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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 23, 1919
Died
February 12, 2011
Place of Birth
Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
Betty Garrett
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.8
Self
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
2012
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0.0
Troupers
2011
6.0
(archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009
5.9
Mrs. Hausenstout
Dark and Stormy Night
2009
0.0
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008
4.9
Mrs. Cuttle
Trail of the Screaming Forehead
2007
8.2
Eleanor
Grey's Anatomy
2005
7.0
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
7.7
Self
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
7.6
Miriam Guber
Boston Public
2000
Credits
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
as Self
2012
7.8
🎬
Troupers
2011
0.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
as (archive footage)
2009
6.0
Dark and Stormy Night
as Mrs. Hausenstout
2009
5.9
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
as Self
2008
0.0
Trail of the Screaming Forehead
as Mrs. Cuttle
2007
4.9
Grey's Anatomy
as Eleanor
2005
8.2
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
7.0
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self
2002
7.7
Boston Public
as Miriam Guber
2000
7.6
Frank Sinatra Memorial
as Self
2000
0.0
Becker
as Mrs. Firth
1998
7.2
The Long Way Home
as Veronica
1998
6.2
Union Square
as Agnes
1997
10.0
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
as Self
1996
7.5
Townies
1996
4.5
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
7.0
The Good Life
as Phyllis
1994
0.0
Blacke's Magic
1986
5.5
The Golden Girls
as Sarah
1985
7.5
That's Dancing!
as Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)
1985
7.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Kit Parkins
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Martha Neilson
1984
7.5
All the Way Home
as Catherine
1981
7.0
Mr. Merlin
1981
4.7
The Love Boat
as Martha McCoy
1977
6.3
Laverne & Shirley
as Edna Babish
1976
7.2
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
7.3
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
Great Performances
as Mary Hallen
1971
5.3
All in the Family
as Irene Lorenzo
1971
7.9
The Fugitive
as Margaret Ruskin
1963
7.2
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.4
The Shadow on the Window
as Linda Atlas
1957
5.7
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
My Sister Eileen
as Ruth Sherwood
1955
6.5
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
1950
0.0
On the Town
as Brunhilde Esterhazy
1949
7.0
Neptune's Daughter
as Betty Barrett
1949
5.8
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Shirley Delwyn
1949
6.7
Words and Music
as Peggy Lorgan McNeil
1948
5.7
Big City
as Shoo Shoo Grady
1948
7.2