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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 18, 1916
Died
July 2, 1973
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
- Elizabeth Ruth Grable
- Frances Dean
- Бетті Грейбл
- Бети Грејбл
Betty Grable
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.2
Jill Lynn (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lynch/Oz
2023
8.0
Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
2015
6.0
(archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009
0.0
Self (archiveFootage)
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
7.0
Self (archiveFootage)
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997
7.5
Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986
10.0
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
0.0
(archive footage)
Hollywood Blue
1970
7.7
Self - Guest
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
Credits
Lynch/Oz
as Jill Lynn (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
7.2
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self (archive footage)
2017
8.0
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
as Self (archive footage)
2015
0.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
as (archive footage)
2009
6.0
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
as Self (archiveFootage)
1999
0.0
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
as Self (archiveFootage)
1997
7.0
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)
1986
7.5
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
10.0
Hollywood Blue
as (archive footage)
1970
0.0
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest
1967
7.7
The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Presenter
1964
4.5
Marilyn
as Self / Loco Dempsey (archive footage) (uncredited)
1963
6.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.4
🎬
Some of Manie's Friends
1959
0.0
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Betty Grable
1957
8.6
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
How To Be Very, Very Popular
as Stormy Tornado
1955
4.7
Three for the Show
as Julie Lowndes
1955
6.0
How to Marry a Millionaire
as Loco Dempsey
1953
6.8
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Molly Larkins
1953
3.3
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Meet Me After the Show
as Delilah Lee
1951
5.0
Call Me Mister
as Kay Hudson
1951
6.7
My Blue Heaven
as Kitty Moran
1950
7.0
The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
1950
0.0
Wabash Avenue
as Ruby Summers
1950
4.7
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Freddie
1949
5.8
When My Baby Smiles at Me
as Bonny Kane
1948
4.8
That Lady in Ermine
as Francesca / Angelina
1948
5.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Mother Wore Tights
as Mother
1947
5.3
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Cynthia Pilgrim
1947
8.5
Do You Love Me
as Barry's Fan in Taxi (uncredited)
1946
4.3
The Dolly Sisters
as Yansci 'Jenny' Dolly
1945
5.5
The All-Star Bond Rally
as Pat Lambert (archive footage)
1945
5.0
Diamond Horseshoe
as Bonnie Collins
1945
4.0
Take It or Leave It
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1944
4.0
Pin Up Girl
as Lorry Jones
1944
6.1
Four Jills in a Jeep
as Betty Grable
1944
5.7
Wing and a Prayer
as (archive footage)
1944
6.5
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
as Madeleine Marlowe/Rosie O'Grady
1943
6.0
Coney Island
as Kate Farley
1943
6.1
Springtime in the Rockies
as Vicky Lane
1942
6.7
Footlight Serenade
as Pat Lambert
1942
0.0
Song of the Islands
as Eileen O'Brien
1942
6.2
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
6.0
I Wake Up Screaming
as Jill Lynn
1941
6.9
A Yank in the R.A.F.
as Carol Brown
1941
5.6
Moon Over Miami
as Kathryn 'Kay' Latimer, also called Miss Adams
1941
6.1
Tin Pan Alley
as Lily Blane
1940
4.8
Down Argentine Way
as Glenda Crawford
1940
6.1
The Day the Bookies Wept
as Ina Firpo
1939
5.0
Million Dollar Legs
as Carol Parker
1939
5.0
Man About Town
as Susan Hayes
1939
4.5
Campus Confessions
as Joyce Gilmore
1938
4.2
Give Me a Sailor
as Nancy Larkin
1938
5.6
College Swing
as Betty
1938
6.8
Thrill of a Lifetime
as Gwen
1937
5.0
This Way Please
as Jane Morrow
1937
5.5
Pigskin Parade
as Laura Watson
1936
6.1
Don't Turn 'em Loose
as Mildred Webster
1936
4.8
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
1.0
Follow the Fleet
as Singer in Trio
1936
6.8
Collegiate
as Dorothy
1936
0.0
🎬
A Quiet Fourth
1935
0.0
Old Man Rhythm
as Sylvia
1935
6.3
🎬
Drawing Rumors
1935
0.0
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
as Vocalist
1935
6.0
The Nitwits
as Mary Roberts
1935
6.1
🎬
The Spirit of 1976
1935
0.0
🎬
This Band Age
as Betty - Band Singer
1935
0.0
🎬
Ferry-Go-Round
as Betty
1934
0.0
By Your Leave
as Frances
1934
3.0
The Gay Divorcee
as Guest
1934
6.9
Student Tour
as Cayenne
1934
5.0
Susie's Affairs
as Susie Lee
1934
5.0
🎬
Business Is a Pleasure
1934
0.0
Elmer Steps Out
1934
0.0
Love Detectives
as Alice
1934
0.0
School for Romance
as Student
1934
3.0
Air Tonic
as Betty Grable - Band Singer
1933
0.0
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
as Band Singer with Ted Fio Rito
1933
4.5
What Price Innocence?
as Beverly Bennett
1933
3.0
Melody Cruise
as First Stewardess (uncredited)
1933
5.2
Child of Manhattan
as Lucy McGonagle
1933
8.0
Cavalcade
as Girl on Couch
1933
5.5
Cavalcade
as Blonde Girl on Couch (uncredited)
1933
5.5
The Kid from Spain
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
1932
6.6
Over the Counter
as Customer Who Wants to Buy a Baby (uncredited)
1932
4.7
The Age of Consent
as Student at Dormitory (uncredited)
1932
5.8
Hold 'Em Jail
as Barbara Jones
1932
6.8
Hollywood Lights
as Betty
1932
1.0
🎬
The Flirty Sleepwalker
as Blonde Girl
1932
0.0
Probation
as Ruth Jarrett
1932
5.0
🎬
Hollywood Luck
1932
0.0
🎬
Lady! Please!
as Undetermined Minor Role (unconfirmed)
1932
0.0
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
1932
5.1
🎬
Once a Hero
1931
0.0
Palmy Days
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
1931
7.0
🎬
Ex-Sweeties
as Undetermined Minor Role
1931
1.0
🎬
Crashing Hollywood
as Betty
1931
1.0
Kiki
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
1931
4.5
Whoopee!
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
1930
6.4
New Movietone Follies of 1930
as Chorine
1930
0.0
Let's Go Places
as Chorine (uncredited)
1930
0.0
Happy Days
as Chorus Woman
1929
6.0