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Betty Garrett

1919-05-23

The 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.

Betty Garrett in

Movies

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On the Town

7.027 average rating
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The Shadow on the Window

5.7 average rating
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That's Entertainment!

7.2 average rating
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My Sister Eileen

6.5 average rating
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That's Dancing!

7 average rating
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

6.7 average rating
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Words and Music

5.7 average rating
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That's Entertainment! III

6.943 average rating
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Neptune's Daughter

5.8 average rating
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

7 average rating
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The Long Way Home

6.2 average rating
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Frank Sinatra Memorial

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Trail of the Screaming Forehead

4.9 average rating
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Dark and Stormy Night

6.2 average rating
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The Costume Designer

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All the Way Home

7 average rating
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory

6 average rating
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Big City

7.2 average rating
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Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

7.7 average rating
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Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

7.5 average rating