91
Age
24
Movies
21
TV Shows
7.3
Rating
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.
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Died at
24
Movies
21
TV Shows
7.3
Avg Rating
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.
Great Performances
1971
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.
Gender
Female
Birthday
May 23, 1919
Died
February 12, 2011
Birthplace
Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996
The Shadow on the Window
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All the Way Home
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On the Town
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Words and Music
1948
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
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The Long Way Home
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That's Entertainment!
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Troupers
2011
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
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That's Dancing!
1985
That's Entertainment! III
1994
My Sister Eileen
1955
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949
Neptune's Daughter
1949
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
Trail of the Screaming Forehead
2007
Dark and Stormy Night
2009
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Grey's Anatomy
2005
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Great Performances
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Murder, She Wrote
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Murder, She Wrote
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The Love Boat
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The Fugitive
1963
Boston Public
2000
The Golden Girls
1985
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
The Colgate Comedy Hour
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Laverne & Shirley
1976
All in the Family
1971
All in the Family
1971
Becker
1998
Dinah!
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Mr. Merlin
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Union Square
1997
Townies
1996
The Good Life
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