Betty Grable

**Elizabeth Ruth Grable** (18 December 1916 – 2 July 1973) was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, singer, and model who was born in St. Louis, Missouri.

Her swimsuit photo made her the number 1 pin-up girl during World War II. Her photo later appeared in _LIFE magazine's_ "100 Photos that Changed the World".

She was awarded a star (a metal award plaque set in sidewalk cement) on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame. She died of lung cancer in Santa Monica, California at the age of 56.

## Movies

She appeared in many movies:

- (1929) _Happy Days_
- (1930) _Let's Go Places_
- (1930) _New Movietone Follies of 1930_
- (1930) _Whoopee!_
- (1931) _Kiki_
- (1931) _Palmy Days_
- (1932) _The Greeks Had a Word for Them_
- (1932) _Probation_
- (1932) _The Age of Consent_
- (1932) _Hold 'Em Jail_
- (1932) _The Kid from Spain_
- (1933) _Cavalcade_
- (1933) _Child of Manhattan_
- (1933) _Melody Cruise_
- (1933) _What Price Innocence?_
- (1933) _The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi_
- (1934) _The Gay Divorcee_
- (1934) _Student Tour_
- (1934) _By Your Leave_
- (1935) _The Nitwits_
- (1935) _Old Man Rhythm_
- (1936) _Collegiate_
- (1936) _Follow the Fleet_
- (1936) _Don't Turn 'em Loose_
- (1936) _Pigskin Parade_
- (1937) _This Way Please_
- (1937) _Thrill of a Lifetime_
- (1938) _College Swing_
- (1938) _Give Me a Sailor_
- (1938) _Campus Confessions_
- (1939) _Man About Town_
- (1939) _Million Dollar Legs_
- (1939) _The Day the Bookies Wept_
- (1940) _Down Argentine Way_
- (1940) _Tin Pan Alley_
- (1941) _Moon over Miami_
- (1941) _A Yank in the RAF_
- (1941) _I Wake Up Screaming_
- (1942) _Song of the Islands_
- (1942) _Footlight Serenade_
- (1942) _Springtime in the Rockies_
- (1943) _Coney Island_
- (1943) _Sweet Rosie O'Grady_
- (1944) _Four Jills in a Jeep_
- (1944) _Pin Up Girl_
- (1945) _Diamond Horseshoe_
- (1945) _The Dolly Sisters_
- (1946) _Do You Love Me_
- (1947) _The Shocking Miss Pilgrim_
- (1947) _Mother Wore Tights_
- (1948) _That Lady in Ermine_
- (1948) _When My Baby Smiles at Me_
- (1949) _The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend_
- (1950) _Wabash Avenue_
- (1950) _My Blue Heaven_
- (1951) _Call Me Mister_
- (1951) _Meet Me After the Show_
- (1953) _The Farmer Takes a Wife_
- (1953) _How to Marry a Millionaire_
- (1955) _Three for the Show_
- (1955) _How to Be Very, Very Popular_

## Other websites

- Betty Grable: A Tribute
- BettyGrable.net
- Vintage People
- Betty Grable Photo Tribute
- Betty Grable Portraits
- St. Louis Walk of Fame

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Betty Grable
- **image**: Betty_Grable_20th_Century_Fox.jpg
- **imagesize**: 250px
- **caption**: Grable's famous pin-up poster
- **birthname**: Elizabeth Ruth Grable
- **birth place**: St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
- **death place**: Santa Monica, California, Santa Monica, California, U.S.
- **death cause**: Lung cancer
- **restingplace**: Inglewood Park Cemetery, California, US
- **othername**: Frances Dean
- **yearsactive**: 1929-1973
- **nationality**: American
- **spouse**: (divorced)
 (divorced)
- **partner**: Bob Remick (?-1973, her death)
- **children**: 2 daughters
- **parents**: John Grable
Lillian (née Hoffmann)