page_title: Betty Garrett
hierarchical_section_title: Betty Garrett
caption_attribution_description: 1976 cast photo from the television program Laverne and Shirley. Standing, from left: Carole Ita White (Rosie Greenbaum), Phil Foster (Frank DeFazio), Eddie Mekka (Carmine Ragusa), Betty Garrett (Edna Babish). Middle row, standing: Penny Marshall (Laverne DeFazio), Cindy Williams (Shirley Feeney). Seated&#160;: Michael McKean (Lenny), David Lander (Squiggy).
context_page_description: Betty Garrett was an American singer, dancer, and actor of movies, theatre, and television. She was best known for her work in movie musicals in the 1940s and 1950s. Her acting career was affected when her husband, Larry Parks, was called to the House Un-American Activities Committee. There he admitted having been in the Communist Party, and he gave names of other entertainment people who were in the Party.
  Garrett has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She died of an aortic aneurysm.
context_section_description: Betty Garrett (May 23, 1919 - February 12, 2011) was an American singer, dancer, and actor of movies, theatre, and television. She was best known for her work in movie musicals in the 1940s and 1950s. Her acting career was affected when her husband, Larry Parks, was called to the House Un-American Activities Committee. There he admitted having been in the Communist Party, and he gave names of other entertainment people who were in the Party.
  Garrett has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She died of an aortic aneurysm.
caption: Betty Garrett 1976
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