Betty Garrett
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 23, 1919
- Died
- February 12, 2011 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
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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Filmography
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Movie · as Self
Troupers
Movie
Dark and Stormy Night
Movie · as Mrs. Hausenstout
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
Movie · as (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Movie · as Self
Trail of the Screaming Forehead
Movie · as Mrs. Cuttle
Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Eleanor · 1 ep
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie · as Self
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Movie · as Self
Frank Sinatra Memorial
Movie · as Self
Boston Public
TV · as Miriam Guber · 1 ep
The Long Way Home
Movie · as Veronica
Becker
TV · as Mrs. Firth · 1 ep
Union Square
TV · as Agnes · 1 ep
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Movie · as Self
Townies
TV · 1 ep
That's Entertainment! III
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Good Life
TV · as Phyllis · 1 ep
Blacke's Magic
TV · 1 ep
That's Dancing!
Movie · as Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)
The Golden Girls
TV · as Sarah · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Kit Parkins, Martha Neilson · 1 ep
All the Way Home
Movie · as Catherine
Mr. Merlin
TV · 2 eps
The Love Boat
TV · as Martha McCoy · 1 ep
Laverne & Shirley
TV · as Edna Babish · 119 eps
That's Entertainment!
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
All in the Family
TV · as Irene Lorenzo · 15 eps
Great Performances
TV · as Mary Hallen · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Margaret Ruskin · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Shadow on the Window
Movie · as Linda Atlas
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
My Sister Eileen
Movie · as Ruth Sherwood
The Costume Designer
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
On the Town
Movie · as Brunhilde Esterhazy
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Movie · as Shirley Delwyn
Neptune's Daughter
Movie · as Betty Barrett
Big City
Movie · as Shoo Shoo Grady
Words and Music
Movie · as Peggy Lorgan McNeil