In the 1954 film White Christmas, which actress plays the innkeeper Betty Haynes?

Rosemary Clooney plays innkeeper Betty Haynes in the 1954 film White Christmas. Betty travels with her sister Judy and becomes involved with former soldiers Bob Wallace and Phil Davis, played by Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. Vera-Ellen plays Judy Haynes.

The film follows the entertainers as they help their former commanding officer, General Henry Waverly, save his Vermont inn from financial trouble. Its musical numbers include “White Christmas,” which Irving Berlin originally wrote for the 1942 film Holiday Inn. The later film uses the song as part of a new story and was made in VistaVision and Technicolor.

Rosemary Clooney was an established popular singer as well as an actress, and White Christmas became one of her best-known film roles. A common mix-up is assigning Betty’s role to Vera-Ellen, who played her sister Judy. Michael Curtiz directed the film, which was released by Paramount Pictures in 1954.