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