Betty Grable
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.
110 acting credits
Acting · 110
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
What's My Line?
1950
The Oscars
1953
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
The Hollywood Palace
1964
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
Cavalcade
1933
Three for the Show
1955
The Gay Divorcee
1934
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
Follow the Fleet
1936
That Lady in Ermine
1948
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
The Kid from Spain
1932
Coney Island
1943
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
How to Be Very, Very Popular
1955
Marilyn
1963
Probation
1932
Mother Wore Tights
1947
Wing and a Prayer
1944
A Yank in the R.A.F.
1941
Becoming Marilyn
2022
Down Argentine Way
1940
Pin Up Girl
1944
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
Springtime in the Rockies
1942
Pigskin Parade
1936
School for Romance
1934
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
Whoopee!
1930
Man About Town
1939
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
My Blue Heaven
1950
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
Footlight Serenade
1942
Hollywood Blue
1970
Happy Days
1929
Give Me a Sailor
1938
Collegiate
1936
Child of Manhattan
1933
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009
Don't Turn 'em Loose
1936
Over the Counter
1932
The Nitwits
1935
Old Man Rhythm
1935
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997
By Your Leave
1934
College Swing
1938
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
Thrill of a Lifetime
1937
Palmy Days
1931
Some of Manie's Friends
1959
Wabash Avenue
1950
Take It or Leave It
1944
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
Do You Love Me
1946
Song of the Islands
1942
The Costume Designer
1950
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
Moon Over Miami
1941
Tin Pan Alley
1940
Student Tour
1934
Million Dollar Legs
1939
Melody Cruise
1933
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1953
Diamond Horseshoe
1945
Kiki
1931
The Casting Couch
1995
Meet Me After the Show
1951
Call Me Mister
1951
The All-Star Bond Rally
1945
When My Baby Smiles at Me
1948
The Age of Consent
1932
Campus Confessions
1938
Hold 'Em Jail
1932
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
1933
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935
New Movietone Follies of 1930
1930
This Way Please
1937
Elmer Steps Out
1934
The Dolly Sisters
1945
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
2015
Marilyn at the Movies
2011
Crashing Hollywood
1931
What Price Innocence?
1933
Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
2012
Drawing Rumors
1935
Let's Go Places
1930
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943
Hollywood Luck
1932
The Flirty Sleepwalker
1932
Susie's Affairs
1934
Lady! Please!
1932
Hollywood Lights
1932
Air Tonic
1933
A Quiet Fourth
1935
Love Detectives
1934
This Band Age
1935
Once a Hero
1931
The Spirit of 1976
1935
Business Is a Pleasure
1934
Ex-Sweeties
1931
Ferry-Go-Round
1934