Betty Garrett

Actor

Born: May 23, 1919
Died: February 12, 2011 (age 91)
From: Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

Betty Garrett (May 23, 1919 - February 12, 2011) was an American actress, comedian, singer and dancer, who starred in several Hollywood musicals and stage roles. She was at the top of her game when the Communist scare in the 1950s brought her career to a screeching, ugly halt. She and her husband Larry Parks, an Oscar-nominated actor, were summoned by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and…

Filmography (24)

Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012)
Self
Troupers
Troupers (2011)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009)
(archive footage)
Dark and Stormy Night (2009)
Mrs. Hausenstout
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008)
Self
Trail of the Screaming Forehead (2007)
Mrs. Cuttle
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
Self
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
Self
Frank Sinatra Memorial (2000)
Self
The Long Way Home (1998)
Veronica
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman (1996)
Self
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
(archive footage)
That's Dancing! (1985)
Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)
All the Way Home (1981)
Catherine
That's Entertainment! (1974)
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
Self (archive footage)
The Shadow on the Window (1957)
Linda Atlas
My Sister Eileen (1955)
Ruth Sherwood
The Costume Designer (1950)
Self (archive footage)
On the Town (1949)
Brunhilde Esterhazy
Neptune's Daughter (1949)
Betty Barrett
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
Shirley Delwyn
Words and Music (1948)
Peggy Lorgan McNeil
Big City (1948)
Shoo Shoo Grady