Betty Grable
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
104
Gender
Female
Birthday
1916-12-18
Day of death
1973-07-02 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Betty Grable
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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
What's My Line?
The Carol Burnett Show
The Oscars
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Cavalcade
Cavalcade
The Ed Sullivan Show
Melody Cruise
Whoopee!
Pigskin Parade
Lady! Please!
Love Detectives
Collegiate
Kiki
Hollywood Luck
My Blue Heaven
College Swing
Palmy Days
Happy Days
Business Is a Pleasure
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Hollywood Lights
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Pin Up Girl
Song of the Islands
The Gay Divorcee
Take It or Leave It
Coney Island
The Hollywood Palace
This Band Age
Down Argentine Way
Ex-Sweeties
Tin Pan Alley
The Nitwits
Call Me Mister
Let's Go Places
Air Tonic
Give Me a Sailor
How to Marry a Millionaire
The Costume Designer
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Diamond Horseshoe
Susie's Affairs
The Flirty Sleepwalker
Once a Hero
Mother Wore Tights
I Wake Up Screaming
A Yank in the R.A.F.
Showbiz Goes to War
The Kid from Spain
A Quiet Fourth
Springtime in the Rockies
Student Tour
Follow the Fleet
Do You Love Me
This Is Bob Hope...
Man About Town
What Price Innocence?
Wing and a Prayer
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
By Your Leave
Hold 'Em Jail
Three for the Show
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Meet Me After the Show
That Lady in Ermine
This Way Please
Wabash Avenue
The Dolly Sisters
Four Jills in a Jeep
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Old Man Rhythm
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Hollywood Blue
How To Be Very, Very Popular
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
The All-Star Bond Rally
The Farmer Takes a Wife
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
The Age of Consent
The Day the Bookies Wept
Footlight Serenade
Million Dollar Legs
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
Moon Over Miami
Probation
Don't Turn 'em Loose
Thrill of a Lifetime
School for Romance
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Child of Manhattan
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
Elmer Steps Out
Some of Manie's Friends
Campus Confessions
Drawing Rumors
New Movietone Follies of 1930
Crashing Hollywood
Over the Counter
Ferry-Go-Round
The Spirit of 1976
