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Betty Grable (1916–1973)


Elizabeth Ruth Grable was born on December 18, 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri. Her mother Lillian was a stubborn and materialistic woman who was determined to make her daughter a star. Elizabeth, who later became Betty, was enrolled in Clark's Dancing School at the age of three. With her mother's guidance... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1954-1958 Shower of Stars (TV series)
Betty Grable
Episode #4.7 (1958) … Betty Grable
All-Star Line-Up (1955)
 
1956 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)
Lily Garland
 
1956 Star Stage (TV series)
Cleopatra Collins
Cleopatra Collins (1956) … Cleopatra Collins
 
1955 How to Be Very, Very Popular
Stormy Tornado
 
1955 Three for the Show
Julie Lowndes
 
1953 The Farmer Takes a Wife
Molly Larkins
 
1951 Meet Me After the Show
Delilah Lee
 
1951 Call Me Mister
Kay Hudson
 
1950 My Blue Heaven
Kitty Moran
 
1950 Wabash Avenue
Ruby Summers
 
1948 When My Baby Smiles at Me
Bonny Kane
 
1948 That Lady in Ermine
Francesca/Angelina
 
1947 Mother Wore Tights
Mother
 
1947 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Cynthia Pilgrim
 
1946 Do You Love Me
Barry's Fan in Taxi (uncredited)
 
1945 The Dolly Sisters
Yansci 'Jenny' Dolly
 
1945 Diamond Horseshoe
Bonnie Collins
 
1944 Pin Up Girl
Lorry Jones aka Laura Lorraine
 
1944 Four Jills in a Jeep
Betty Grable
 
1943 Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Madeleine 'Madge' Marlowe/Rosie O'Grady
 
1943 Coney Island
Kate Farley
 
1942 Springtime in the Rockies
Vicky Lane
 
1942 Footlight Serenade
Pat Lambert
 
1942 Song of the Islands
Eileen O'Brien
 
1941 I Wake Up Screaming
Jill Lynn
 
1941 A Yank in the R.A.F.
Carol Brown
 
1941 Moon Over Miami
Kathryn 'Kay' Latimer, also called Miss Adams
 
1940 Tin Pan Alley
Lily Blane
 
1940 Down Argentine Way
Glenda Crawford
 
1939 The Day the Bookies Wept
Ina Firpo
 
1939 Million Dollar Legs
Carol Parker
 
1939 Man About Town
Susan Hayes
 
1938 Campus Confessions
Joyce Gilmore
 
1938 Give Me a Sailor
Nancy Larkin
 
1938 College Swing
Betty
 
1937 Thrill of a Lifetime
Gwen
 
1937 This Way Please
Jane Morrow
 
1936 Pigskin Parade
Laura Watson
 
1936 Don't Turn 'em Loose
Mildred Webster
 
1936 Follow the Fleet
Singer in Trio
 
1936 Collegiate
Dorothy
 
1935 A Quiet Fourth (short)
 
1935 Old Man Rhythm
Sylvia
 
1935 Drawing Rumors (short)
 
1935 A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (short)
Vocalist
 
1935 The Nitwits
Mary Roberts
 
1935 The Spirit of 1976 (short)
 
1935 This Band Age (short)
Betty - Band Singer
 
1934 Ferry-Go-Round (short)
Betty
 
1934 By Your Leave
Frances Gretchell
 
1934 The Gay Divorcee
Dance Specialty
 
1934 Student Tour
Cayenne (uncredited)
 
1934 Susie's Affairs (short)
Susie Lee
 
1934 Business Is a Pleasure (short)
 
1934 Elmer Steps Out (short)
 
1934 Love Detectives (short)
Alice
 
1934 School for Romance (short)
Student
 
1933 Air Tonic (short)
Betty Grable - Band Singer
 
1933 The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Band Singer with Ted Fio Rito
 
1933 What Price Innocence?
Beverly Bennett
 
1933 Melody Cruise
First Stewardess (uncredited)
 
1933 Child of Manhattan
Lucy McGonagle
 
1933 Cavalcade
Girl on Couch (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1932 The Kid from Spain
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
 
