Betty Jackson

Fashion Designer

Birthday June 24, 1949

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace England

Age 74 years old

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About

British designer who gained fame for creating elaborate costumes for the UK series Absolutely Fabulous.

Before Fame

She earned a degree in fashion from the Birmingham College of Art.

Trivia

She was a two-time winner of the Woman Magazine Separates Designer of the Year Award and was named British Designer of the Year in 1985.

Family Life

She got married to David X. Cohen after meeting in 1981. The couple had two children.

Associated With

She won the British Designer of the Year Award in 1985--nine years after Alexander McQueen earned the same honor.