Betty Grable

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1916-12-18 (57 years old)

Deathday

1973-07-02

Place of Birth

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Betty Grable

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 fin...

Acting

1953

1941

1932

1936

Follow the Fleet

as Singer in Trio

1934

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

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

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

1945

The Dolly Sisters

as Yansci 'Jenny' Dolly

1946

Do You Love Me

as Barry's Fan in Taxi

1945

Diamond Horseshoe

as Bonnie Collins

1950

Wabash Avenue

as Ruby Summers

1947

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

as Cynthia Pilgrim

1955

1953

The Farmer Takes a Wife

as Molly Larkins

1938

1938

Give Me a Sailor

as Nancy Larkin

1948

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

1934

Student Tour

as Cayenne

1951

1939

Man About Town

as Susan Hayes

1935

1942

Song of the Islands

as Eileen O'Brien

1932

The Kid from Spain

as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

1934

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

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

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

1932

The Age of Consent

as Student at Dormitory (uncredited)

1933

Melody Cruise

as First Stewardess (uncredited)

1933

The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

as Band Singer with Ted Fio Rito

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)

1931

1934

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

2015

Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star

as Self (archive footage)

1930

Let's Go Places

as Chorine (uncredited)

1929

Happy Days

as Chorus Woman

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