Cast & creator
Betty Grable
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, What's My Line?, The Carol Burnett Show
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.
Also known as: Elizabeth Ruth Grable, Frances Dean, Бетті Грейбл, Бети Грејбл
103
film credits
8
television credits
111
1929–2022 · acting roles
6.6
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (111)
Showing 111 of 111 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
What's My Line?
Self
1950
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest
1967
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Presenter
1964
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Betty Grable
1957
How to Marry a Millionaire
Loco Dempsey
1953
The Costume Designer
Self (archive footage)
1950Bob Hope's World of Comedy
(archive footage)
1976
The Gay Divorcee
Guest
1934
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive footage)
2017
Cavalcade
Girl on Couch
1933Cavalcade
Blonde Girl on Couch (uncredited)
1933
Follow the Fleet
Singer in Trio
1936
This Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage)
2017
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982
Meet Me After the Show
Delilah Lee
1951
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Freddie
1949
Happy Days
Chorus Woman
1929
I Wake Up Screaming
Jill Lynn
1941
Collegiate
Dorothy
1935
The All-Star Bond Rally
Pat Lambert (archive footage)
1945
The Day the Bookies Wept
Ina Firpo
1939
A Yank in the R.A.F.
Carol Brown
1941
Song of the Islands
Eileen O'Brien
1942
That Lady in Ermine
Francesca / Angelina
1948
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
(archive footage)
2009
Wing and a Prayer
(archive footage)
1944
Moon Over Miami
Kathryn 'Kay' Latimer, also called Miss Adams
1941
Pin Up Girl
Lorry Jones
1944
Take It or Leave It
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1944
Three for the Show
Julie Lowndes
1955
How to Be Very, Very Popular
Stormy Tornado
1955
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
Self (archive footage)
2015
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Four Jills in a Jeep
Betty Grable
1944
Marilyn at the Movies
Self (archive footage)
2011
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Cynthia Pilgrim
1947
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Molly Larkins
1953
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
1932
Coney Island
Kate Farley
1943
Give Me a Sailor
Nancy Larkin
1938
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Self (archiveFootage)
1997
Down Argentine Way
Glenda Crawford
1940
The Kid from Spain
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
1932Hollywood Luck
1932
The Casting Couch
1995
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
Palmy Days
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
1931
Becoming Marilyn
(archive footage)
2022
Springtime in the Rockies
Vicky Lane
1942
Thrill of a Lifetime
Gwen
1937
Do You Love Me
Barry's Fan in Taxi
1946Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
2012
Love Detectives
Alice
1934
My Blue Heaven
Kitty Moran
1950
Marilyn
archive footage
1963
Don't Turn 'em Loose
Mildred Webster
1936
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Vocalist
1935
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
(archive footage)
1999
Kiki
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
1931
College Swing
Betty
1938
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Bonny Kane
1948
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Madeleine Marlowe/Rosie O'Grady
1943
Mother Wore Tights
Mother
1947
Man About Town
Susan Hayes
1939
The Age of Consent
Student at Dormitory (uncredited)
1932
What Price Innocence?
Beverly Bennett
1933
Million Dollar Legs
Carol Parker
1939
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Band Singer with Ted Fio Rito
1933
New Movietone Follies of 1930
Chorine
1930
Old Man Rhythm
Sylvia
1935
Pigskin Parade
Laura Watson
1936
Wabash Avenue
Ruby Summers
1950
Melody Cruise
First Stewardess (uncredited)
1933
Call Me Mister
Kay Hudson
1951Some of Manie's Friends
1959
Footlight Serenade
Pat Lambert
1942
Let's Go Places
Chorine (uncredited)
1930
By Your Leave
Frances
1934
Student Tour
Cayenne
1934
Tin Pan Alley
Lily Blane
1940
The Dolly Sisters
Jenny Dolly
1945
Child of Manhattan
Lucy McGonagle
1933
This Way Please
Jane Morrow
1937
Whoopee!
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
1930A Quiet Fourth
1935
Campus Confessions
Joyce Gilmore
1938
The Nitwits
Mary Roberts
1935
Hold 'Em Jail
Barbara Jones
1932
Hollywood Blue
(archive footage)
1970
Probation
Ruth Jarrett
1932Business Is a Pleasure
1934Once a Hero
1931The Flirty Sleepwalker
Blonde Girl
1932
Hollywood Lights
Betty
1932
Susie's Affairs
Susie Lee
1934The Spirit of 1976
1935
Over the Counter
Customer Who Wants to Buy a Baby (uncredited)
1932This Band Age
Betty - Band Singer
1935
Diamond Horseshoe
Bonnie Collins
1945
Elmer Steps Out
1934
School for Romance
Student
1934Lady! Please!
Undetermined Minor Role (unconfirmed)
1932Crashing Hollywood
Betty
1931Ferry-Go-Round
Betty
1934
Air Tonic
Betty Grable - Band Singer
1933Ex-Sweeties
Undetermined Minor Role
1931