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[h3]Born Elizabeth Ruth Grable in 1916, Betty Grable was groomed for stardom by her mother from an early age. As a child she attended dancing lessons, as well as learning the saxophone and singing. [/h3]

During her lifetime, she would become one of the most prolific singing actresses of her time, starring in over one hundred films, including 'Pin Up Girl' and 'How To Marry A Millionaire'.

In 1929, the Grable family went on holiday to California, and Lilian, Betty’s Mother, decided that she and her daughter should stay behind, in order to enhance Betty’s chance of fame.

Betty attended the Hollywood Professional School, dance lessons at the Ernest Blecher Academy, and was coached at the Albertina Rosch School.

At thirteen, Betty was chosen for the chorus in 'Let’s Go Places'. The law at the time stated that girls had to be over fifteen to dance in the chorus, but Betty possessed forged documentation to say that she was old enough to perform. In her next show, however, her true age was discovered, and her contract duly terminated.

In 1930, Sam Goldwyn signed Betty to appear in 'Whoopee!' and this was followed by numerous chorus and bit parts, including two films starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire.

Betty Grable met her first husband in 1935. His name was Jackie Coogan and he had been a child star. Together, he and Betty went on tour with their show 'Hollywood Secrets', and it was this venture that really made a name for her.

Jackie and Betty married in 1937, and the same year Betty was signed to appear as the leading lady in 'Down Argentine Way'.

Betty spent World War II entertaining the troops. She and Jackie divorced in 1940, following arguments over money.

In 1943, Twentieth Century Fox had Betty’s legs insured with Lloyd’s of London for the record amount of $1.25 million.

During the same year, Betty married her second husband, bandleader Harry James. The pair had two daughters, Victoria Elizabeth (b. 1944,) and Jessica (b. 1947.)

Betty spent the late fifties performing on TV and in nightclubs, as well as appearing in 'Guys and Dolls'.

Betty Grable discovered she had lung cancer in 1972, and died from the disease a year later.
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- Betty suffered from "demophobia" (fear of crowds)

- She was voted 'Best Figure' of 1941.

- She was a somnambulist.

- In 1946-47, the Treasury Department noted that she was the highest paid woman in America, receiving $300,000 a year.


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How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955)

Three for the Show (1955)

How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)

Meet Me After the Show (1951)

Call Me Mister (1951)

My Blue Heaven (1950)

Wabash Avenue (1950)

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)

When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)

That Lady in Ermine (1948)

Hollywood Bound (1947)

Mother Wore Tights (1947)

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)

Hollywood Park (1946)

Do You Love Me (1946)

The Dolly Sisters (1945)

Diamond Horseshoe (1945)

Pin Up Girl (1944)

Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)

Coney Island (1943)

Springtime in the Rockies (1942)

Footlight Serenade (1942)

Song of the Islands (1942)

I Wake Up Screaming (1941)

A Yank in the R.A.F (1941)

Moon Over Miami (1941)

Tin Pan Alley (1940)

Down Argentine Way (1940)

The Day the Bookies Wept (1939)

Million Dollar Legs (1939)

Man About Town (1939)

Campus Confessions (1938)

Give Me a Sailor (1938)

College Swing (1938)

Thrill of a Lifetime (1937)

This Way Please (1937)

Pigskin Parade (1936)

Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936)

Follow the Fleet (1936)

Collegiate (1936)

A Quiet Fourth (1935)

Old Man Rhythm (1935)

Drawing Rumors (1935)

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935)

The Nitwits (1935)

The Spirit of 1976 (1935)

By Your Leave (1934)

Student Tour (1934)

The Gay Divorcee (1934)

Susie's Affairs (1934)

Business Is a Pleasure (1934)

Elmer Steps Out (1934)

Love Detectives (1934)

Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934)

School for Romance (1934)

Air Tonic (1933)

Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1933)

What Price Innocence? (1933)

Melody Cruise (1933)

Child of Manhattan (1933)

Cavalcade (1933)

The Kid from Spain (1932)

Over the Counter (1932)

Hold 'Em Jail (1932)

The Age of Consent (1932)

Hollywood Lights (1932)

The Flirty Sleepwalker (1932)

Probation (1932)

Hollywood Luck (1932)

Lady, Please (1932)

The Greeks Had a Word for Them(1932)

Palmy Days (1931)

Ex-Sweeties (1931)

Crashing Hollywood (1932)

Kiki (1931)

Whoopee! (1930)

New Movietone Follies of 1930 (1930)

Happy Days (1930)

Let's Go Places (1930)

The Love Goddesses(1965)

Verboten! (1959)

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The All-Star Bond Rally (1945)

Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)

Sun-Kissed Stars at Palm Springs (1936)
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