Overview

• Betsy Gay died June 13 in Bakersfield, California, at age 96, her friend Robert Satterfield announced.
• She joined the Our Gang comedies in 1935 at age 6, portrayed Effie opposite Alfalfa, and went on to appear in more than 40 films through 1938.
• Beginning in 1941, Gay transitioned to music, mastering yodeling and winning consecutive California State Yodeling Championships in 1945 and 1946.
• Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, she toured the East Coast, recorded for Superior Record Label, and made regular radio and television appearances alongside artists like Tex Williams.
• Gay married Thomas Cashen in 1954 and raised five children, and she remained connected to her acting roots by attending the final Little Rascals reunion in 2014.