Birthday
1916/12/18
Day of death
1973/07/02 (56 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Also know as
Elizabeth Ruth Grable, Frances Dean, Бетті Грейбл, Бети Грејбл
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...Read more
(1953) How to Marry a Millionaire
as Loco Dempsey
(1941) I Wake Up Screaming
as Jill Lynn
(1932) Hollywood Lights
as Betty
(1936) Follow the Fleet
as Singer in Trio
(1934) The Gay Divorcee
as Guest
(1932) The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
(1944) Pin Up Girl
as Lorry Jones
(1942) Footlight Serenade
as Pat Lambert
(1942) Springtime in the Rockies
as Vicky Lane
(1941) Moon Over Miami
as Kathryn 'Kay' Latimer, also called Miss Adams
(1940) Down Argentine Way
as Glenda Crawford
(1941) A Yank in the R.A.F.
as Carol Brown
(1943) Coney Island
as Kate Farley
(1982) Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
(1948) That Lady in Ermine
as Francesca / Angelina
(1936) Pigskin Parade
as Laura Watson
(1949) The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Freddie
(1933) Cavalcade
as Girl on Couch
(1950) My Blue Heaven
as Kitty Moran
(1970) Hollywood Blue
as (archive footage)
(1937) This Way Please
as Jane Morrow
(1933) Child of Manhattan
as Lucy McGonagle
(1935) The Nitwits
as Mary Roberts
(1947) Mother Wore Tights
as Mother
(1945) The Dolly Sisters
as Yansci 'Jenny' Dolly
(1946) Do You Love Me
as Barry's Fan in Taxi (uncredited)
(1945) Diamond Horseshoe
as Bonnie Collins
(1950) Wabash Avenue
as Ruby Summers
(1947) The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
as Cynthia Pilgrim
(1955) How To Be Very, Very Popular
as Stormy Tornado
(1953) The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Molly Larkins
(1938) College Swing
as Betty
(1938) Give Me a Sailor
as Nancy Larkin
(1948) When My Baby Smiles at Me
as Bonny Kane
(1935) A Quiet Fourth
as ---
(1986) Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)
(1932) Probation
as Ruth Jarrett
(1936) Don't Turn 'em Loose
as Mildred Webster
(1934) By Your Leave
as Frances
(1939) The Day the Bookies Wept
as Ina Firpo
(1937) Thrill of a Lifetime
as Gwen
(1934) Student Tour
as Cayenne
(1951) Meet Me After the Show
as Delilah Lee
(1939) Man About Town
as Susan Hayes
(1959) Some of Manie's Friends
as ---
(1935) Old Man Rhythm
as Sylvia
(1942) Song of the Islands
as Eileen O'Brien
(1932) The Kid from Spain
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
(1934) Love Detectives
as Alice
(1955) Three for the Show
as Julie Lowndes
(1944) Four Jills in a Jeep
as Betty Grable
(1933) What Price Innocence?
as Beverly Bennett
(1951) Call Me Mister
as Kay Hudson
(1943) Sweet Rosie O'Grady
as Madeleine Marlowe/Rosie O'Grady
(1933) Cavalcade
as Blonde Girl on Couch (uncredited)
(1932) Hold 'Em Jail
as Barbara Jones
(1930) Whoopee!
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
(1939) Million Dollar Legs
as Carol Parker
(1938) Campus Confessions
as Joyce Gilmore
(1940) Tin Pan Alley
as Lily Blane
(1929) Happy Days
as Chorus Woman
(1997) Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
as Self (archiveFootage)
(2002) Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
as Self (archiveFootage)
(1931) Kiki
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
(1931) Palmy Days
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
(1932) Over the Counter
as Customer Who Wants to Buy a Baby (uncredited)
(1934) Susie's Affairs
as Susie Lee
(1935) A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
as Vocalist
(1945) The All-Star Bond Rally
as Pat Lambert (archive footage)
(1936) Collegiate
as Dorothy
(2017) This Is Bob Hope...
as Self (archive footage)
(1934) School for Romance
as Student
(1932) The Age of Consent
as Student at Dormitory (uncredited)
(1933) Melody Cruise
as First Stewardess (uncredited)
(1930) New Movietone Follies of 1930
as Chorine
(1933) The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
as Band Singer with Ted Fio Rito
(1934) Elmer Steps Out
as ---
(1950) The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
(1944) Wing and a Prayer
as (archive footage)
(1944) Take It or Leave It
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1963) Marilyn
as Self / Loco Dempsey (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1941) Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
as ---
(1936) Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
as ---
(1931) Crashing Hollywood
as Betty
(1934) Ferry-Go-Round
as Betty
(1931) Ex-Sweeties
as Undetermined Minor Role
(1932) Lady! Please!
as Undetermined Minor Role (unconfirmed)
(1935) This Band Age
as Betty - Band Singer
(1933) Air Tonic
as Betty Grable - Band Singer
(1932) The Flirty Sleepwalker
as Blonde Girl
(1935) Drawing Rumors
as ---
(1932) Hollywood Luck
as ---
(1934) Business Is a Pleasure
as ---
(1931) Once a Hero
as ---
(1935) The Spirit of 1976
as ---
(2015) Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
as Self (archive footage)
(2009) Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
as (archive footage)
(2023) Lynch/Oz
as Jill Lynn (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1957) The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Betty Grable
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Presenter
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1967) The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self