The Betty Ford Story

{{Short description|1987 TV biopic directed by David Greene}}

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| genre = Biography
Drama

| based_on = {{Based on|The Times of My Life|Betty Ford
Chris Chase}}

| director = David Greene

| writer = Karen Hall

| executive_producer = Robert Papazian
David L. Wolper

| producer = Mark Wolper

| starring = Gena Rowlands
Josef Sommer
Nan Woods

| cinematography = Dennis Dalzell

| editor = Parkie L. Singh

| music = Arthur B. Rubinstein

| location = Long Beach Naval Hospital
Long Beach, California

| company = David L. Wolper Productions
Warner Bros. Television

| network = ABC

| released = {{Start date|1987|03|02}}{{cite news |last= |first= |date=March 2, 1987|title='FORD STORY' NOBLE BUT SUPERFICIAL|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-03-02-8701170073-story.html|work=Chicago Tribune|location= |access-date=}}

| country = United States

| language = English

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The Betty Ford Story is a 1987 television film{{cite news |last= |first= |date=February 23, 1987|title=TV movie describes Betty Ford's bout with alcoholism|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/02/23/TV-movie-describes-Betty-Fords-bout-with-alcoholism/4003541054800/|work=UPI|location= |access-date=}} directed by David Greene and written by Karen Hall. This biographical film was based on the book The Times of My Life{{cite news |last=Mills|first=Nancy|date=February 28, 1987|title=ROWLANDS TREASURES BETTY FORD|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-02-28-ca-6411-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|location= |access-date=}} written by Chris Chase and Betty Ford.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/03/02/the-true-grit-of-betty-ford/ad55e043-68eb-45bd-b27b-99d6b58e0ede/|title=THE TRUE GRIT OF BETTY FORD|last=Shales|first=Tom |date=March 2, 1987|newspaper=The Washington Post|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}} The film originally aired on ABC.{{cite news |last=O'Connor|first=John J.|date=March 2, 1987|title='THE BETTY FORD STORY,' ON ABC|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/02/arts/the-betty-ford-story-on-abc.html|work=The New York Times|location= |access-date=}}{{cite news |last= |first= |date=March 2, 1987|title=ROWLANDS STARS IN 'BETTY FORD STORY'|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1987-03-02-8701130847-story.html|work=Sun Sentinel|location= |access-date=}}