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.
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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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235196
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Filmography (Movies)
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Character:Self
Release Date:20/01/2012
Troupers
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Release Date:01/06/2011
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/2009
Dark and Stormy Night
Character:Mrs. Hausenstout
Release Date:10/10/2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Character:Self
Release Date:10/01/2008
Trail of the Screaming Forehead
Character:Mrs. Cuttle
Release Date:08/06/2007
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Character:Self
Release Date:03/04/2003
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Character:Self
Release Date:24/09/2002
Frank Sinatra Memorial
Character:Self
Release Date:16/05/2000
The Long Way Home
Character:Veronica
Release Date:01/03/1998
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Character:Self
Release Date:25/11/1996
That's Entertainment! III
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/07/1994
That's Dancing!
Character:Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)
Release Date:18/01/1985
All the Way Home
Character:Catherine
Release Date:21/12/1981
That's Entertainment!
Character:(archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:21/06/1974
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/01/1972
The Shadow on the Window
Character:Linda Atlas
Release Date:06/03/1957
My Sister Eileen
Character:Ruth Sherwood
Release Date:22/09/1955
The Costume Designer
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/07/1950
On the Town
Character:Brunhilde Esterhazy
Release Date:08/12/1949
Neptune's Daughter
Character:Betty Barrett
Release Date:10/06/1949
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Character:Shirley Delwyn
Release Date:09/03/1949
Words and Music
Character:Peggy Lorgan McNeil
Release Date:31/12/1948
Big City
Character:Shoo Shoo Grady
Release Date:25/03/1948
Television Appearances
Grey's Anatomy
Character:Eleanor
Boston Public
Character:Miriam Guber
Becker
Character:Mrs. Firth
Union Square
Character:Agnes
Townies
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The Good Life
Character:Phyllis
Blacke's Magic
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The Golden Girls
Character:Sarah
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Kit Parkins
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Martha Neilson
Mr. Merlin
Character:
The Love Boat
Character:Martha McCoy
Laverne & Shirley
Character:Edna Babish
Dinah!
Character:Self
Great Performances
Character:Mary Hallen
All in the Family
Character:Irene Lorenzo
The Fugitive
Character:Margaret Ruskin
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Character:Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self
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