Cast

Betty Grable

Acting

Cast

Betty Grable

Known for

Acting

Born

1916-12-18

From

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Died

1973-07-02

Also known as Elizabeth Ruth Grable, Frances Dean, Бетті Грейбл

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.

Betty Grable

Betty Grable

Biography

Hollywood Luck

How to Marry a Millionaire

Kiki

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

The Costume Designer

My Blue Heaven

Collegiate

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

The Gay Divorcee

I Wake Up Screaming

Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies

The Flirty Sleepwalker

The Casting Couch

Showbiz Goes to War

Love Detectives

Happy Days

This Is Bob Hope...

The Fabulous Allan Carr

Wing and a Prayer

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

Song of the Islands

Palmy Days

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

Cavalcade

Cavalcade

Three for the Show

Once a Hero

Coney Island

Melody Cruise

How to Be Very, Very Popular

Give Me a Sailor

Pin Up Girl

The Day the Bookies Wept

Whoopee!

A Quiet Fourth

Follow the Fleet

This Band Age

That Lady in Ermine

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

College Swing

Do You Love Me

Susie's Affairs

Becoming Marilyn

Million Dollar Legs

The Nitwits

Pigskin Parade

Meet Me After the Show

Wabash Avenue

Tin Pan Alley

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

Moon Over Miami

Marilyn

Footlight Serenade

The Age of Consent

The Dolly Sisters

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

What Price Innocence?

Old Man Rhythm

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults

Mother Wore Tights

Down Argentine Way

Four Jills in a Jeep

The Farmer Takes a Wife

Take It or Leave It

Child of Manhattan

The Kid from Spain

Hold 'Em Jail

A Yank in the R.A.F.

Hollywood Blue

This Way Please

When My Baby Smiles at Me

Diamond Horseshoe

Student Tour

Probation

Don't Turn 'em Loose

Man About Town