Betty Grable
96 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 18, 1916
- Died
- Jul 2, 1973 (age 56)
- Place of birth
- Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- Elizabeth Ruth Grable · Frances Dean · Бетті Грейбл · Бети Грејбл
Biography
Betty Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model, and singer. Grable was enrolled in Clark's Dancing School at the age of three. At age 13, Grable and her mother set out for Hollywood with the hopes of stardom. There she landed several minor parts in films such as Whoopee!, New Movietone Follies of 1930, Happy Days and Let's Go Places.
In 1932, she signed with RKO Radio Pictures. The bit parts continued for the next three years until Grable was cast in By Your Leave. One of her big roles was in College Swing.. When she landed the role of Glenda Crawford in Down Argentine Way, the public finally took notice of her. Stardom came through comedies such as Coney Island and Sweet Rosie O'Grady. Her famous pin-up pose during World War II adorned barracks all around the world. With that pin-up and as the star of lavish musicals, Betty became the highest-paid star in Hollywood in 1947. Later her studio 20th Century-Fox insured her legs for a million dollars.
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Betty continued to be popular until the mid-1950s, when musicals went into a decline. Her last film was How to Be Very, Very Popular. She then concentrated on Broadway and nightclubs.
She was married to actor Jackie Coogan (1937–1939) and musician Harry James (1943–1965).
Betty Grable died at age 56 of lung cancer on July 2, 1973.
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Known for
Betty Grable: movies and TV shows
Acting (97)
- 2022 Becoming Marilyn
as (archive footage)
- 2012
- 2009
- 1999 Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
as (archive footage)
- 1995
- 1982 Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
- 1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as (archive footage)
- 1970 Hollywood Blue
as (archive footage)
- 1963 Marilyn
as archive footage
- 1959
- 1957
- 1955 How to Be Very, Very Popular
as Stormy Tornado
- 1955 Three for the Show
as Julie Lowndes
- 1953 How to Marry a Millionaire
as Loco Dempsey
- 1953 The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Molly Larkins
- 1951 Meet Me After the Show
as Delilah Lee
- 1951 Call Me Mister
as Kay Hudson
- 1950 My Blue Heaven
as Kitty Moran
- 1950 Wabash Avenue
as Ruby Summers
- 1949 The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Freddie
- 1948 When My Baby Smiles at Me
as Bonny Kane
- 1948 That Lady in Ermine
as Francesca / Angelina
- 1947 Mother Wore Tights
as Mother
- 1947 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Cynthia Pilgrim
- 1946 Do You Love Me
as Barry's Fan in Taxi
- 1945 The Dolly Sisters
as Jenny Dolly
- 1945 The All-Star Bond Rally
as Pat Lambert (archive footage)
- 1945 Diamond Horseshoe
as Bonnie Collins
- 1944 Take It or Leave It
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1944 Pin Up Girl
as Lorry Jones
- 1944 Four Jills in a Jeep
as Betty Grable
- 1944 Wing and a Prayer
as (archive footage)
- 1943 Sweet Rosie O'Grady
as Madeleine Marlowe/Rosie O'Grady
- 1943 Coney Island
as Kate Farley
- 1942 Springtime in the Rockies
as Vicky Lane
- 1942 Footlight Serenade
as Pat Lambert
- 1942 Song of the Islands
as Eileen O'Brien
- 1941
- 1941 I Wake Up Screaming
as Jill Lynn
- 1941 A Yank in the R.A.F.
as Carol Brown
- 1941 Moon Over Miami
as Kathryn 'Kay' Latimer, also called Miss Adams
- 1940 Tin Pan Alley
as Lily Blane
- 1940 Down Argentine Way
as Glenda Crawford
- 1939 The Day the Bookies Wept
as Ina Firpo
- 1939 Million Dollar Legs
as Carol Parker
- 1939 Man About Town
as Susan Hayes
- 1938 Campus Confessions
as Joyce Gilmore
- 1938 Give Me a Sailor
as Nancy Larkin
- 1938 College Swing
as Betty
- 1937 Thrill of a Lifetime
as Gwen
- 1937 This Way Please
as Jane Morrow
- 1936 Pigskin Parade
as Laura Watson
- 1936 Don't Turn 'em Loose
as Mildred Webster
- 1936 Follow the Fleet
as Singer in Trio
- 1936
- 1935 Collegiate
as Dorothy
- 1935
- 1935 Old Man Rhythm
as Sylvia
- 1935
- 1935 A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
as Vocalist
- 1935 The Nitwits
as Mary Roberts
- 1935
- 1935 This Band Age
as Betty - Band Singer
- 1934 Ferry-Go-Round
as Betty
- 1934 By Your Leave
as Frances
- 1934 The Gay Divorcee
as Guest
- 1934 Student Tour
as Cayenne
- 1934 Susie's Affairs
as Susie Lee
- 1934
- 1934 Love Detectives
as Alice
- 1934
- 1934 School for Romance
as Student
- 1933 Air Tonic
as Betty Grable - Band Singer
- 1933 The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
as Band Singer with Ted Fio Rito
- 1933 What Price Innocence?
as Beverly Bennett
- 1933 Melody Cruise
as First Stewardess (uncredited)
- 1933 Child of Manhattan
as Lucy McGonagle
- 1933 Cavalcade
as Girl on Couch / Blonde Girl on Couch (uncredited)
- 1932 The Kid from Spain
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
- 1932 Over the Counter
as Customer Who Wants to Buy a Baby (uncredited)
- 1932 Hold 'Em Jail
as Barbara Jones
- 1932 The Age of Consent
as Student at Dormitory (uncredited)
- 1932 Hollywood Lights
as Betty
- 1932 The Flirty Sleepwalker
as Blonde Girl
- 1932 Probation
as Ruth Jarrett
- 1932
- 1932 Lady! Please!
as Undetermined Minor Role (unconfirmed)
- 1932 The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
- 1931
- 1931 Palmy Days
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
- 1931 Ex-Sweeties
as Undetermined Minor Role
- 1931 Crashing Hollywood
as Betty
- 1931 Kiki
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
- 1930 Whoopee!
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
- 1930 New Movietone Follies of 1930
as Chorine
- 1930 Let's Go Places
as Chorine (uncredited)
- 1929 Happy Days
as Chorus Woman
Talk shows and appearances (13)
- 2017
- 2017
- 2015
- 2011
- 1997
- 1967 The Carol Burnett Show
1 episode
- 1964 The Hollywood Palace
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1 episode
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
4 episodes
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode
- 1950
- 1950 What's My Line?
2 episodes
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
2 episodes