Betty Grable

Actor Dec 18 (died age 56) Saint Louis, Missouri, USA 1929–2022 (93 year career)

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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 wa…

Known For

Film

How to Marry a Millionaire

Loco Dempsey

Film

The Gay Divorcee

Guest

Film

I Wake Up Screaming

Jill Lynn

Film

Follow the Fleet

Singer in Trio

Film

Cavalcade

Girl on Couch

Film

Becoming Marilyn

7.6 2022

Film

Down Argentine Way

Glenda Crawford

Film

A Yank in the R.A.F.

Carol Brown

Filmography

Acting (105)

Movies (97)

Becoming Marilyn

2022

7.6

This Is Bob Hope...

2017

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star

2015

as Self (archive footage)

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

2009

as (archive footage)

6.0

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

1999

as (archive footage)

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

1997

as Self (archiveFootage)

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

Hollywood Blue

as (archive footage)

Marilyn

1963

as archive footage

6.0

Some of Manie's Friends

1959

How to Be Very, Very Popular

as Stormy Tornado

Three for the Show

as Julie Lowndes

How to Marry a Millionaire

1953

as Loco Dempsey

6.8

The Farmer Takes a Wife

as Molly Larkins

Call Me Mister

as Kay Hudson

Meet Me After the Show

as Delilah Lee

My Blue Heaven

as Kitty Moran

The Costume Designer

as Self (archive footage)

Wabash Avenue

1950

as Ruby Summers

4.7

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

1949

as Freddie

5.8

When My Baby Smiles at Me

1948

as Bonny Kane

4.8

That Lady in Ermine

1948

as Francesca / Angelina

5.9

Mother Wore Tights

1947

as Mother

5.3

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

1947

as Cynthia Pilgrim

8.5

Do You Love Me

1946

as Barry's Fan in Taxi

4.8

The Dolly Sisters

1945

as Yansci 'Jenny' Dolly

5.2

Diamond Horseshoe

1945

as Bonnie Collins

4.0

The All-Star Bond Rally

1945

as Pat Lambert (archive footage)

Wing and a Prayer

as (archive footage)

Take It or Leave It

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pin Up Girl

as Lorry Jones

Four Jills in a Jeep

as Betty Grable

Coney Island

as Kate Farley

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

as Madeleine Marlowe/Rosie O'Grady

6.0

Footlight Serenade

1942

as Pat Lambert

Springtime in the Rockies

as Vicky Lane

Song of the Islands

as Eileen O'Brien

A Yank in the R.A.F.

as Carol Brown

I Wake Up Screaming

as Jill Lynn

Moon Over Miami

as Kathryn 'Kay' Latimer, also called Miss Adams

6.1

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

Down Argentine Way

as Glenda Crawford

Tin Pan Alley

as Lily Blane

Man About Town

as Susan Hayes

The Day the Bookies Wept

as Ina Firpo

Million Dollar Legs

as Carol Parker

Give Me a Sailor

as Nancy Larkin

College Swing

as Betty

Campus Confessions

as Joyce Gilmore

This Way Please

as Jane Morrow

Thrill of a Lifetime

as Gwen

Pigskin Parade

as Laura Watson

Collegiate

as Dorothy

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

Follow the Fleet

as Singer in Trio

Don't Turn 'em Loose

as Mildred Webster

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

as Vocalist

A Quiet Fourth

The Spirit of 1976

The Nitwits

as Mary Roberts

Old Man Rhythm

as Sylvia

This Band Age

as Betty - Band Singer

Drawing Rumors

1935

Elmer Steps Out

1934

Ferry-Go-Round

1934

as Betty

The Gay Divorcee

as Guest

Susie's Affairs

as Susie Lee

School for Romance

as Student

Love Detectives

as Alice

By Your Leave

as Frances

Student Tour

as Cayenne

Business Is a Pleasure

1934

The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

1933

as Band Singer with Ted Fio Rito

4.5

Child of Manhattan

1933

as Lucy McGonagle

7.2

What Price Innocence?

1933

as Beverly Bennett

3.0

Melody Cruise

1933

as First Stewardess (uncredited)

Cavalcade

as Girl on Couch

Air Tonic

as Betty Grable - Band Singer

The Kid from Spain

1932

as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

6.6

Hollywood Luck

1932

The Flirty Sleepwalker

1932

as Blonde Girl

Lady! Please!

1932

as Undetermined Minor Role (unconfirmed)

Hollywood Lights

as Betty

Probation

as Ruth Jarrett

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

1932

as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

Hold 'Em Jail

as Barbara Jones

Over the Counter

as Customer Who Wants to Buy a Baby (uncredited)

3.8

The Age of Consent

1932

as Student at Dormitory (uncredited)

Crashing Hollywood

as Betty

Palmy Days

as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

7.0

Once a Hero

1931

Kiki

1931

as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

4.5

Ex-Sweeties

1931

as Undetermined Minor Role

1.0

Whoopee!

1930

as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

6.4

Let's Go Places

1930

as Chorine (uncredited)

New Movietone Follies of 1930

1930

as Chorine

Happy Days

1929

as Chorus Woman

6.0

Television (8)

The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest

The Hollywood Palace

as Self - Presenter

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957

as Betty Grable

8.6

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

6.9

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

as Self

6.8