Acting credits
42
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Betty Garrett
Acting
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Movies: 23Series: 19
TMDB ID: 109614
IMDb ID: nm0308081
Known for: Acting
Born: May 23, 1919
Died: February 12, 2011
Age: 91
Place of birth: Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 2012
Years active: 65
Average TMDB rating: 6.99
Wikidata: Q235196
Biography
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). Garrett went on to appear in roles in many television series.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Betty Garrett.
7.8
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
as Self
2012 Movie
6.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
as (archive footage)
2009 Movie
5.9
Dark and Stormy Night
as Mrs. Hausenstout
2009 Movie
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
as Self
2008 Movie
4.9
Trail of the Screaming Forehead
as Mrs. Cuttle
2007 Movie
7.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003 Movie
7.6
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self
2002 Movie
Frank Sinatra Memorial
as Self
2000 Movie
6.3
The Long Way Home
as Veronica
1998 Movie
7.5
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
as Self
1996 Movie
7.0
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994 Movie
7.0
That's Dancing!
as Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)
1985 Movie
7.0
All the Way Home
as Catherine
1981 Movie
7.4
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974 Movie
6.0
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972 Movie
5.7
The Shadow on the Window
as Linda Atlas
1957 Movie
6.5
My Sister Eileen
as Ruth Sherwood
1955 Movie
The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
1950 Movie
7.0
On the Town
as Brunhilde Esterhazy
1949 Movie
5.9
Neptune's Daughter
as Betty Barrett
1949 Movie
6.6
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as Shirley Delwyn
1949 Movie
5.7
Words and Music
as Peggy Lorgan McNeil
1948 Movie
7.5
Big City
as Shoo Shoo Grady
1948 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Betty Garrett.
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Eleanor • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.6
Boston Public
as Miriam Guber • 1 eps
2000 Series
7.2
Becker
as Mrs. Firth • 1 eps
1998 Series
10.0
Union Square
as Agnes • 1 eps
1997 Series
5.3
Townies
1 eps
1996 Series
The Good Life
as Phyllis • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.0
Blacke's Magic
1 eps
1986 Series
7.6
The Golden Girls
as Sarah • 1 eps
1985 Series
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Kit Parkins • 1 eps
1984 Series
4.7
Mr. Merlin
2 eps
1981 Series
6.3
The Love Boat
as Martha McCoy • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.1
Laverne & Shirley
as Edna Babish • 119 eps
1976 Series
6.7
Dinah!
as Self • 1 eps
1974 Series
5.8
Great Performances
as Mary Hallen • 1 eps
1971 Series
7.8
All in the Family
as Irene Lorenzo • 14 eps
1971 Series
7.2
The Fugitive
as Margaret Ruskin • 1 eps
1963 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
6.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self • 2 eps
1956 Series
6.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self • 1 eps
1950 Series