Betty Thomas

Born 1948 · American actress and director

Betty Thomas is an American director and actress. She is known for her role as Sergeant Lucy Bates on the television series Hill Street Blues, a role for which she was nominated for an Emmy award seven times, winning once. Her latest film, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, was at the time the highest-grossing film ever directed by a solo woman director

Betty Thomas, in order

1. 1976 Jackson County Jail: acted · directed by Michael Miller · audiences 40% · streaming on Plex, Tubi
2. 1980 Used Cars: acted · directed by Robert Zemeckis · critics 77%, audiences 68% · streaming on Prime Video, Fawesome, Tubi
3. 1982 Homework: acted · directed by James Beshears
4. 1989 Troop Beverly Hills: acted · directed by Jeff Kanew
5. 1992 Only You: directed
6. 1995 The Brady Bunch Movie: directed
7. 1996 The Late Shift (TV movie): directed
8. 1997 Private Parts: directed · critics 73%, audiences 69% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
9. 1998 Can't Hardly Wait: produced · directed by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont · critics 42%, audiences 63% · streaming on Prime Video, Paramount+
10. 1998 Dr. Dolittle: directed
11. 2000 28 Days: directed · critics 34%, audiences 50%
12. 2002 I Spy: directed
13. 2004 Surviving Christmas: produced · directed by Mike Mitchell
14. 2006 John Tucker Must Die: directed
15. 2009 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: directed
16. 2015–22 Grace and Frankie (TV series): directed