Wally Peterson & Betty Driver

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Betty Driver and Wally Peterson  
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Wally Peterson and Betty Driver were married for 5 years. They dated for 1 year after getting together in 1952 and married on 19th Dec 1953. 5 years later they divorced in 1959.

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British Actress Betty Driver was born Elizabeth Mary Driver on 20th May, 1920 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England and passed away on 15th Oct 2011 Cheadle Cheshire, England aged 91. She is most remembered for Coronation Street. Her zodiac sign is Taurus.

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Relationship Statistics

StatusDurationLength
Dating1952 - 19th Dec 1953 1 year, 11 months
Married19th Dec 1953 - 1959 5 years
Total 1952 - 1959 7 years


(19 December 1953 - 1959) (divorced)
In December 1953 in London, she married South African singer Wally Peterson, something Driver claimed she did out of "defiance" to her domineering mother who she has said "always felt Wally was only interested in my bank account". Peterson had appeared as part of a double-act on The Betty Driver Show in 1949, where they met and fell in love. Driver reluctantly agreed to marry him. She commented, "Before the wedding, he had started to change the way I looked and sang. Up to this point, I'd always worn glamorous gowns. Wally said that look was too dated. He wanted me in short knee-length wide skirts, which I loathed. I went along with it because I loved him. Wally said my act was corny and old fashioned. I became very cowed and did as he said, as I had with Mother. We toured with this new look and singing style, but audiences were lukewarm". Driver became pregnant to Wally but miscarried. Doctors then discovered she had fibroids in the womb and insisted on a hysterectomy. The couple looked into adoption, but were turned down.

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1959 - Breakup

1959 - Divorce

19th December, 1953 - Marriage

1952 - Hookup

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