Betty Grable
Age: N/A | From: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Elizabeth Ruth Grable , Frances Dean , Бетті Грейбл , Бети Грејбл
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 44
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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. 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.
Most Famous Work
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(1956) Self
The Oscars
(1953) Self
The Love Goddesses
(1965) (archive footage)
Tin Pan Alley
(1940) Lily Blane
Cavalcade
(1933) Blonde Girl on Couch (uncredited)
Mother Wore Tights
(1947) Mother
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
(1986) Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)
I Wake Up Screaming
(1941) Jill LynnActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1995 | (archive footage) | |
| 1986 | Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage) | |
| 1982 | (archive footage) | |
| 1970 | (archive footage) | |
| 1967 | Self - Guest | |
| 1965 | (archive footage) | |
| 1964 | Self - Presenter | |
| 1963 | Self / Loco Dempsey (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1959 | N/A | |
| 1957 | Betty Grable | |
| 1956 | Self | |
| 1955 | Stormy Tornado | |
| Julie Lowndes | ||
| 1953 | Loco Dempsey | |
| Molly Larkins | ||
| Self | ||
| 1951 | Delilah Lee | |
| Kay Hudson | ||
| 1950 | Kitty Moran | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Ruby Summers | ||
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| 1949 | Freddie | |
| 1948 | Bonny Kane | |
| Francesca / Angelina | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1947 | Mother | |
| Cynthia Pilgrim | ||
| 1946 | Barry's Fan in Taxi (uncredited) | |
| 1945 | Yansci 'Jenny' Dolly | |
| Pat Lambert (archive footage) | ||
| Bonnie Collins | ||
| 1944 | Herself | |
| Lorry Jones | ||
| Betty Grable | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| 1943 | Madeleine Marlowe/Rosie O'Grady | |
| Kate Farley | ||
| 1942 | Vicky Lane | |
| Pat Lambert | ||
| Eileen O'Brien | ||
| 1941 | N/A | |
| Jill Lynn | ||
| Carol Brown | ||
| Kathryn 'Kay' Latimer, also called Miss Adams | ||
| 1940 | Lily Blane | |
| Glenda Crawford | ||
| 1939 | Ina Firpo | |
| Carol Parker | ||
| Susan Hayes | ||
| 1938 | Joyce Gilmore | |
| Nancy Larkin | ||
| Betty | ||
| 1937 | Gwen | |
| Jane Morrow | ||
| 1936 | Laura Watson | |
| Mildred Webster | ||
| N/A | ||
| Singer in Trio | ||
| Dorothy | ||
| 1935 | N/A | |
| Sylvia | ||
| N/A | ||
| Vocalist | ||
| Mary Roberts | ||
| N/A | ||
| Betty - Band Singer | ||
| 1934 | Betty | |
| Frances | ||
| Guest | ||
| Cayenne | ||
| Susie Lee | ||
| N/A | ||
| Alice | ||
| N/A | ||
| Student | ||
| 1933 | Betty Grable - Band Singer | |
| Band Singer with Ted Fio Rito | ||
| Beverly Bennett | ||
| First Stewardess (uncredited) | ||
| Lucy McGonagle | ||
| Girl on Couch | ||
| Blonde Girl on Couch (uncredited) | ||
| 1932 | Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) | |
| Customer Who Wants to Buy a Baby (uncredited) | ||
| Barbara Jones | ||
| Student at Dormitory (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Blonde Girl | ||
| Ruth Jarrett | ||
| N/A | ||
| Undetermined Minor Role (unconfirmed) | ||
| Hat Check Girl (uncredited) | ||
| 1931 | N/A | |
| Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) | ||
| Undetermined Minor Role | ||
| N/A | ||
| Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) | ||
| 1930 | Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) | |
| N/A | ||
| 1929 | Chorus Woman | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
