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.
On the Town
as Brunhilde EsterhazyThree sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Movie pageThe Shadow on the Window
as Linda AtlasThree delinquents murder a prosperous farmer at an isolated farm house. One witness to the crime...
Movie pageThat's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50...
Movie pageMy Sister Eileen
as Ruth SherwoodRuth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame,...
Movie pageThat's Dancing!
as Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the...
Movie pageTake Me Out to the Ball Game
as Shirley DelwynThe Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they've been inherited by one K.C. Higgins,...
Movie pageWords and Music
as Peggy Lorgan McNeilEncomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner,...
Movie pageThat's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of...
Movie pageNeptune's Daughter
as Betty BarrettScatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O'Rourke, the captain of the...
Movie pageBroadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as SelfBroadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about...
Movie pageThe Long Way Home
as VeronicaA retired widower wanders away from his daughter's home, hooks up with a free-spirited young...
Movie pageFrank Sinatra Memorial
as SelfFrank Sinatra, the greatest entertainer of the 20th century, is remembered by some of the...
Movie pageTrail of the Screaming Forehead
as Mrs. CuttleA small town infestation of crawling alien foreheads that begin attaching to people and taking...
Movie pageDark and Stormy Night
as Mrs. HausenstoutIn the 1930s the family of old Sinas Cavinder, gathered for the reading of his will, find...
Movie pageThe Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The...
Movie pageAll the Way Home
as CatherineA wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of...
Movie pageHollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading...
Movie pageBig City
as Shoo Shoo GradyA young orphan in New York's Lower East Side is collectively adopted by three neighborhood...
Movie pageGene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as SelfAmerican Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he...
Movie pageJack Lemmon: America's Everyman
as SelfJack Lemmon made over 60 films and received numerous awards, including eight Academy Award...
Movie pageHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
as (archive footage)This is a two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1940s.
Movie pageCarol Channing: Larger Than Life
as SelfIf Carol Channing didn't exist, no one could have made her up. One in a billion, Carol , at 89,...
Movie pageHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
as SelfThe 1920s was a time of great change in Hollywood. This program tells the story of the advent of...
Movie pageGrey's Anatomy
as EleanorFollows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan...
TV Show pageThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as SelfThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...
TV Show pageBecker
as Mrs. FirthBecker is a dedicated, outspoken and talented doctor with a gruff exterior. While he tends to...
TV Show pageGreat Performances
as Mary HallenThe best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...
TV Show pageThe Fugitive
as Margaret RuskinRichard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...
TV Show pageThe Love Boat
as Martha McCoyPassengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...
TV Show pageMurder, She Wrote
as Kit ParkinsAn unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...
TV Show pageMurder, She Wrote
as Martha NeilsonAn unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...
TV Show pageBoston Public
as Miriam GuberPrincipal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the...
TV Show pageThe Golden Girls
as SarahFour Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake....
TV Show pageLaverne & Shirley
as Edna BabishLaverne & Shirley is an American television sitcom that ran on ABC from January 27, 1976 to May...
TV Show pageThe Colgate Comedy Hour
as SelfThe Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...
TV Show pageAll in the Family
as Irene LorenzoArchie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important...
TV Show pageThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as SelfThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on...
TV Show pageDinah!
as SelfDinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started...
TV Show pageBlacke's Magic
as uncreditedBlacke's Magic is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from January to May 1986. The...
TV Show pageUnion Square
as AgnesUnion Square is a 1997 television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for one season. It follows...
TV Show pageMr. Merlin
as uncreditedMr. Merlin is an American sitcom that ran for one season, from 1981 to 1982, about Merlin the...
TV Show pageThe Good Life
as PhyllisThe Good Life is an American sitcom which aired on NBC in early 1994. It starred John Caponera...
TV Show pageTownies
as uncreditedLife-long friends Carrie, Shannon and Denise grew up together. Now in their mid-twenties, the...
TV Show page