1932 Over the Counter (short)
Customer Who Wants to Buy a Baby (uncredited)
 
1932 Hold 'Em Jail
Barbara
 
1932 The Age of Consent
Student at dormitory (uncredited)
 
1932 Hollywood Lights (short) (as Frances Dean)
 
1932 The Flirty Sleepwalker (short)
Blonde Girl (as Frances Dean)
 
1932 Probation
Ruth
 
1932 Hollywood Luck (short) (as Frances Dean)
 
1932 Lady! Please! (short)
Undetermined Minor Role (unconfirmed) (as Frances Dean)
 
1932 The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
 
1931 Once a Hero (short) (as Frances Dean)
 
1931 Palmy Days
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
 
1931 Ex-Sweeties (short)
Undetermined Minor Role (as Frances Dean)
 
1931 Crashing Hollywood (short) (as Frances Dean)
 
1931 Kiki
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
 
1930 Whoopee!
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
 
1930 New Movietone Follies of 1930
Chorine (uncredited)
 
1930 Let's Go Places
Chorine (uncredited)
 
1929 Happy Days
Chorus Woman
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (44 titles)
2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (video documentary) (performer: "In Acapulco" - uncredited, "The Vamp" - uncredited, "I'll Be Marching to a Love Song" - uncredited)
 
2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV documentary) (performer: "I'll Be Marching to a Love Song" - uncredited)
 
1997 Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (TV documentary) (performer: "Down Argentina Way" - uncredited, "K-K-K-Katy" - uncredited, "Daddy", "You're My Little Pin-Up Girl" - uncredited, "I Can't Begin to Tell You" - uncredited, "You Started Something" - uncredited, "This Is It", "Land on Your Feet")
 
1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (performer: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine" 1908)
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary) (performer: "College Swing" - uncredited)
 
1960 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Episode #13.11 (1960) (performer: "The Music Makers" - uncredited, "I've Heard That Song Before" - uncredited, "I Had the Craziest Dream" - uncredited, "You Made Me Love You I Didn't Want to Do It" - uncredited, "Ciri-Biri-Bin" - uncredited)
 
1958 Shower of Stars (TV series)
Episode #4.7 (1958) (performer: "Fan It", "What In The World Did I Do?" - uncredited, "Two Little Girls From Little Rock" - uncredited)
 
1958 The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (TV series)
Lucy Wins a Race Horse (1958) (performer: "The Bayamo")
 
1956 The Girl Can't Help It (performer: "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" - uncredited)
 
1955 Three for the Show (performer: "How Come you Do Me Like You Do", "Just One Of Those Things", "I've Got A Crush On You", "Down Boy", "I've Been Kissed Before")
 
1953 The Farmer Takes a Wife (performer: "Today I Love Everybody" 1953 - uncredited, "On the Erie Canal" 1953 - uncredited, "Somethin' Real Special" 1953 - uncredited, "With the Sun Warm Upon Me" 1953 - uncredited, "We're in Business" 1953 - uncredited, "I Could Cook" 1953 - uncredited)
 
1951 Meet Me After the Show (performer: "MEET ME AFTER THE SHOW", "BETTING ON A MAN", "IT'S A HOT NIGHT IN ALASKA", "NO TALENT JOE", "I FEEL LIKE DANCING", "NIGHT MUSIC")
 
1951 Call Me Mister (performer: "JAPANESE GIRL LIKE 'MERICAN BOY", "I'M GONNA LOVE THAT GUY LIKE HE'S NEVER BEEN LOVED BEFORE", "I JUST CAN'T DO ENOUGH FOR YOU, BABY", "LOVE IS BACK IN BUSINESS" / "CALL ME MISTER")
 
1950 My Blue Heaven (performer: "My Blue Heaven" - uncredited, "It's Deductible" - uncredited, "Halloween" - uncredited, "I Love a New Yorker" - uncredited, "Live Hard, Work Hard, Love Hard" - uncredited, "The Friendly Islands" - uncredited, "Don't Rock the Boat, Dear" - uncredited)
 
1950 Wabash Avenue (performer: "DOWN ON WABASH AVENUE", "I WISH I COULD SHIMMY LIKE MY SISTER KATE" - uncredited, "HONEY MAN MY LITTLE LOVIN' HONEY MAN" - uncredited, "MAY I TEMPT YOU WITH A BIG RED ROSY APPLE?", "BABY WON'T YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME?", "I REMEMBER YOU" - uncredited, "BILLY I ALWAYS DREAM OF BILL" - uncredited, "WILHELMINA")
 
1949 The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (performer: "Every Time I Meet You" - uncredited, "In the Gloaming" 1877 - uncredited)
 
1948 That Lady in Ermine (lyrics: "There's Something About Midnight" - uncredited / performer: "Ooh! What I'll Do To That Wild Hungarian" - uncredited, "The Melody Has to Be Right" - uncredited, "This Is the Moment" - uncredited)
 
