Betty Grable

Acting · 0.6 popularity

Age

109

Movies

102

Born: December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973
From: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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 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.

Works

102 films

How to Marry a Millionaire

19536.8

The Gay Divorcee

19346.9

Cavalcade

19335.5

I Wake Up Screaming

19416.9

The Fabulous Allan Carr

20174.5

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

19478.8

Love Detectives

19349.0

The Costume Designer

195010.0

Happy Days

19296.3

Collegiate

19357.0

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

19436.5

Song of the Islands

19427.0

Becoming Marilyn

20227.6

My Blue Heaven

19507.5

This Is Bob Hope...

20178.0

Three for the Show

19555.9

The Casting Couch

19958.3

Palmy Days

19317.3

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

19364.7

Wing and a Prayer

19446.7

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

19495.9

Follow the Fleet

19366.9

Hollywood Luck

19329.0

Pin Up Girl

19446.3

A Yank in the R.A.F.

19415.6

How to Be Very, Very Popular

19554.6

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

19999.0

Marilyn at the Movies

2011

Kiki

19315.2

Showbiz Goes to War

198210.0

College Swing

19386.8

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

19417.0

Coney Island

19436.3

Marilyn

19637.5

Mother Wore Tights

19475.7

That Lady in Ermine

19486.0

Susie's Affairs

19346.5

What Price Innocence?

19336.5

Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies

20127.0

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

19325.6

Springtime in the Rockies

19426.9

School for Romance

19344.3

Child of Manhattan

19337.2

The Nitwits

19356.7

Give Me a Sailor

19386.1

Down Argentine Way

19406.3

The Farmer Takes a Wife

19534.3

Old Man Rhythm

19357.0

Footlight Serenade

19426.5

Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star

2015

Meet Me After the Show

19515.4

Once a Hero

1931

The Flirty Sleepwalker

19327.0

Four Jills in a Jeep

19446.8

This Band Age

1935

By Your Leave

19344.3

Wabash Avenue

19505.3

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

20096.0

Pigskin Parade

19366.2

Take It or Leave It

19446.0

When My Baby Smiles at Me

19485.5

Moon Over Miami

19416.5

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

19977.7

The All-Star Bond Rally

19456.0

Melody Cruise

19335.0

Campus Confessions

19384.8

Student Tour

19346.7

Call Me Mister

19516.8

Million Dollar Legs

19396.0

Don't Turn 'em Loose

19365.0

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

19358.0

A Quiet Fourth

19358.0

The Day the Bookies Wept

19397.5

Whoopee!

19306.5

Hollywood Blue

197010.0

Some of Manie's Friends

1959

Tin Pan Alley

19405.4

The Kid from Spain

19326.6

Probation

19326.3

Man About Town

19394.5

The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

19335.3

Thrill of a Lifetime

19377.0

Lady! Please!

193210.0

Let's Go Places

19309.0

Do You Love Me

19464.7

The Dolly Sisters

19455.7

Hold 'Em Jail

19326.8

The Age of Consent

19327.0

Elmer Steps Out

19348.0

Diamond Horseshoe

19457.0

Over the Counter

19324.7

Crashing Hollywood

19313.3

Business Is a Pleasure

19347.0

New Movietone Follies of 1930

193010.0

Ex-Sweeties

19313.7

Air Tonic

19338.0

Hollywood Lights

19323.3

This Way Please

19377.0

Drawing Rumors

19358.0

Ferry-Go-Round

1934

The Spirit of 1976

19358.0