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 Le
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Personal Info

Id

64838

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1

Gender

Female

Birthday

1916-12-18

Place of Birth

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

  • Elizabeth Ruth Grable
  • Frances Dean
  • Бетті Грейбл
  • Бети Грејбл
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    100

    Yes! Looking good!

    Known For

    How to Marry a Millionaire

    How to Marry

    I Wake Up Screaming

    I Wake Up Sc

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    Hollywood Li

    Follow the Fleet

    Follow the F

    The Gay Divorcee

    The Gay Divo

    The Greeks Had a Word for Them

    The Greeks H

    Pin Up Girl

    Pin Up Girl

    Footlight Serenade

    Footlight Se

    Springtime in the Rockies

    Springtime i

    Moon Over Miami

    Moon Over Mi

    Down Argentine Way

    Down Argenti

    A Yank in the R.A.F.

    A Yank in th

    Coney Island

    Coney Island

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    Showbiz Goes

    That Lady in Ermine

    That Lady in

    Pigskin Parade

    Pigskin Para

    The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

    The Beautifu

    Cavalcade

    Cavalcade

    My Blue Heaven

    My Blue Heav

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    Hollywood Bl

    This Way Please

    This Way Ple

    Child of Manhattan

    Child of Man

    The Nitwits

    The Nitwits

    Mother Wore Tights

    Mother Wore

    The Dolly Sisters

    The Dolly Si

    Do You Love Me

    Do You Love

    Diamond Horseshoe

    Diamond Hors

    Wabash Avenue

    Wabash Avenu

    The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

    The Shocking

    How To Be Very, Very Popular

    How To Be Ve

    The Farmer Takes a Wife

    The Farmer T

    College Swing

    College Swin

    Give Me a Sailor

    Give Me a Sa

    When My Baby Smiles at Me

    When My Baby

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    A Quiet Four

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    Marilyn Monr

    Probation

    Probation

    Don't Turn 'em Loose

    Don't Turn '

    By Your Leave

    By Your Leav

    The Day the Bookies Wept

    The Day the

    Thrill of a Lifetime

    Thrill of a

    Student Tour

    Student Tour

    Meet Me After the Show

    Meet Me Afte

    Man About Town

    Man About To

    Old Man Rhythm

    Old Man Rhyt

    Song of the Islands

    Song of the

    The Kid from Spain

    The Kid from

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    Love Detecti

    Three for the Show

    Three for th

    Four Jills in a Jeep

    Four Jills i

    What Price Innocence?

    What Price I

    Call Me Mister

    Call Me Mist

    Sweet Rosie O'Grady

    Sweet Rosie

    Hold 'Em Jail

    Hold 'Em Jai

    Whoopee!

    Whoopee!

    Million Dollar Legs

    Million Doll

    Campus Confessions

    Campus Confe

    Tin Pan Alley

    Tin Pan Alle

    Happy Days

    Happy Days

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    Hidden Holly

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    Hidden Holly

    Kiki

    Kiki

    Palmy Days

    Palmy Days

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    Over the Cou

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    Susie's Affa

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    A Night at t

    The All-Star Bond Rally

    The All-Star

    Collegiate

    Collegiate

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    This Is Bob

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    School for R

    The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

    The Sweethea

    Melody Cruise

    Melody Cruis

    New Movietone Follies of 1930

    New Movieton

    The Age of Consent

    The Age of C

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    Elmer Steps

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    The Costume

    Wing and a Prayer

    Wing and a P

    Marilyn

    Marilyn

    Take It or Leave It

    Take It or L

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    Hedda Hopper

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    Sunkist Star

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    Air Tonic

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    Jackie Cooga

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    Hollywood Si

    Lynch/Oz

    Lynch/Oz

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    Let's Go Pla

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    2023

    Lynch/Oz

    asJill Lynn (archive footage) (uncredited)

    2017

    This Is Bob Hope...

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2015

    Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2009

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

    as(archive footage)

    1999

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

    asSelf (archiveFootage)

    1997

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

    asSelf (archiveFootage)

    1986

    Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

    asSelf (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)

    1982

    Showbiz Goes to War

    as(archive footage)

    1970

    Hollywood Blue

    as(archive footage)

    1963

    Marilyn

    asSelf / Loco Dempsey (archive footage) (uncredited)

    1959

    Some of Manie's Friends

    as

    1955

    How To Be Very, Very Popular

    asStormy Tornado

    1955

    Three for the Show

    asJulie Lowndes

    1953

    How to Marry a Millionaire

    asLoco Dempsey

    1953

    The Farmer Takes a Wife

    asMolly Larkins

    1951

    Meet Me After the Show

    asDelilah Lee

    1951

    Call Me Mister

    asKay Hudson

    1950

    My Blue Heaven

    asKitty Moran

    1950

    The Costume Designer

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1950

    Wabash Avenue

    asRuby Summers

    1949

    The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

    asFreddie

    1948

    When My Baby Smiles at Me

    asBonny Kane

    1948

    That Lady in Ermine

    asFrancesca / Angelina

    1947

    Mother Wore Tights

    asMother

    1947

    The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

    asCynthia Pilgrim

    1946

    Do You Love Me

    asBarry's Fan in Taxi (uncredited)

