Betty Grable
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.034 |
| Birthday | 1916-12-18 |
| Place of Birth | Saint Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Also Known As | Elizabeth Ruth Grable, Frances Dean, Бетті Грейбл, Бети Грејбл, |
1953
How to Marry a Millionaire
6.8/524
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
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1941
I Wake Up Screaming
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1932
Hollywood Lights
1/1
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1936
Follow the Fleet
6.8/68
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1934
The Gay Divorcee
6.9/128
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1932
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
4.8/9
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1944
Pin Up Girl
6.1/16
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1942
Footlight Serenade
0/0
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1942
Springtime in the Rockies
6.7/12
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1941
Moon Over Miami
6.1/14
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1940
Down Argentine Way
6/24
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1941
A Yank in the R.A.F.
5.5/21
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1943
Coney Island
5.3/6
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1982
Showbiz Goes to War
10/1
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1948
That Lady in Ermine
5.8/15
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1936
Pigskin Parade
6/13
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1949
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
5.8/13
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1933
Cavalcade
5.5/116
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Cavalcade
1950
My Blue Heaven
7/3
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My Blue Heaven
1970
Hollywood Blue
0/0
A collection of vintage erotica from Hollywood movies is intercut with street interviews and newsreel footage.
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Hollywood Blue
1937
This Way Please
5.5/2
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This Way Please
1933
Child of Manhattan
8/3
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Child of Manhattan
1935
The Nitwits
6.1/8
A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher.
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The Nitwits
1947
Mother Wore Tights
5.3/9
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1945
The Dolly Sisters
5.5/8
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1946
Do You Love Me
4.3/3
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1945
Diamond Horseshoe
4/1
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Diamond Horseshoe
1950
Wabash Avenue
4.7/6
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1947
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
8.5/5
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1955
How To Be Very, Very Popular
4.7/6
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1953
The Farmer Takes a Wife
3.3/3
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1938
College Swing
6.8/6
Gracie Alden tries to graduate from college to get an inheritance.
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1938
Give Me a Sailor
5.6/5
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1948
When My Baby Smiles at Me
4.8/5
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1935
A Quiet Fourth
0/0
An RKO comedy short featuring Betty Grable who gets secretly married while her family is trying to fix her up with someone wealthy.
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1986
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
7.5/6
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1932
Probation
5/1
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Probation
1936
Don't Turn 'em Loose
4.8/4
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1934
By Your Leave
3/2
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1939
The Day the Bookies Wept
5/1
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1937
Thrill of a Lifetime
5/1
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1934
Student Tour
5/2
A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.
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1951
Meet Me After the Show
5/6
A Broadway star devises a scheme to win back her husband when she suspects he's being unfaithful.
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1939
Man About Town
4.5/3
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1959
Some of Manie's Friends
0/0
A multitude of entertainment's biggest stars come together to celebrate the life of the late Manie Sacks, recording executive for Columbia Records, an...
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1935
Old Man Rhythm
6.3/3
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1942
Song of the Islands
6.2/4
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1932
The Kid from Spain
6.556/9
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1934
Love Detectives
0/0
Two young men compete for the affections of a beautiful blonde.
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Love Detectives
1955
Three for the Show
6/6
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Three for the Show
1944
Four Jills in a Jeep
5.7/3
Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.
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Four Jills in a Jeep
1933
What Price Innocence?
3/1
A young woman has to pay the price for fooling around with men.
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What Price Innocence?
1951
Call Me Mister
6.7/3
A G.I. in occupied Japan tries to re-woo his old love, who's putting on a show for the troops.
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Call Me Mister
1943
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
6/6
An American singer becomes engaged to an English duke, but is continuously pestered over her past as a burlesque dancer by a reporter from her hometow...
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Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1933
Cavalcade
5.5/116
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Cavalcade
1932
Hold 'Em Jail
6.8/4
Two yokels are framed and sent to prison, but wind up playing football on the warden's championship team.
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Hold 'Em Jail
1930
Whoopee!
6.5/13
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Whoopee!
1939
Million Dollar Legs
5/1
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Million Dollar Legs
1938
Campus Confessions
4.2/4
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Campus Confessions
1940
Tin Pan Alley
5/7
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new s...
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Tin Pan Alley
1929
Happy Days
6/2
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Happy Days
1997
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
7/2
Documentary featuring more than one dozen musical outtakes from classic 20th Century-Fox films.
