Betty Garrett
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.
Known For(44 works)
Grey's Anatomy
2005Grey's Anatomy
2005
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Murder, She Wrote
1984Murder, She Wrote
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Love Boat
1977The Love Boat
1977
The Fugitive
1963The Fugitive
1963
Great Performances
1971Great Performances
1971
The Golden Girls
1985The Golden Girls
1985
Boston Public
2000Boston Public
2000
Becker
1998Becker
1998
Laverne & Shirley
1976Laverne & Shirley
1976
All in the Family
1971All in the Family
1971
All in the Family
1971All in the Family
1971
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Dinah!
1974Dinah!
1974
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
Mr. Merlin
1981Mr. Merlin
1981
Townies
1996Townies
1996
Blacke's Magic
1986Blacke's Magic
1986
Union Square
1997Union Square
1997
The Good Life
1994The Good Life
1994
On the Town
1949On the Town
1949
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
That's Dancing!
1985That's Dancing!
1985
That's Entertainment! III
1994That's Entertainment! III
1994
Words and Music
1948Words and Music
1948
That's Entertainment!
1974That's Entertainment!
1974
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
The Long Way Home
1998The Long Way Home
1998
My Sister Eileen
1955My Sister Eileen
1955
The Shadow on the Window
1957The Shadow on the Window
1957
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949
Neptune's Daughter
1949Neptune's Daughter
1949
Trail of the Screaming Forehead
2007Trail of the Screaming Forehead
2007
All the Way Home
1981All the Way Home
1981
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
2012Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
2012
Dark and Stormy Night
2009Dark and Stormy Night
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009
Big City
1948Big City
1948
The Costume Designer
1950The Costume Designer
1950
Frank Sinatra Memorial
2000Frank Sinatra Memorial
2000