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Betty Grable the Poster Girl

Stage Name

Birth Name

Betty Grable Elizabeth Ruth Grable
     a.k.a. Francis Dean in movie credits. Betty took lessons at Clark's Dancing school at a very early age. She studied Tap and Ballet into her teens and moved to Hollywood in 1929. Before turning 18, Betty landed a few small movie parts then finally signed up with RKO Pictures. Vinton Haworth, brother of Volga Haworth-Cansino (Rita Hayworth's mother) was Betty's Uncle.

     Betty would become one of the most famous and loved Hollywood Pin-Up girls during W.W.II as well as the highest paid movie star in the United States. Betty's Legs were even insured for the measly sum of a million dollars. Betty Grable was an avid fan of Swing and Latindancing. Betty made over eighty movies during her career.

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Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Offspring

ST. Louis, Missouri 12/18/1916 - 7/2/1973 Jackie Coogan n/a
            Harry James      
 

Dance Types

Dance Partners

Music Titles

Ballroom

Dan Dailey

$ Betty Grable - the Pin-Up Girl

Conga

Hermes Pan (Swing & Conga)

     

Jitterbug

Johnny Downes

Publications

Tap

Stephen Kirchner

12/11/1939 - Life Magazine

   

7/1948 - Movie Life

   

2/1953 - Movie Star Parade

   

$ 1993 - Betty Grable

 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Stage

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46th St. Theatre (1939)

12/29/1932 - Tatter Tales

     

St. James Theatre (1962)

1939 - DuBarry was a Lady

           

1962 - Hello Dolly

 

Films

1930 - Happy Days

1938 - Campus Confessions

1930 - Let's Go Places

$ 1938 - College Swing

1930 - New Movietone Follies

$1938 - Give Me A Sailor

1930 - Whoopie!

1939 - Man About Town

1932 - Age Of Consent

$1939 - Million Dollar Legs

1932 - Crashing Hollywood

$ 1940 - Down Argentine Way

1932 - Flirty Sleepwalker

$1940 - Tin Pan Alley

1932 - Hold Em Jail

$ 1941 - Moon Over Miami

1932 - Hollywood Lights

$1941 - A Yank in the R.A.F. [DVD]

$ 1932 - Kid From Spain

$1942 - Footlight Serenade

1932 - Second Chances

$ 1942 - Song of the Islands

1933 - Cavalcade

$1942 - Springtime in the Rockies

1933 - Melody Cruise

1943 - Coney Island

1933 - Meet My Sister

1943 - Sweet Rosie O'Grady

1933 - Child Of Manhattan

$1944 - Four Jills in a Jeep

1933 - Air Tonic

$1944 - Pin Up Girl

1933 - The Jewel

1945 - Diamond Horseshoe

1934 - Elmer Steps Out

$1945 - Dolly Sisters

1934 - Business is a Pleasure

$1947 - Mother Wore Tights (Kirchner)

1934 - Susie's Affairs

1947 - Hollywood Bound

$ 1934 - Gay Divorcee

$1949 - Bashful Blonde from Bashful...

1934 - By Your Leave

1950 - My Blue Heaven

1934 - Student Tour

1951 - Call Me Mister

1934 - Hips, Hips, Hooray!

1951 - Meet Me After The Show

1935 - Night At The Biltmore Bowl

$1953 - How to Marry a Millionaire [DVD]

1935 - Old Man Rhythm

$1953 - Farmer Takes A Wife

1936 - The Collegiate

1955 - How To Be Very Popular

$ 1936 - Follow The Fleet

$1955 - Three for the Show

$ 1936 - Pigskin Parade

$ Biography: Betty Grable

1937 - Thrill Of A Lifetime

 

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April 27, 2006

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