Acting
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.
Filmography
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
Film · 2012
Troupers
Film · 2011
Dark and Stormy Night
Film · 2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
Film · 2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Film · 2008
Trail of the Screaming Forehead
Film · 2007
Grey's Anatomy
Series · 2005
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Film · 2003
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Film · 2002
Frank Sinatra Memorial
Film · 2000
Boston Public
Series · 2000
The Long Way Home
Film · 1998
Becker
Series · 1998
Union Square
Series · 1997
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Film · 1996
Townies
Series · 1996
That's Entertainment! III
Film · 1994
The Good Life
Series · 1994
Blacke's Magic
Series · 1986
That's Dancing!
Film · 1985
The Golden Girls
Series · 1985
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
All the Way Home
Film · 1981
Mr. Merlin
Series · 1981
The Love Boat
Series · 1977
Laverne & Shirley
Series · 1976
That's Entertainment!
Film · 1974
Dinah!
Series · 1974
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Film · 1972
All in the Family
Series · 1971
Great Performances
Series · 1971
All in the Family
Series · 1971
The Fugitive
Series · 1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Shadow on the Window
Film · 1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Series · 1956
My Sister Eileen
Film · 1955
The Costume Designer
Film · 1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Series · 1950
On the Town
Film · 1949
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Film · 1949
Neptune's Daughter
Film · 1949
Big City
Film · 1948
Words and Music
Film · 1948