Betty Grable
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.
Known for
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Presenter
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Betty Grable
The Oscars
Self
Lynch/Oz
Jill Lynn (archive footage) (uncredited)
Follow the Fleet
Singer in Trio
The Gay Divorcee
Guest
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Madeleine Marlowe/Rosie O'Grady
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
Down Argentine Way
Glenda Crawford
This Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage)
Pin Up Girl
Lorry Jones
By Your Leave
Frances
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)
Old Man Rhythm
Sylvia
I Wake Up Screaming
Jill Lynn
Student Tour
Cayenne
Marilyn
Self / Loco Dempsey (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pigskin Parade
Laura Watson
Three for the Show
Julie Lowndes
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Bonny Kane
The Day the Bookies Wept
Ina Firpo
How To Be Very, Very Popular
Stormy Tornado
Springtime in the Rockies
Vicky Lane
Cavalcade
Girl on Couch
Cavalcade
Blonde Girl on Couch (uncredited)
Take It or Leave It
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Kid from Spain
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
That Lady in Ermine
Francesca / Angelina
A Yank in the R.A.F.
Carol Brown
Coney Island
Kate Farley
Probation
Ruth Jarrett
The Costume Designer
Self (archive footage)
The Age of Consent
Student at Dormitory (uncredited)
Song of the Islands
Eileen O'Brien
Mother Wore Tights
Mother
My Blue Heaven
Kitty Moran
Whoopee!
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Cynthia Pilgrim
Moon Over Miami
Kathryn 'Kay' Latimer, also called Miss Adams
Wing and a Prayer
(archive footage)
Man About Town
Susan Hayes
Four Jills in a Jeep
Betty Grable
The All-Star Bond Rally
Pat Lambert (archive footage)
Footlight Serenade
Pat Lambert
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Freddie
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Kiki
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Hollywood Blue
(archive footage)
Don't Turn 'em Loose
Mildred Webster
Do You Love Me
Barry's Fan in Taxi (uncredited)
How to Marry a Millionaire
Loco Dempsey
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Molly Larkins
Wabash Avenue
Ruby Summers
Meet Me After the Show
Delilah Lee
Happy Days
Chorus Woman
Hold 'Em Jail
Barbara Jones
Million Dollar Legs
Carol Parker
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Self (archiveFootage)
College Swing
Betty
Tin Pan Alley
Lily Blane
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
Self (archiveFootage)
Child of Manhattan
Lucy McGonagle
Call Me Mister
Kay Hudson
Melody Cruise
First Stewardess (uncredited)
Give Me a Sailor
Nancy Larkin
Some of Manie's Friends
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Vocalist
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Band Singer with Ted Fio Rito
Campus Confessions
Joyce Gilmore
The Nitwits
Mary Roberts
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
(archive footage)
The Dolly Sisters
Yansci 'Jenny' Dolly
This Way Please
Jane Morrow
School for Romance
Student
Palmy Days
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Diamond Horseshoe
Bonnie Collins
Thrill of a Lifetime
Gwen
Collegiate
Dorothy
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
Self (archive footage)
What Price Innocence?
Beverly Bennett
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Elmer Steps Out
Drawing Rumors
Let's Go Places
Chorine (uncredited)
Air Tonic
Betty Grable - Band Singer
Over the Counter
Customer Who Wants to Buy a Baby (uncredited)
Hollywood Luck
Crashing Hollywood
Betty
New Movietone Follies of 1930
Chorine
Once a Hero
A Quiet Fourth
Hollywood Lights
Betty
Love Detectives
Alice
Lady! Please!
Undetermined Minor Role (unconfirmed)
This Band Age
Betty - Band Singer
Business Is a Pleasure
Ferry-Go-Round
Betty
Susie's Affairs
Susie Lee
Ex-Sweeties
Undetermined Minor Role
The Flirty Sleepwalker
Blonde Girl
The Spirit of 1976
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self