1947 Mother Wore Tights (performer: "Burlington Bertie from Bow" - uncredited, "You Do", "This Is My Favorite City", "We're a Couple of Broadway Brothers", "Kokomo, Indiana", "Tra-La-La-La" - uncredited, "There's Nothing Like a Song", " Rolling Down Bowling Green On a Little Two-Seat Tandem", "At a Georgia Camp Meeting" - uncredited)
 
1947 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (performer: "Changing My Tune" - uncredited, "Stand Up and Fight" - uncredited, "Aren't You Kinda Glad We Did?" - uncredited, "One, Two, Three" - uncredited, "Waltzing Is Better Sitting Down" - uncredited, "For You, for Me, for Evermore" - uncredited / "The Back Bay Polka" - uncredited)
 
1945 The Dolly Sisters (performer: "Hungarian Dance No. 5 - uncredited, "The Vamp" - uncredited, "I Can't Begin to Tell You" - uncredited, "Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl" - uncredited, "We Have Been Around" - uncredited, "Carolina in the Morning" - uncredited, "Don't Be Too Old Fashioned Old Fashioned Girl" - uncredited, "Powder, Lipstick and Rouge" - uncredited, "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", "The Darktown Strutters' Ball" - uncredited, "The Sidewalks of New York" - uncredited)
 
1945 The All-Star Bond Rally (short) (performer: "I'll Be Marching to a Love Song" - uncredited)
 
1945 Diamond Horseshoe (performer: "Welcome to the Diamond Horseshoe" - uncredited, "In Acapulco" - uncredited, "I Wish I Knew" - uncredited, "A Nickel's Worth of Jive" - uncredited, "You'll Never Know" - uncredited, "Shoo Shoo, Baby" - uncredited, "Dessert Finale" - uncredited, "The Old and the New Prelude" - uncredited)
 
1944 Pin Up Girl (performer: "You're My Little Pin Up Girl" - uncredited, "Don't Carry Tales out of School" - uncredited, "Once Too Often" - uncredited, "The Story of the Very Merry Widow" - uncredited)
 
1944 Four Jills in a Jeep (performer: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine" - uncredited)
 
1943 Sweet Rosie O'Grady (performer: "My Heart Tells Me Should I Believe My Heart?")
 
1942 Song of the Islands (performer: "Down on Ami Ami Oni Oni Isle" 1942, "Sing Me a Song of the Islands" 1942, "Maluna Malolo Mawaena Hawaiian Drinking Song" 1942, "O'Brien Has Gone Hawaiian" 1942, "The Lily of Killarney" 1862 - uncredited)
 
1942 Springtime in the Rockies (performer: "Run, Little Raindrop, Run", "A Poem Set to Music", "Pan American Jubilee")
 
1942 Footlight Serenade (performer: "Are You Kiddin'?" - uncredited, "I'm Still Crazy for You" - uncredited, "Land on Your Feet" - uncredited, "I Heard the Birdies Sing" - uncredited, "I'll Be Marching to a Love Song" - uncredited)
 
1941 Moon Over Miami (performer: "What Can I Do For You?" 1941, "Miami Oh Me, Oh Mi-Ami" 1941, "You Started Something" 1941, "Loveliness and Love", "Kindergarten Conga" / "You Started Something" 1941)
 
1941 A Yank in the R.A.F. (performer: "Hi-Ya, Love" - uncredited, "Another Little Dream Won't Do Us Any Harm" - uncredited)
 
1940 Down Argentine Way (performer: "Down Argentina Way" 1940 - uncredited, "Two Dreams Met" 1940 - uncredited)
 
1940 Tin Pan Alley (performer: "K-K-K-Katy" 1918, "Honeysuckle Rose" 1929, "Moonlight and Roses" 1925 - uncredited, "The Sheik of Araby" 1921 - uncredited / producer: "Honeysuckle Rose" 1929, "Moonlight and Roses" 1925 - uncredited)
 
