Betty Garrett
Birthday
1919/05/23
Day of death
2011/02/12 (91 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
Also know as
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Biography
Betty Garrett (May 23, 1919 - February 12, 2011) was an American actress, comedian, singer and dancer, who starred in several Hollywood musicals and stage roles. She was at the top of her game when the Communist scare in the 1950s brought her career to a screeching, ugly halt. She and her husband Larry Parks, an Oscar-nominated actor, were summoned by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and questioned about their involvement. As the drama played out, a very pregnant Garrett was never call...Read more
Acting
(1949) On the Town
as Brunhilde Esterhazy
(1949) Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Shirley Delwyn
(1955) My Sister Eileen
as Ruth Sherwood
(1949) Neptune's Daughter
as Betty Barrett
(1957) The Shadow on the Window
as Linda Atlas
(2007) Trail of the Screaming Forehead
as Mrs. Cuttle
(1972) Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1948) Big City
as Shoo Shoo Grady
(1948) Words and Music
as Peggy Lorgan McNeil
(2011) Troupers
as ---
(2012) Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
as Self
(1974) That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1998) The Long Way Home
as Veronica
(1981) All the Way Home
as Catherine
(2002) Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self
(1994) That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(2000) Frank Sinatra Memorial
as Self
(1950) The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
(1985) That's Dancing!
as Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)
(1996) Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
as Self
(2009) Dark and Stormy Night
as Mrs. Hausenstout
(2003) Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
(2008) Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
as Self
(2009) Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
as (archive footage)
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Kit Parkins
(2000) Boston Public
as Miriam Guber
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1977) The Love Boat
as Martha McCoy
(1985) The Golden Girls
as Sarah
(1971) All in the Family
as Irene Lorenzo
(1976) Laverne & Shirley
as Edna Babish
(1998) Becker
as Mrs. Firth
(1963) The Fugitive
as Margaret Ruskin
(1981) Mr. Merlin
as ---
(1996) Townies
as ---
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1986) Blacke's Magic
as ---
(1997) Union Square
as Agnes
(2005) Grey's Anatomy
as Eleanor
(1974) Dinah!
as Self
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Martha Neilson
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1994) The Good Life
as Phyllis
(1971) Great Performances
as Mary Hallen