Cast
Betty Garrett
Acting
Cast
Betty Garrett
Known for
Acting
Born
1919-05-23
From
Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
Died
2011-02-12
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.
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
On the Town
as Brunhilde Esterhazy
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
Dark and Stormy Night
as Mrs. Hausenstout
Words and Music
as Peggy Lorgan McNeil
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
as Self
That's Dancing!
as Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)
My Sister Eileen
as Ruth Sherwood
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
The Long Way Home
as Veronica
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Shirley Delwyn
Trail of the Screaming Forehead
as Mrs. Cuttle
Neptune's Daughter
as Betty Barrett
The Shadow on the Window
as Linda Atlas
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
as Self
All the Way Home
as Catherine
Big City
as Shoo Shoo Grady
Frank Sinatra Memorial
as Self
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
as (archive footage)
Troupers
The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)