Betty Garrett

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: Acting

Born: Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA, 1919-05-23

Died: 2011-02-12

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Big City	Shoo Shoo Grady	72
2	1948	Words and Music	Peggy Lorgan McNeil	57
3	1949	Take Me Out to the Ball Game	Shirley Delwyn	67
4	1949	Neptune's Daughter	Betty Barrett	58
5	1949	On the Town	Brunhilde Esterhazy	70
6	1950	The Costume Designer	Self (archive footage)	0
7	1955	My Sister Eileen	Ruth Sherwood	65
8	1957	The Shadow on the Window	Linda Atlas	57
9	1972	Hollywood: The Dream Factory	Self (archive footage)	60
10	1974	That's Entertainment!	(archive footage) (uncredited)	73
11	1981	All the Way Home	Catherine	70
12	1985	That's Dancing!	Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)	70
13	1994	That's Entertainment! III	(archive footage)	70
14	1996	Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman	Self	75
15	1998	The Long Way Home	Veronica	62
16	2000	Frank Sinatra Memorial	Self	0
17	2002	Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer	Self	77
18	2003	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Self	70
19	2007	Trail of the Screaming Forehead	Mrs. Cuttle	49
20	2008	Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical	Self	0
21	2009	Dark and Stormy Night	Mrs. Hausenstout	59
22	2009	Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing	(archive footage)	60
23	2011	Troupers		0
24	2012	Carol Channing: Larger Than Life	Self	78

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	68
2	1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self	60
3	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
4	1963	The Fugitive	Margaret Ruskin	72
5	1971	All in the Family	Irene Lorenzo	79
6	1971	Great Performances	Mary Hallen	53
7	1974	Dinah!	Self	67
8	1976	Laverne & Shirley	Edna Babish	73
9	1977	The Love Boat	Martha McCoy	63
10	1981	Mr. Merlin		47
11	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Kit Parkins	75
12	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Martha Neilson	75
13	1985	The Golden Girls	Sarah	75
14	1986	Blacke's Magic		60
15	1994	The Good Life	Phyllis	0
16	1996	Townies		45
17	1997	Union Square	Agnes	100
18	1998	Becker	Mrs. Firth	72
19	2000	Boston Public	Miriam Guber	76
20	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Eleanor	82

Betty Garrett

Film

Television