1939 Man About Town (performer: "FIDGETY JOE")
 
1938 Give Me a Sailor (performer: "What Goes On Here in My Heart")
 
1938 College Swing (performer: "College Swing", "What A Rumba Does To Romance")
 
1937 This Way Please (performer: "Is It Love or Is It Infatuation?")
 
1936 Collegiate (performer: "Rhythmatic", "You Hit the Spot")
 
1935 The Nitwits (performer: "Music in My Heart" 1935 / "Music in My Heart" 1935)
 
1935 Old Man Rhythm (performer: "There's Nothing Like a College Education", "Boys Will Be Boys", "Old Man Rhythm")
 
1934 Student Tour (performer: "The Snake Dance" 1934, "A New Moon Is Over My Shoulder" 1934)
 
1934 The Gay Divorcee (performer: "Let's K-nock K-nees" 1931)
 
1933 The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (performer: "It's Spring Again")
 
1932 The Kid from Spain (performer: "But We Must Rise The College Song" 1932 - uncredited)
 
1930 Whoopee! (performer: "Cowboys" 1930 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (28 titles)
1969-1973 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 15 January 1973 (1973) … Herself
Episode dated 10 January 1972 (1972) … Herself
Episode dated 23 March 1970 (1970) … Herself
Episode dated 17 November 1969 (1969) … Herself
Episode dated 13 October 1969 (1969) … Herself
 
1972 The 44th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Co-Presenter: Music Awards
 
1972 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 13 March 1972 (1972) … Herself
 
1972 The Fabulous Fordies (TV movie)
Herself
 
1969 Name Droppers (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 13 October 1969 (1969) … Herself
 
1968 The Carol Burnett Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.21 (1968) … Herself
 
1965-1967 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest / Herself - Mystery Guest #2
Episode dated 18 June 1967 (1967) … Herself - Mystery Guest #2
Episode dated 29 August 1965 (1965) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1964 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Herself - Host / Singer
Episode #2.14 (1964) … Herself - Host/Singer
 
1962 The Andy Williams Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.7 (1962) … Herself
 
1960 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Herself
Episode #13.11 (1960) … Herself
 
1956-1960 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #4.27 (1960) … Herself
Episode #4.8 (1959) … Herself
Episode #3.23 (1959) … Herself
Episode #1.2 (1956) … Herself
 
1959 Some of Manie's Friends (TV movie)
Herself
 
1958 The 30th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1958 The Jerry Lewis Show (TV movie)
Herself
 
1958 The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself
Lucy Wins a Race Horse (1958) … Herself
 
1957 The Eddie Fisher Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 29 October 1957 (1957) … Herself
 
1956-1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #11.1 (1957) … Herself
Episode #9.34 (1956) … Herself
 
1956-1957 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 25 January 1957 (1957) … Herself
Episode dated 17 June 1956 (1956) … Herself
 
1954 Shower of Stars (TV series)
Herself
Premiere Show (1954) … Herself
 
1953 The Walter Winchell Show (TV series)
Herself - Guest
Episode dated 10 May 1953 (1953) … Herself - Guest
 
1946 Hollywood Park (short)
Herself
 
1941 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (documentary short)
Herself - at Mocambo (uncredited)
 
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 4 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 10 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 7 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1936 Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (short)
Herself
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 11 (documentary short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (28 titles)
2011 Love Lust (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2005-2006 War Stories with Oliver North (TV series documentary)
 
2002 Larry King Live (TV series)
 
2001 I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (TV documentary)
 
1995-1999 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1997 Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me (video documentary)
Herself
 
1997 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1995 The Casting Couch (video documentary)
 
1994 Entertaining the Troops (documentary)
Herself
 
1987 Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (documentary)
Loco Dempsey (archive footage: How to Marry a Millionaire [1953])
 
1985 That's Dancing! (documentary)
Herself, film clip
 
1982 Showbiz Goes to War (TV movie)
 
1976 All This and World War II (documentary)
Herself
 
1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV movie)
Herself
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Herself
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Herself
 
1963 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1963 Marilyn (documentary)
Herself (scene from "How to Marry a Millionaire") (uncredited)
 
1955 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
1950 The Costume Designer (documentary short)
 
1947 Hollywood Bound
 
1945 The All-Star Bond Rally (short)
Herself - edited from: Footlight Serenade
 
1944 Wing and a Prayer
Herself, Vocalist (edited from: Tin Pan Alley) (uncredited)
 
1944 Take It or Leave It
Clip from 'Tin Pan Alley' (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Active on Broadway in the following productions: See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 4 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | 6 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Frances Dean

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on Alice Faye] Alice is a darling. Everybody loves her. See more »

Trivia:

Made her film debut at age 13 in a Fox quickie, "Let's Go Places" in 1930. She lied about her age, stating she was 15. See more »

Trademark:

Platinum blonde hair See more »

Nickname:

The Pin-Up Girl See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius