Betty Grable

Known for ActingBorn 1916-12-18Died 1973-07-02Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Showbiz Goes to War

Hollywood Blue

The Costume Designer

Lady! Please!

New Movietone Follies of 1930

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults

Love Detectives

Hollywood Luck

Let's Go Places

The Casting Couch

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

This Is Bob Hope...

Becoming Marilyn

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

The Carol Burnett Show

A Quiet Fourth

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

Drawing Rumors

The Spirit of 1976

Elmer Steps Out

Air Tonic

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Marilyn

Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies

My Blue Heaven

The Day the Bookies Wept

Hold 'Em Jail

Palmy Days

What's My Line?

Child of Manhattan

The Oscars

Diamond Horseshoe

Song of the Islands

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

This Way Please

Thrill of a Lifetime

How to Marry a Millionaire

Collegiate

Old Man Rhythm

Business Is a Pleasure

The Ed Sullivan Show

I Wake Up Screaming

The Age of Consent

The Flirty Sleepwalker

Springtime in the Rockies

The Gay Divorcee

Call Me Mister