- Prolific studio backup singer who worked with Elvis Presley ("Can't Help Falling in Love with You"), Frank Sinatra ("That's Life"), Bobby Darin ("Dream Lover"), The Righteous Brothers and Sam Cooke, among others. Also performed as part of The Anita Kerr Singers.
- As Betty Jane Rase, she was Miss Alabama in 1944 at age 17. She was 4th runner up in the Miss America 1944 pageant.
- Mother of Mickey Rooney Jr. (b. 1945) and Tim Rooney (b. 1947) by her five-year marriage to Mickey Rooney.
- The initials "BJ" stand for "Betty Jane".
- Ex-stepmother of Dan Kessel and David Kessel.
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