    1945

    The Dolly Sisters

    asYansci 'Jenny' Dolly

    1945

    The All-Star Bond Rally

    asPat Lambert (archive footage)

    1945

    Diamond Horseshoe

    asBonnie Collins

    1944

    Take It or Leave It

    as(archive footage) (uncredited)

    1944

    Pin Up Girl

    asLorry Jones

    1944

    Four Jills in a Jeep

    asBetty Grable

    1944

    Wing and a Prayer

    as(archive footage)

    1943

    Sweet Rosie O'Grady

    asMadeleine Marlowe/Rosie O'Grady

    1943

    Coney Island

    asKate Farley

    1942

    Springtime in the Rockies

    asVicky Lane

    1942

    Footlight Serenade

    asPat Lambert

    1942

    Song of the Islands

    asEileen O'Brien

    1941

    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

    as

    1941

    I Wake Up Screaming

    asJill Lynn

    1941

    A Yank in the R.A.F.

    asCarol Brown

    1941

    Moon Over Miami

    asKathryn 'Kay' Latimer, also called Miss Adams

    1940

    Tin Pan Alley

    asLily Blane

    1940

    Down Argentine Way

    asGlenda Crawford

    1939

    The Day the Bookies Wept

    asIna Firpo

    1939

    Million Dollar Legs

    asCarol Parker

    1939

    Man About Town

    asSusan Hayes

    1938

    Campus Confessions

    asJoyce Gilmore

    1938

    Give Me a Sailor

    asNancy Larkin

    1938

    College Swing

    asBetty

    1937

    Thrill of a Lifetime

    asGwen

    1937

    This Way Please

    asJane Morrow

    1936

    Pigskin Parade

    asLaura Watson

    1936

    Don't Turn 'em Loose

    asMildred Webster

    1936

    Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

    as

    1936

    Follow the Fleet

    asSinger in Trio

    1936

    Collegiate

    asDorothy

    1935

    A Quiet Fourth

    as

    1935

    Old Man Rhythm

    asSylvia

    1935

    Drawing Rumors

    as

    1935

    A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

    asVocalist

    1935

    The Nitwits

    asMary Roberts

    1935

    The Spirit of 1976

    as

    1935

    This Band Age

    asBetty - Band Singer

    1934

    Ferry-Go-Round

    asBetty

    1934

    By Your Leave

    asFrances

    1934

    The Gay Divorcee

    asGuest

    1934

    Student Tour

    asCayenne

    1934

    Susie's Affairs

    asSusie Lee

    1934

    Business Is a Pleasure

    as

    1934

    Love Detectives

    asAlice

    1934

    Elmer Steps Out

    as

    1934

    School for Romance

    asStudent

    1933

    Air Tonic

    asBetty Grable - Band Singer

    1933

    The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

    asBand Singer with Ted Fio Rito

    1933

    What Price Innocence?

    asBeverly Bennett

    1933

    Melody Cruise

    asFirst Stewardess (uncredited)

    1933

    Child of Manhattan

    asLucy McGonagle

    1933

    Cavalcade

    asGirl on Couch

    1933

    Cavalcade

    asBlonde Girl on Couch (uncredited)

    1932

    The Kid from Spain

    asGoldwyn Girl (uncredited)

    1932

    Over the Counter

    asCustomer Who Wants to Buy a Baby (uncredited)

    1932

    Hold 'Em Jail

    asBarbara Jones

    1932

    The Age of Consent

    asStudent at Dormitory (uncredited)

    1932

    Hollywood Lights

    asBetty

    1932

    The Flirty Sleepwalker

    asBlonde Girl

    1932

    Probation

    asRuth Jarrett

    1932

    Hollywood Luck

    as

    1932

    Lady! Please!

    asUndetermined Minor Role (unconfirmed)

    1932

    The Greeks Had a Word for Them

    asHat Check Girl (uncredited)

    1931

    Once a Hero

    as

    1931

    Palmy Days

    asGoldwyn Girl (uncredited)

    1931

    Ex-Sweeties

    asUndetermined Minor Role

    1931

    Crashing Hollywood

    asBetty

    1931

    Kiki

    asGoldwyn Girl (uncredited)

    1930

    Whoopee!

    asGoldwyn Girl (uncredited)

    1930

    New Movietone Follies of 1930

    asChorine

    1930

    Let's Go Places

    asChorine (uncredited)

    1929

    Happy Days

    asChorus Woman

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    (2 episode)asSelf

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    (1 episode)asSelf - Presenter

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