Biography
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
all 42
Movies 24
TV Shows 18
self 13
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012)
Troupers (2011)
Dark and Stormy Night (2009)
Trail of the Screaming Forehead (2008)
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
Boston Public (2000)
Frank Sinatra Memorial (2000)
Becker (1998)
The Long Way Home (1998)
Union Square (1997)
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman (1996)
Townies (1996)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist (1987)
Blacke's Magic (1986)
The Golden Girls (1985)
That's Dancing! (1985)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
All the Way Home (1981)
Mr. Merlin (1981)
The Love Boat (1977)
Laverne & Shirley (1976)
Dinah! (1974)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
Great Performances (1971)
All in the Family (1971)
The Fugitive (1963)
Art Carney Special (1959)
The Shadow on the Window (1957)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
My Sister Eileen (1955)
Moments in Music (1950)
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
The Costume Designer (1950)
On the Town (1949)
Neptune's Daughter (1949)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
Words and Music (1948)
Big City (1948)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1919-05-23
Deathday2011-02-12 (91 years old)
Birth PlaceSt. Joseph, United States of America
RelationshipsLarry Parks (1944-01-01 - 1975-01-01)
ChildrenAndrew Parks
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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