Elizabeth "Betty" Draper (née Hofstadt) is a fictional character on AMC's television series Mad Men. She is portrayed by January Jones. Betty was born Elizabeth Hofstadt in circa 1932.

Her first kiss was with a Jewish boy named David Rosenberg. She spent the summer after graduating from Bryn Mawr College modeling in Italy before starting work as a model for a designer, Giovanni. After that, her career moved her to Manhattan where she had an apartment with several roommates, including Juanita Carson.

It was during this time that she met Don Draper. Betty's mother died early in 1960, three months before the events of Ladies Room. Her father, Gene (Ryan Catrona), has a girlfriend called Gloria, whom Betty doesn't like.

Her other confidantes have included her neighbor Francine Hanson, and Glen Bishop, the young son of divorcee Helen Bishop. Her father currently lives in Cape May, New Jersey. She has a brother, William, who is married with (rowdy) children.

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