Betty Grable

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    Elizabeth Ruth Grable, Frances Dean, Бетті Грейбл, Бети Грејбл

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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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  • wc Gender: Female
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1916-12-18
  • event Death Date 1973-07-02
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 5.8
  • info Birth Place Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Betty Grable

6.8

How to Marry a Millionaire

1953-10-29

6.8

I Wake Up Screaming

1941-10-31

1

Hollywood Lights

1932-05-08

6.9

The Gay Divorcee

1934-10-12

6.8

Follow the Fleet

1936-02-20

4.8

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

1932-02-03

6.1

Pin Up Girl

1944-04-25

0

Footlight Serenade

1942-08-01

6.7

Springtime in the Rockies

1942-11-06

6.1

Moon Over Miami

1941-07-04

6

Down Argentine Way

1940-10-11

5.5

A Yank in the R.A.F.

1941-09-26

5.3

Coney Island

1943-06-18

10

Showbiz Goes to War

1982-12-31

5.8

That Lady in Ermine

1948-08-24

5.8

Pigskin Parade

1936-10-23

5.8

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

1949-05-27

5.5

Cavalcade

1933-02-08

7

My Blue Heaven

1950-09-15

0

Hollywood Blue

1970-11-18

5.5

This Way Please

1937-10-15

8

Child of Manhattan

1933-02-11

6.1

The Nitwits

1935-06-07

5.3

Mother Wore Tights

1947-08-20

5.5

The Dolly Sisters

1945-11-14

4.3

Do You Love Me

1946-05-17

4

Diamond Horseshoe

1945-05-02

4.7

Wabash Avenue

1950-03-31

8.5

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

1947-01-04

4.7

How To Be Very, Very Popular

1955-07-22

3.3

The Farmer Takes a Wife

1953-06-12

6.8

College Swing

1938-04-29

5.6

Give Me a Sailor

1938-08-19

4.8

When My Baby Smiles at Me

1948-11-10

0

A Quiet Fourth

1935-08-08

7.5

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

1986-04-19

5

Probation

1932-03-15

4.8

Don't Turn 'em Loose

1936-09-18

3

By Your Leave

1934-11-09

5

The Day the Bookies Wept

1939-09-13

5

Thrill of a Lifetime

1937-12-03

5

Student Tour

1934-10-05

5

Meet Me After the Show

1951-08-15

4.5

Man About Town

1939-06-29

0

Some of Manie's Friends

1959-03-10

6.3

Old Man Rhythm

1935-08-02

6.2

Song of the Islands

1942-03-13

6.6

The Kid from Spain

1932-11-17

0

Love Detectives

1934-02-28

6

Three for the Show

1955-02-24

5.7

Four Jills in a Jeep

1944-03-17

3

What Price Innocence?

1933-06-24

6.7

Call Me Mister

1951-02-01

6

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

1943-10-01

5.5

Cavalcade

1933-02-08

6.8

Hold 'Em Jail

1932-08-19

6.5

Whoopee!

1930-09-26

5

Million Dollar Legs

1939-07-13

4.2

Campus Confessions

1938-09-23

5

Tin Pan Alley

1940-11-29

6

Happy Days

1929-09-16

7

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

1997-11-18

0

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

2002-03-05

4.5

Kiki

1931-03-14

7

Palmy Days

1931-09-23

4.7

Over the Counter

1932-10-15

5

Susie's Affairs

1934-06-01

6

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

1935-06-21

5

The All-Star Bond Rally

1945-05-10

0

Collegiate

1936-01-22

8

This Is Bob Hope...

2017-12-29

0

New Movietone Follies of 1930

1930-05-04

5.8

The Age of Consent

1932-08-19

5.2

Melody Cruise

1933-06-22

4.5

The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

1933-10-25

0

Elmer Steps Out

1934-02-28

3

School for Romance

1934-01-31

4

Take It or Leave It

1944-07-17

6.5

Wing and a Prayer

1944-01-01

0

The Costume Designer

1950-07-13

6

Marilyn

1963-04-18

6

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

1941-12-05

6.3

The Love Goddesses

1965-03-03

1

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

1936-08-05

1

Crashing Hollywood

1931-04-05

1

Ex-Sweeties

1931-04-12

0

Once a Hero

1931-11-22

0

Lady! Please!

1932-02-28

0

Hollywood Luck

1932-03-13

0

The Flirty Sleepwalker

1932-03-27

0

Air Tonic

1933-12-22

0

Business Is a Pleasure

1934-03-17

0

Ferry-Go-Round

1934-11-23

0

This Band Age

1935-01-25

0

The Spirit of 1976

1935-02-15

0

Drawing Rumors

1935-07-12

0

Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star

2015-08-07

6

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing

2009-12-31

8.8

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957-11-06

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948-06-20

4.5

The Hollywood Palace

1964-01-04

4

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956-10-05

7

The Oscars

1953-03-19

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948-06-20

7.5

The Carol Burnett Show

1967-09-11

6.6

What's My Line?

1950-02-02

7.4

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962-10-01