Betty Garrett

Betty Garrett

  • Birthday: 1919-05-23
  • Deathday: 2011-02-12
  • Place of birth: 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.

Filmography

The Shadow on the Window

1957

As Linda Atlas

On the Town

1949

As Brunhilde Esterhazy

My Sister Eileen

1955

As Ruth Sherwood

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

1949

As Shirley Delwyn

Neptune's Daughter

1949

As Betty Barrett

Words and Music

1948

As Peggy Lorgan McNeil

Troupers

2011

As

All the Way Home

1981

As Catherine

The Costume Designer

1950

As Self (archive footage)

Big City

1948

As Shoo Shoo Grady

Dark and Stormy Night

2009

As Mrs. Hausenstout

The Long Way Home

1998

As Veronica

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

As Self (archive footage)

That's Dancing!

1985

As Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

1994

As (archive footage)

That's Entertainment!

1974

As (archive footage) (uncredited)

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