Betty Grable
Known for: Acting
Born: December 18, 1916
Died: July 2, 1973
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
102 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
7.3
Becoming Marilyn
2022
7.7
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
5.0
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
NR
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
20157.0
Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
2012
NR
Marilyn at the Movies
2011
6.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009
9.0
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
7.7
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997
8.3
The Casting Couch
1995
10.0
Showbiz Goes to War
1982NR
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
10.0
Hollywood Blue
1970
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
5.0
The Hollywood Palace
1964
7.5
Marilyn
1963
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962NR
Some of Manie's Friends
1959
8.7
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
6.4
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
4.6
How to Be Very, Very Popular
1955
5.9
Three for the Show
1955
6.8
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
4.3
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
5.4
Meet Me After the Show
1951
6.8
Call Me Mister
1951
7.5
My Blue Heaven
1950
10.0
The Costume Designer
1950
5.3
Wabash Avenue
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
5.9
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
5.5
When My Baby Smiles at Me
1948
6.0
That Lady in Ermine
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
5.7
Mother Wore Tights
1947
8.8
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
4.7
Do You Love Me
1946
5.7
The Dolly Sisters
1945
6.0
The All-Star Bond Rally
1945
7.0
Diamond Horseshoe
1945
6.0
Take It or Leave It
1944
6.3
Pin Up Girl
1944
6.8
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944
6.7
Wing and a Prayer
1944
6.5
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943
6.3
Coney Island
1943
6.9
Springtime in the Rockies
1942
6.5
Footlight Serenade
1942
7.0
Song of the Islands
1942
7.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
6.9
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
5.6
A Yank in the R.A.F.
1941
6.5
Moon Over Miami
1941
5.4
Tin Pan Alley
1940
6.3
Down Argentine Way
1940
7.5
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
6.0
Million Dollar Legs
1939
4.5
Man About Town
1939
4.8
Campus Confessions
1938
6.1
Give Me a Sailor
1938
6.8
College Swing
1938
7.0
Thrill of a Lifetime
1937
7.0
This Way Please
1937
6.1
Pigskin Parade
1936
5.0
Don't Turn 'em Loose
1936
6.9
Follow the Fleet
1936
4.7
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
7.0
Collegiate
19358.0
A Quiet Fourth
1935
7.0
Old Man Rhythm
19358.0
Drawing Rumors
1935
8.0
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935
6.7
The Nitwits
19358.0
The Spirit of 1976
1935NR
This Band Age
1935NR
Ferry-Go-Round
1934
4.3
By Your Leave
1934
6.9
The Gay Divorcee
1934
6.7
Student Tour
1934
6.5
Susie's Affairs
19347.0
Business Is a Pleasure
1934
9.0
Love Detectives
1934
8.0
Elmer Steps Out
1934
4.3
School for Romance
1934
8.0
Air Tonic
1933
5.3
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
1933
6.5
What Price Innocence?
1933
5.0
Melody Cruise
1933
7.2
Child of Manhattan
1933
5.5
Cavalcade
1933
6.6
The Kid from Spain
1932
4.7
Over the Counter
1932
6.8
Hold 'Em Jail
1932
7.0
The Age of Consent
1932
3.3
Hollywood Lights
19327.0
The Flirty Sleepwalker
1932
6.3
Probation
19329.0
Hollywood Luck
193210.0
Lady! Please!
1932
5.6
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932NR
Once a Hero
1931
7.3
Palmy Days
19313.7
Ex-Sweeties
19313.3
Crashing Hollywood
1931
5.2
Kiki
1931
6.5
Whoopee!
1930
10.0
New Movietone Follies of 1930
1930
9.0
Let's Go Places
1930
6.3
Happy Days
1929