Betty Grable

Acting · 0.8 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

Love Detectives

19349.0

I Wake Up Screaming

19416.9

Cavalcade

19335.5

The Costume Designer

195010.0

The Fabulous Allan Carr

20174.5

Collegiate

19357.0

Hollywood Luck

19329.0

Three for the Show

19555.9

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

19436.5

Becoming Marilyn

20227.6

This Is Bob Hope...

20178.0

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

19495.9

Follow the Fleet

19366.9

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

19478.8

Showbiz Goes to War

198210.0

The Casting Couch

19958.3

Wing and a Prayer

19446.7

Coney Island

19436.3

My Blue Heaven

19507.5

College Swing

19386.8

Pin Up Girl

19446.3

Kiki

19315.2

Happy Days

19296.3

Take It or Leave It

19446.0

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

19999.0

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

19364.7

That Lady in Ermine

19486.0

Palmy Days

19317.3

Song of the Islands

19427.0

A Yank in the R.A.F.

19415.6

Marilyn

19637.5

How to Be Very, Very Popular

19554.6

Mother Wore Tights

19475.7

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

19977.7

A Quiet Fourth

19358.0

Springtime in the Rockies

19426.9

Child of Manhattan

19337.2

Marilyn at the Movies

2011

School for Romance

19344.3

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

19325.6

Down Argentine Way

19406.3

Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies

20127.0

Pigskin Parade

19366.2

Hollywood Blue

197010.0

By Your Leave

19344.3

Student Tour

19346.7

The Kid from Spain

19326.6

Once a Hero

1931

Susie's Affairs

19346.5

When My Baby Smiles at Me

19485.5

Whoopee!

19306.5

What Price Innocence?

19336.5

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

19417.0

The Farmer Takes a Wife

19534.3

Wabash Avenue

19505.3

Man About Town

19394.5

Old Man Rhythm

19357.0

The Nitwits

19356.7

Footlight Serenade

19426.5

Moon Over Miami

19416.5

Melody Cruise

19335.0

Elmer Steps Out

19348.0

Campus Confessions

19384.8

Give Me a Sailor

19386.1

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

19358.0

Four Jills in a Jeep

19446.8

Ferry-Go-Round

1934

This Band Age

1935

Lady! Please!

193210.0

Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star

2015

The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

19335.3

The Flirty Sleepwalker

19327.0

Over the Counter

19324.7

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

20096.0

Probation

19326.3

Tin Pan Alley

19405.4

Do You Love Me

19464.7

The Day the Bookies Wept

19397.5

Meet Me After the Show

19515.4

The Age of Consent

19327.0

The Dolly Sisters

19455.7

Some of Manie's Friends

1959

Air Tonic

19338.0

Hold 'Em Jail

19326.8

Thrill of a Lifetime

19377.0

The All-Star Bond Rally

19456.0

Hollywood Lights

19323.3

Don't Turn 'em Loose

19365.0

Call Me Mister

19516.8

Million Dollar Legs

19396.0

New Movietone Follies of 1930

193010.0

Let's Go Places

19309.0

Diamond Horseshoe

19457.0

Crashing Hollywood

19313.3

This Way Please

19377.0

Business Is a Pleasure

19347.0

Ex-Sweeties

19313.7

Drawing Rumors

19358.0

The Spirit of 1976

19358.0