Betty Garrett
Acting
1919-05-23 · Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
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.
Filmography
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
2012 · Movie
Troupers
2011 · Movie
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009 · Movie
Dark and Stormy Night
2009 · Movie
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008 · Movie
Trail of the Screaming Forehead
2007 · Movie
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Series
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Movie
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002 · Movie
Boston Public
2000 · Series
Frank Sinatra Memorial
2000 · Movie
Becker
1998 · Series
The Long Way Home
1998 · Movie
Union Square
1997 · Series
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996 · Movie
Townies
1996 · Series
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · Movie
The Good Life
1994 · Series
Blacke's Magic
1986 · Series
The Golden Girls
1985 · Series
That's Dancing!
1985 · Movie
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
All the Way Home
1981 · Movie
Mr. Merlin
1981 · Series
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
Laverne & Shirley
1976 · Series
Dinah!
1974 · Series
That's Entertainment!
1974 · Movie
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Movie
Great Performances
1971 · Series
All in the Family
1971 · Series
The Fugitive
1963 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Shadow on the Window
1957 · Movie
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Series
My Sister Eileen
1955 · Movie
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Series
The Costume Designer
1950 · Movie
On the Town
1949 · Movie
Neptune's Daughter
1949 · Movie
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949 · Movie
Words and Music
1948 · Movie
Big City
1948 · Movie