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Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
2002
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
0/0
Second installment of deleted scenes, mostly musical or comedic, from Fox films of the 30's - 50's.
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Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1931
Kiki
4.5/4
A young Frenchwoman is determined to get into and stay in show business, no matter what. Then she's determined to win a recently divorced man's heart....
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Kiki
1931
Palmy Days
7/7
Musical comedy antics in an art deco bakery (motto: "Glorifying the American Doughnut") where Eddie Cantor, the overworked assistant to a phony psychi...
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Palmy Days
1932
Over the Counter
4.7/3
In this musical short, the son of a department store owner replaces the regular sales girls with chorus girls.
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Over the Counter
1934
Susie's Affairs
5/1
Susie and her pals pretend they're society swells.
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Susie's Affairs
1935
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
6/1
Join vocalists broadcasting from the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles.
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A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1945
The All-Star Bond Rally
5/2
Inspirational documentary short film featuring Hollywood stars promoting the sales of War Bonds through songs and skits. Preserved by the Academy Fil...
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The All-Star Bond Rally
1936
Collegiate
0/0
A Broadway playboy inherits an almost bankrupt girls' school and tries to save it by a big show.
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Collegiate
2017
This Is Bob Hope...
8/2
During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the ent...
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This Is Bob Hope...
1934
School for Romance
3/2
Count Romansky is a newspaper columnist who specializes in romance issues. When he loses his job, he opens up a school where he instructs his pretty p...
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School for Romance
1933
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
4.5/2
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The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
1933
Melody Cruise
5.2/6
A bachelor millionaire on a cruise is protected by a friend from the avid attentions of a crowd of husband (and fortune) seeking girls.
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Melody Cruise
1930
New Movietone Follies of 1930
0/0
Minimum plot. Maximum stars of early cinema. Rich young Conrad Sterling (William Collier Jr.) is in love with struggling actress Mary Mason (Miriam Se...
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1932
The Age of Consent
5.8/5
College co-eds struggle with the moral, societal and human aspects of romance.
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The Age of Consent
1934
Elmer Steps Out
0/0
To avoid getting a speeding ticket Walter poses as an expectant father rushing to see his wife; when the cop follows him, he's forced to come up with...
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Elmer Steps Out
1950
The Costume Designer
0/0
This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct...
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The Costume Designer
1944
Wing and a Prayer
6.5/11
An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat, thus lulling Japanese alertness before the battle of M...
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Wing and a Prayer
1963
Marilyn
6/1
This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the star in memorable scenes from her 20th Century Fox films,...
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Marilyn
1944
Take It or Leave It
4/1
A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor.
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Take It or Leave It
1941
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
6/1
Hedda Hopper plays hostess at a party for her (grown) son William (DeWolfe Jr.). Hopper, attends the dedication of the Motion Picture Relief Fund's co...
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1936
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1/1
Winners of the Lucky Stars National Dance Contest - one woman from each state of the United States - are welcomed to Palm Springs. Palm Springs being...
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Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1932
The Flirty Sleepwalker
0/0
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The Flirty Sleepwalker
1932
Hollywood Luck
0/0
Hollywood Luck is a 1932 Comedy short.
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Hollywood Luck
1933
Air Tonic
0/0
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Air Tonic
1931
Crashing Hollywood
1/1
Crashing Hollywood is a 1931 Comedy short.
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Crashing Hollywood
1934
Ferry-Go-Round
0/0
A musical comedy laugh riot about the adventures of a New York ferry boat supporting a concert party.
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Ferry-Go-Round
1935
This Band Age
0/0
Musical short featuring Ted Fio Rito and his orchestra with a young Betty Grable as their singer.
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This Band Age
1931
Ex-Sweeties
1/1
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Ex-Sweeties
1932
Lady! Please!
0/0
Arthur comically pursues Betty much to her brother Vincent's displeasure.
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Lady! Please!
1934
Business Is a Pleasure
0/0
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Business Is a Pleasure
1931
Once a Hero
0/0
A 1931 Comedy short.
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Once a Hero
1935
Drawing Rumors
0/0
Comic short about how rumors spread.
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Drawing Rumors
1935
The Spirit of 1976
0/0
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2015
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
0/0
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2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
6/1
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2023
Lynch/Oz
7.2/22
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