Betsy Hammer has been dubbed

"The Singing Actress."

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As a Professional Singer, Betsy Hammer

has performed numerous roles,

both on stage and in films.

Betsy was one of the stars of the Playhouse

Square Entertainment Center's and

NYC Dodger Productions'

Broadway-produced 6-month run
of the Tony Award nominated musical,
“Pump Boys and Dinettes.”
She played the role of “Prudie Cupp,”

one of the dinettes, becoming a

member of Actor’s Equity.  

For her role as “Prudie,” Betsy received

sensational reviews, with the Cleveland Plain Dealer deeming her “a lighthouse of talent.”

As Prudie Cupp, Betsy also graced the cover

of Northern Ohio Live magazine.

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Betsy has also performed the roles of

“Maria” in “The Sound of Music,” "Dolly" in

"Hello, Dolly!" and "Bunny" in "Babes In Arms."

 

During her years performing and recording in Nashville, TN, Betsy headlined on shows with

Patty Loveless, Mike Reid and Lynn Anderson.

Betsy has performed at some of Nashville’s

most famous venues, including The Bluebird Café, Tootsie’s, and Robert’s Western World.

Betsy Hammer worked as an in-demand session singer, recording hundreds of demos for

many of Nashville top songwriters,

among them Kim Williams,

Danny Wells and Kent Robbins.

Betsy was a singer on Neil Young’s “Old Ways” album, performing with Neil Young’s “angel choir.” Subsequently, the song, "Once An Angel," 

appears on two more of Neil Young's albums: “Mystery Train” and “Lucky Thirteen.” While

performing around Nashville, Betsy was tapped to sing both the American national anthem and the Canadian national anthem in French (“O! Canada”)

for a Nashville Predators/Montreal Canadiens

NHL game. Singing these two anthems for

a dynamic crowd of 17,000 excited fans was definitely a career highlight.

 

Since moving to Los Angeles, Betsy Hammer

was selected by Adam Sandler to sing

the featured role of "The Funeral Singer" in his

comic mystery film "Hubie Halloween" and

as “The Phone Sex Lady” in his

beautiful animated holiday movie,

“Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights.”

Betsy is a Voting Member of NARAS 

(The Recording Academy/The Grammys), in the Vocalist category. She is also a member

in good standing of SAG-AFTRA.
As a singer in Adam Sandler’s Holiday band,

Betsy has sung with Lindsey Buckingham

(Fleetwood Mac), Don Felder (The Eagles),

Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon), Dennis DeYoung (Styx), Gene Simmons (KISS),

Rick Derringer (The McCoys), Debbie Harry

(Blondie), Tommy James, Tyson Ritter

(All-American Rejects), The Romantics,

Eddie Money, Sammy Hagar,

Vanilla Ice, Jackson Browne, Joe Walsh 

(The Eagles), SLASH, Ann Wilson (Heart),

Jeff Lynne (ELO), Mike Reno (Loverboy),

Tiffany, Ron Dante (The Archies),

and Gary Wright, among others.  

 

 Betsy has sung in the films
"Sing 2," “Pitch Perfect 2," "Click,"

"I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry,"

"Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star,"

“Lemonade Mouth” and the CBS

TV show “The Good Wife.”
   For the album “The Jewish Songbook:

The Heart and Humor of a People,”

Betsy Hammer is the Featured Artist on the

song “Sabbath Prayer,” dueting with the

late great legendary singer/actor

Theodore Bikel. Betsy is presently a

recording artist on RSM Records, a

boutique label and subdivision of

the Robert Sterling Music Group,

based in Hawaii, that released her

"Me Too" single and video.
Since moving to Los Angeles, Betsy has

released three CDs and continues to sing

regularly in recording studios as well as

perform for private parties and select causes.

In a "music-shell," songs and laughter

are two of Betsy's favorite pastimes.