- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 23, 1919
- Place of Birth
- Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
- Died
- February 12, 2011
Betty Garrett
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 questioned about their involvement. As the drama played out, a very pregnant Garrett was never called to testify, but her husband was. With his admission of Communist Party membership from 1941-1945 and refusal to name names, he made it to the Hollywood Blacklist. After the incident, Garrett and Parks worked up nightclub singing/comedy acts along with appearing in legit plays. Although Parks never quite shook off the blacklist incident, he did win a role in John Huston's film, Freud (1962). Gar…
Filmography
movieCarol Channing: Larger Than Life
2012 · Self
Troupers
2011
movieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009 · (archive footage)
movieDark and Stormy Night
2009 · Mrs. Hausenstout
movieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008 · Self
movieTrail of the Screaming Forehead
2007 · Mrs. Cuttle
tvGrey's Anatomy
2005 · Eleanor
movieBroadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Self
movieGene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002 · Self
tvBoston Public
2000 · Miriam Guber
movieFrank Sinatra Memorial
2000 · Self
tvBecker
1998 · Mrs. Firth
movieThe Long Way Home
1998 · Veronica
tvUnion Square
1997 · Agnes
movieJack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996 · Self
tvTownies
1996
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage)
tvThe Good Life
1994 · Phyllis
tvBlacke's Magic
1986
tvThe Golden Girls
1985 · Sarah
movieThat's Dancing!
1985 · Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · Kit Parkins, Martha Neilson
movieAll the Way Home
1981 · Catherine
tvMr. Merlin
1981
tvThe Love Boat
1977 · Martha McCoy
tvLaverne & Shirley
1976 · Edna Babish
tvDinah!
1974 · Self
movieThat's Entertainment!
1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Mary Hallen
tvAll in the Family
1971 · Irene Lorenzo
tvThe Fugitive
1963 · Margaret Ruskin
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
movieThe Shadow on the Window
1957 · Linda Atlas
tvThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Self
movieMy Sister Eileen
1955 · Ruth Sherwood
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
movieThe Costume Designer
1950 · Self (archive footage)
movieOn the Town
1949 · Brunhilde Esterhazy
movieNeptune's Daughter
1949 · Betty Barrett
movieTake Me Out to the Ball Game
1949 · Shirley Delwyn
movieWords and Music
1948 · Peggy Lorgan McNeil
movieBig City
1948 · Shoo Shoo Grady