Betty Grable - Filmography

Actress, born in St Louis, Missouri, USA. She worked as a chorus girl from the age of 13 and made her film debut in the musical Whoopee! (1930). She had her first major film role in Hold ’em Jail (1932), and became more established with Pigskin Parade (1936), and Million Dollar Legs (1939). She was adopted by American GI's during World War 2 as a pin-up girl, with the famous picture in which, dressed in a swimsuit, with her back to the camera and hands on hips, she glances saucily over her right shoulder. She went on to appear on Broadway in Hello, Dolly (1965).

Betty Grable
Birth name	Elizabeth Ruth Grable
Born	December 18, 1916 St. Louis, Missouri
Died	July 2, 1973 Santa Monica, California
Height	5' 4"
Other name(s)	Frances Dean
Notable roles	Glenda Crawford (Down Argentine Way) Kate Farley (Coney Island) Loco Dempsey (How to Marry a Millionaire)
Spouse(s)	Harry James Jackie Coogan

Elizabeth Ruth "Betty" Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and pin-up girl whose sensational bathing-suit photo became the number one pinup of the World War II era.

The same year that she divorced Coogan, Grable obtained a contract with 20th Century Fox, becoming their top star throughout the decade, with splashy Technicolor films such as Down Argentine Way (1940), Moon Over Miami (1941) ( both with Don Ameche ) , Springtime in The Rockies (1942), Coney Island (1943) with George Montgomery , Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943) with Robert Young, Pin Up Girl (1944), Diamond Horseshoe (1945) with Dick Haymes , The Dolly Sisters (1945) with John Payne and June Haver, and her most popular film Mother Wore Tights (1947), with favorite costar Dan Dailey. Her funeral was held July 5, 1973, 30 years to the day after her marriage to Harry James (in a remarkable coincidence, Harry James died on what would have been the couple's 40th anniversary, July 5, 1983.)

Filmography

Happy Days (1929) Let's Go Places (1930) New Movietone Follies of 1930 (1930) Whoopee! (1930) Kiki (1931) Crashing Hollywood (1931) (short subject) Ex-Sweeties (1931) (short subject) Palmy Days (1931) The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932) Lady, Please (1932) (short subject) Hollywood Luck (1932) (short subject) Probation (1932) The Flirty Sleepwalker (1932) (short subject) Hollywood Lights (1932) (short subject) The Age of Consent (1932) Hold 'Em Jail (1932) Over the Counter (1932) (short subject) The Kid from Spain (1932) Cavalcade (1933) Child of Manhattan (1933) Melody Cruise (1933) What Price Innocence? (1933) Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1933) Air Tonic (1933) (short subject) School for Romance'' (1934) (short subject) Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934) Love Detectives (1934) (short subject) Elmer Steps Out (1934) (short subject) Business is a Pleasure (1934) (short subject) Susie's Affairs (1934) (short subject) The Gay Divorcee (1934) Student Tour (1934) By Your Leave (1934) The Spirit of 1976 (1935) (short subject) The Nitwits (1935) A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935) (short subject) Drawing Rumors (1935) (short subject) Old Man Rhythm (1935) A Quiet Fourth (1935) (short subject) Collegiate (1936) Follow the Fleet (1936) Sun-Kissed Stars at Palm Springs (1936) (short subject) Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936) Pigskin Parade (1936) This Way Please (1937) Thrill of a Lifetime (1937) College Swing (1938) Give Me a Sailor (1938) Campus Confessions (1938) Man About Town (1939) Million Dollar Legs (1939) The Day the Bookies Wept (1939) Down Argentine Way (1940) Tin Pan Alley (1940) Moon Over Miami (1941) A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941) I Wake Up Screaming (1941) Song of the Islands (1942) Footlight Serenade (1942) Springtime in the Rockies (1942) Coney Island (1943) Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943) Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) Pin Up Girl (1944) Diamond Horseshoe (1945) The All-Star Bond Rally (1945) (short subject) The Dolly Sisters (1945) Do You Love Me (1946) (Cameo) The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) Mother Wore Tights (1947) That Lady in Ermine (1948) When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948) The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) Wabash Avenue (1950) My Blue Heaven (1950) Call Me Mister (1951) Meet Me After the Show (1951) The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953) How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) Three for the Show (1955) Screen Snapshots: Hollywood, Shower of Stars (1955) (short subject) How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955)