |url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20120707/OBITS02/207070314 |title=Maria Elizabeth (Betty) Buehler de Lutz, 90 |publisher=Cape Cod Times |accessdate=November 14, 2019 |archive-date=November 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115023652/https://www.capecodtimes.com/article/20120707/OBITS02/207070314 |url-status=dead }} was an American film actress.

Buehler was from Gloversville, New York,{{cite web |title=Betty Buehler |url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2011/Gloversville%20NY%20Morning%20Herald/Gloversville%20NY%20Morning%20Herald%201951%20Grayscale/Gloversville%20NY%20Morning%20Herald%201951%20a%20Grayscale%20-%200550.pdf |work=Gloversville NY Morning Herald, 9 Nov 1951 |accessdate=March 15, 2014}} the daughter of Gustave Buehler, a baker and German immigrant.{{cite news |title=Local actress made a mark in Hollywood |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1957&dat=19960506&id=bj5GAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QukMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2018,1618507 |accessdate=March 15, 2014 |newspaper=The Daily Gazette |date=May 6, 1996}} She attended Fort Plain High School, Fort Plain, New York, and graduated from Columbia University with a BA degree.

Buehler's professional stage debut came with the Washington Square Players in Hamlet.

Her work on television led to her having a film contract. Max Arnow, a talent scout for Columbia, saw her on TV and arranged a screen test, after which she had a long-term contract with Columbia.{{cite news |title=Betty Buehler Jumped From TV to Hollywood |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83591013/betty-buehler/ |access-date=August 17, 2021 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |date=October 14, 1951 |page=31 |via=Newspapers.com}} She made her film debut in the noir crime thriller The Mob (1951) alongside Broderick Crawford.{{cite news |title='The Mob' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83590482/betty-buehler/ |access-date=August 17, 2021 |work=Lincoln Journal Star |date=December 16, 1951 |page=46 |via=Newspapers.com}} She had an uncredited part in the 1953 film Taxi and then disappeared from the film industry.