Betty Grable (1916 - 1973)

American actress, dancer, and singer.

* December 18, 1916 St. Louis, Missouri
 as Elizabeth Ruth Grable
 July 2, 1973 Santa Monica, California



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, January 1936
Photoplay, January 1936
Photoplay, February 1936

Mon Film, nr. 7, 11-9 1946
Mon Film, nr. 20, 11-12 1946

Books on Betty Grable

Tom McGee Betty Grable Tom McGee
Betty Grable, The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs
Vestal, New York, 1995

Larry Billman Betty Grable Larry Billman
Betty Grable, A Bio-Bibliography
Westport, Connecticut - London, 1993

Spero Pastos
Pin-up, The tragedy of Betty Grable
New York, 1986

Doug Warren
Betty Grable, the reluctant movie queen
New York, 1981

Books with substantial mentioning of Betty Grable

Sean Griffin (ed.)
What dreams were made of, Movie stars of the 1940s
New Brunswick, N.J., 2010

Michelle Vogel & Liz Nocera Hollywood Blondes Michelle Vogel & Liz Nocera
Hollywood Blondes, Golden Girls of the Silver Screen
2007

Foreword by John-Michael Howson Cut! Foreword by John-Michael Howson
Cut!, Hollywood murders, accidents, and other tragedies
Willoughby, Australia, 2005

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Hollywood Songsters James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts
Hollywood Songsters, A Biographical Dictionary
New York & London, 1991

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

Patrick Agan The Decline and Fall of the Love Goddess Patrick Agan
The Decline and Fall of the Love Goddess
Los Angeles, 1979

James Robert Parish The Fox Girls James Robert Parish
The Fox Girls
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1971

Friederike Mat (ed.) Unsere Filmlieblinge Friederike Mat (ed.)
Unsere Filmlieblinge, Ein Bilderbuch
Wien, München, Düsseödorf, Bozen, 1956

Books with an entry on Betty Grable

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Books with photograph(s) of Betty Grable

John Kobal (ed.) Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties John Kobal (ed.)
Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties, 163 Glamor Photos
New York, 1977

Films

1929
Happy Days

1930
Whoopee!
Let's Go Places
New Movietone Follies of 1930

1931
Kiki
Palmy Days
Ex-Sweeties

1932
The Kid from Spain
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
The Age of Consent
Hold 'em Jail
Hollywood Luck
Probation
The Flirty Sleepwalker

1933
Child of Manhattan
Cavalcade
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

1934
The Gay Divorcee
Student Tour

1935
Drawing Rumors
The Nitwits
Old Man Rhythm

1936
Follow the Fleet
Don't Turn 'em Loose
Collegiate
Pigskin Parade

1937
This Way Please
Thrill of a Lifetime

1938
College Swing
Give Me a Sailor
Campus Confessions

1939
Million Dollar Legs
Man About Town
The Day the Bookies Wept

1940
Tin Pan Alley
Down Argentine Way

1941
Moon Over Miami
A Yank in the R.A.F.
I Wake Up Screaming

1942
Springtime in the Rockies
Song of the Islands

1943
Coney Island
Sweet Rosie O'Grady

1944
Four Jills in a Jeep
Pin Up Girl
Wing and a Prayer

1945
Diamond Horseshoe
The Dolly Sisters

1946
Do You Love Me

1947
Mother Wore Tights

1948
That Lady in Ermine

1949
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

1950
My Blue Heaven
Wabash Avenue

1951
Call Me Mister
Meet Me After the Show

1953
How to Marry a Millionaire
The Farmer Takes a Wife

1955
Three for the Show
How to Be Very, Very Popular

1963
Marilyn

1965
The Love Goddesses

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