Betty Garrett
Age: 91 | From: St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1919-05-23 14:15:51
Death: 2011-02-12 14:15:51
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 15
TV Involvements: 6
Most Famous Work
Biography
Betty Garrett (May 23, 1919 - February 12, 2011) was an American actress, comedian, singer and dancer, who starred in several Hollywood musicals and stage roles. She was at the top of her game when the Communist scare in the 1950s brought her career to a screeching, ugly halt. She and her husband Larry Parks, an Oscar-nominated actor, were summoned by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and questioned about their involvement. As the drama played out, a very pregnant Garrett was never called to testify, but her husband was. With his admission of Communist Party membership from 1941-1945 and refusal to name names, he made it to the Hollywood Blacklist. After the incident, Garrett and Parks worked up nightclub singing/comedy acts along with appearing in legit plays. Although Parks never quite shook off the blacklist incident, he did win a role in John Huston's film, Freud (1962). Garrett went on to appear in roles in many television series.
Most Famous Work
Grey's Anatomy
(2005) Eleanor
The Fugitive
(1963) Margaret Ruskin
Murder, She Wrote
(1984) Kit Parkins
Boston Public
(2000) Miriam Guber
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(1956) Self
Dinah!
(1974) Self
That's Entertainment!
(1974) (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Dancing!
(1985) Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Herself | |
| 2011 | N/A | |
| 2009 | Mrs. Hausenstout | |
| 2008 | Mrs. Cuttle | |
| 2005 | Eleanor | |
| 2003 | Self | |
| 2002 | Self | |
| 2000 | Miriam Guber | |
| Self | ||
| 1998 | Mrs. Firth | |
| Veronica | ||
| 1997 | N/A | |
| 1996 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| 1994 | (archive footage) | |
| 1986 | N/A | |
| 1985 | Sarah | |
| Ruth Sherwood (archive footage) | ||
| 1984 | Kit Parkins | |
| 1981 | Catherine | |
| N/A | ||
| 1977 | Martha McCoy | |
| 1976 | Edna Babish | |
| 1974 | Self | |
| (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| 1972 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1971 | Mary Hallen | |
| Irene Lorenzo | ||
| 1963 | Margaret Ruskin | |
| 1957 | Linda Atlas | |
| 1956 | Self | |
| 1955 | Ruth Sherwood | |
| 1950 | Self | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1949 | Brunhilde Esterhazy | |
| Betty Barrett | ||
| Shirley Delwyn | ||
| 1948 | Peggy Lorgan McNeil | |
| Shoo Shoo Grady | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
