Betty Grable
Acting
1916-12-18 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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.
Filmography
Becoming Marilyn
2022 · Movie
This Is Bob Hope...
2017 · Movie
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Movie
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
2015 · Movie
Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
2012 · Movie
Marilyn at the Movies
2011 · Movie
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009 · Movie
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999 · Movie
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997 · Movie
The Casting Couch
1995 · Movie
Showbiz Goes to War
1982 · Movie
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 · Movie
Hollywood Blue
1970 · Movie
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Series
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Series
Marilyn
1963 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
Some of Manie's Friends
1959 · Movie
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957 · Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Series
How to Be Very, Very Popular
1955 · Movie
Three for the Show
1955 · Movie
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953 · Movie
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1953 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Meet Me After the Show
1951 · Movie
Call Me Mister
1951 · Movie
My Blue Heaven
1950 · Movie
The Costume Designer
1950 · Movie
Wabash Avenue
1950 · Movie
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949 · Movie
When My Baby Smiles at Me
1948 · Movie
That Lady in Ermine
1948 · Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Mother Wore Tights
1947 · Movie
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947 · Movie
Do You Love Me
1946 · Movie
The Dolly Sisters
1945 · Movie
The All-Star Bond Rally
1945 · Movie
Diamond Horseshoe
1945 · Movie
Take It or Leave It
1944 · Movie
Pin Up Girl
1944 · Movie
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944 · Movie
Wing and a Prayer
1944 · Movie
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943 · Movie
Coney Island
1943 · Movie
Springtime in the Rockies
1942 · Movie
Footlight Serenade
1942 · Movie
Song of the Islands
1942 · Movie
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941 · Movie
I Wake Up Screaming
1941 · Movie
A Yank in the R.A.F.
1941 · Movie
Moon Over Miami
1941 · Movie
Tin Pan Alley
1940 · Movie
Down Argentine Way
1940 · Movie
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939 · Movie
Million Dollar Legs
1939 · Movie
Man About Town
1939 · Movie
Campus Confessions
1938 · Movie
Give Me a Sailor
1938 · Movie
College Swing
1938 · Movie
Thrill of a Lifetime
1937 · Movie
This Way Please
1937 · Movie
Pigskin Parade
1936 · Movie
Don't Turn 'em Loose
1936 · Movie
Follow the Fleet
1936 · Movie
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936 · Movie
Collegiate
1935 · Movie
A Quiet Fourth
1935 · Movie
Old Man Rhythm
1935 · Movie
Drawing Rumors
1935 · Movie
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935 · Movie
The Nitwits
1935 · Movie
The Spirit of 1976
1935 · Movie
This Band Age
1935 · Movie
Ferry-Go-Round
1934 · Movie
By Your Leave
1934 · Movie
The Gay Divorcee
1934 · Movie
Student Tour
1934 · Movie
Susie's Affairs
1934 · Movie
Business Is a Pleasure
1934 · Movie
Love Detectives
1934 · Movie
Elmer Steps Out
1934 · Movie
School for Romance
1934 · Movie
Air Tonic
1933 · Movie
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
1933 · Movie
What Price Innocence?
1933 · Movie
Melody Cruise
1933 · Movie
Child of Manhattan
1933 · Movie
Cavalcade
1933 · Movie
The Kid from Spain
1932 · Movie
Over the Counter
1932 · Movie
Hold 'Em Jail
1932 · Movie
The Age of Consent
1932 · Movie
Hollywood Lights
1932 · Movie
The Flirty Sleepwalker
1932 · Movie
Probation
1932 · Movie
Hollywood Luck
1932 · Movie
Lady! Please!
1932 · Movie
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932 · Movie
Once a Hero
1931 · Movie
Palmy Days
1931 · Movie
Ex-Sweeties
1931 · Movie
Crashing Hollywood
1931 · Movie
Kiki
1931 · Movie
Whoopee!
1930 · Movie
New Movietone Follies of 1930
1930 · Movie
Let's Go Places
1930 · Movie
Happy Days
1929 · Movie