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.
Filmography
all 103
Movies 95
self 17
TV Shows 8
This Is Bob Hope... (2017)
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star (2015)
The Casting Couch (1995)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986)
Showbiz Goes to War (1982)
Hollywood Blue (1970)
The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
The Love Goddesses (1965)
The Hollywood Palace (1964)
Marilyn (1963)
Some of Manie's Friends (1959)
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (1957)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
How To Be Very, Very Popular (1955)
Three for the Show (1955)
Shower of Stars (1954)
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)
The Oscars (1953)
Meet Me After the Show (1951)
Call Me Mister (1951)
My Blue Heaven (1950)
The Costume Designer (1950)
Wabash Avenue (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)
That Lady in Ermine (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Mother Wore Tights (1947)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
Do You Love Me (1946)
The Dolly Sisters (1945)
The All-Star Bond Rally (1945)
Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
Take It or Leave It (1944)
Pin Up Girl (1944)
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
Wing and a Prayer (1944)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
Coney Island (1943)
Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
Footlight Serenade (1942)
Song of the Islands (1942)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
Moon Over Miami (1941)
Tin Pan Alley (1940)
Down Argentine Way (1940)
The Day the Bookies Wept (1939)
Million Dollar Legs (1939)
Man About Town (1939)
Campus Confessions (1938)
Give Me a Sailor (1938)
College Swing (1938)
Thrill of a Lifetime (1937)
This Way Please (1937)
Pigskin Parade (1936)
Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936)
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936)
Follow the Fleet (1936)
Collegiate (1936)
A Quiet Fourth (1935)
Old Man Rhythm (1935)
Drawing Rumors (1935)
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935)
The Nitwits (1935)
The Spirit of 1976 (1935)
This Band Age (1935)
Ferry-Go-Round (1934)
By Your Leave (1934)
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Student Tour (1934)
Susie's Affairs (1934)
Business Is a Pleasure (1934)
Love Detectives (1934)
Elmer Steps Out (1934)
School for Romance (1934)
Air Tonic (1933)
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1933)
What Price Innocence? (1933)
Melody Cruise (1933)
Child of Manhattan (1933)
Cavalcade (1933)
The Kid from Spain (1932)
Over the Counter (1932)
The Age of Consent (1932)
Hold 'Em Jail (1932)
Hollywood Lights (1932)
The Flirty Sleepwalker (1932)
Probation (1932)
Hollywood Luck (1932)
Lady! Please! (1932)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
Once a Hero (1931)
Palmy Days (1931)
Ex-Sweeties (1931)
Crashing Hollywood (1931)
Kiki (1931)
Whoopee! (1930)
New Movietone Follies of 1930 (1930)
Happy Days (1929)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1916-12-18
Deathday1973-07-02 (56 years old)
Birth PlaceSt. Louis, United States of America
RelationshipsHarry James (1943-01-01 - 1965-01-01), Jackie Coogan (1937-01-01 - 1939-01-01)
FatherJohn Conn Grable
MotherLillian Rose Hofman
RelativesVirginia Pearson
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsElizabeth Ruth Grable, Frances Dean, Бетті Грейбл, Бетти Грейбл, Бети Грејбл
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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