Betty Garrett
Acting
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.
Born: May 23, 1919
Place of Birth: Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Mrs. Hausenstout
as Mrs. Cuttle
as Eleanor
as Miriam Guber
as Self
as Mrs. Firth
as Veronica
as Agnes
as (archive footage)
as Phyllis
as Sarah
as Ruth Sherwood (archive footage)
as Kit Parkins
as Martha Neilson
as Catherine
as Martha McCoy
as Edna Babish
as Self
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Mary Hallen
as Irene Lorenzo
as Margaret Ruskin
as Linda Atlas
as Self
as Ruth Sherwood
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Brunhilde Esterhazy
as Betty Barrett
as Shirley Delwyn
as Peggy Lorgan McNeil
as Shoo Shoo Grady