Mad Men

January Jones as Betty Draper

Quotes

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"If the clothes from that dry cleaning bag are on the floor of my closet, you're going to be a very sorry young lady."
--Season 1, Episode 2: "The Ladies Room"

"Honestly, I think she's jealous of me. I've seen it before, I was in a sorority."
--Season 1, Episode 4: "New Amsterdam"

"My mother always said, 'You're painting a masterpiece, make sure to hide the brush strokes.'"
--Season 1, Episode 7: "Red in the Face"

"As far as I’m concerned, as long as men look at me that way, I’m earning my keep."
--Season 1, Episode 7: "Red in the Face"

"Still, I can't help but think that I'd be happy if my husband was faithful to me." "The way he makes love -- sometimes its what I want and sometimes, its obivously what someone else wants."
--Season 1, Episode 13: "The Wheel"

"I know people say life goes on, and it does, and no one tells you that’s not a good thing. Why is that?"
--Season 1, Episode 10: "Long Weekend"

"Somewhere there’s a pregnant girl floating in a lake."
--Season 2, Episode 3: "The Benefactor"

Arthur: "You're so profoundly sad."
Betty: "No, it's just that my people are Nordic."
--Season 2, Episode 3: "The Benefactor"

"I'm here all day alone with them. Out-numbered!"
--Season 2, Episode 4: "Three Sundays"

"I would never do this to you. How could you do this to me?"
--Season 2, Episode 8: "A Night to Remember"

"Go bang your head against the wall. Only boring people are bored."
--Season 3, Episode 6: "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency"

"What's a matter Don? Don't know where you will be in three years?"
--Season 3, Episode 7: "Seven Twenty Three"

"You don't kiss boys, boys kiss you."
--Season 3, Episode 8: "Souvenir"

"I hate this place. I hate our friends. I hate this town."
--Season 3, Episode 8: "Souvenir"

About

Betty Draper is recently separated from Don Draper, a Founding Partner at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College and a former model, Betty moved to Ossining, New York, after marrying Don. The couple has three children together: Sally, Bobby and Gene.

Betty has long been aware of her husband’s infidelities. When she learns about Don's affair with Bobbie Barrett, she confronts him and demands that he leave their home. During their separation, she discovers she’s pregnant with a third child and has a one-night fling with a stranger in a bar. Though she briefly considers terminating the pregnancy, she eventually decides to keep it and allow Don to return home.

Months later, Betty finds herself increasingly attracted to Henry Francis, the head of public relations for New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, who helps Betty stall a land development project in Ossining. After discovering the truth about Don's secret past, she meets with Henry, who proposes marriage. A few weeks later, Betty tells Don that she wants a divorce.