Betty Grable
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
105
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
The Carol Burnett Show
What's My Line?
The Oscars
The Ed Sullivan Show
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
How to Marry a Millionaire
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Hollywood Blue
Collegiate
Drawing Rumors
Student Tour
The Hollywood Palace
New Movietone Follies of 1930
Coney Island
Air Tonic
Melody Cruise
College Swing
Whoopee!
Lady! Please!
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Kiki
Wabash Avenue
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Diamond Horseshoe
Marilyn
Moon Over Miami
The Nitwits
Cavalcade
Cavalcade
Happy Days
Palmy Days
Follow the Fleet
Give Me a Sailor
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
I Wake Up Screaming
Ferry-Go-Round
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
This Way Please
Pigskin Parade
The All-Star Bond Rally
The Dolly Sisters
Child of Manhattan
How To Be Very, Very Popular
The Age of Consent
Call Me Mister
Mother Wore Tights
That Lady in Ermine
A Yank in the R.A.F.
Hold 'Em Jail
Three for the Show
Wing and a Prayer
Showbiz Goes to War
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Down Argentine Way
Some of Manie's Friends
The Kid from Spain
The Day the Bookies Wept
This Is Bob Hope...
Crashing Hollywood
Do You Love Me
Elmer Steps Out
Business Is a Pleasure
School for Romance
Meet Me After the Show
Hollywood Lights
Take It or Leave It
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Let's Go Places
Over the Counter
Hollywood Luck
Old Man Rhythm
The Gay Divorcee
Four Jills in a Jeep
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Song of the Islands
The Spirit of 1976
My Blue Heaven
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Tin Pan Alley
Springtime in the Rockies
The Costume Designer
The Flirty Sleepwalker
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Pin Up Girl
Susie's Affairs
Don't Turn 'em Loose
Probation
A Quiet Fourth
What Price Innocence?
Thrill of a Lifetime
This Band Age
Campus Confessions
Man About Town
Million Dollar Legs
Once a Hero
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
By Your Leave
Footlight Serenade
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
Love Detectives
Ex-Sweeties
