Betty Grable
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.
Acting (84 movies)
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
Hollywood Lights
1932
The Gay Divorcee
1934
Follow the Fleet
1936
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
Pin Up Girl
1944
Footlight Serenade
1942
Springtime in the Rockies
1942
Moon Over Miami
1941
Down Argentine Way
1940
A Yank in the R.A.F.
1941
Coney Island
1943
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
That Lady in Ermine
1948
Pigskin Parade
1936
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
Cavalcade
1933
My Blue Heaven
1950
Hollywood Blue
1970
This Way Please
1937
Child of Manhattan
1933
The Nitwits
1935
Mother Wore Tights
1947
The Dolly Sisters
1945
Do You Love Me
1946
Diamond Horseshoe
1945
Wabash Avenue
1950
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947
How To Be Very, Very Popular
1955
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1953
College Swing
1938
Give Me a Sailor
1938
When My Baby Smiles at Me
1948
Probation
1932
Don't Turn 'em Loose
1936
By Your Leave
1934
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
Thrill of a Lifetime
1937
Student Tour
1934
Meet Me After the Show
1951
Man About Town
1939
Old Man Rhythm
1935
Song of the Islands
1942
The Kid from Spain
1932
Love Detectives
1934
Three for the Show
1955
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944
What Price Innocence?
1933
Call Me Mister
1951
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943
Cavalcade
1933
Hold 'Em Jail
1932
Whoopee!
1930
Million Dollar Legs
1939
Campus Confessions
1938
Tin Pan Alley
1940
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
Kiki
1931
Palmy Days
1931
Over the Counter
1932
Susie's Affairs
1934
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935
The All-Star Bond Rally
1945
Collegiate
1936
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
New Movietone Follies of 1930
1930
The Age of Consent
1932
Melody Cruise
1933
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
1933
Elmer Steps Out
1934
School for Romance
1934
Take It or Leave It
1944
Wing and a Prayer
1944
The Costume Designer
1950
Marilyn
1963
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
Air Tonic
1933
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
2015
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009
Let's Go Places
1930
Happy Days
1929
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