Betty Garrett

Betty Garrett (May 23, 1919 - February 12, 2011) was an American actress, comedian, singer and dancer. 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.

Selected performances
Movies
On the Town, with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra
Neptune's Daughter, with Red Skelton

Plays
Meet Me in St. Louis
Follies

Television series
All in the Family
Laverne & Shirley
The Golden Girls, episode "Old Boyfriends"
Grey's Anatomy, episode "Break On Through"

References

Category:American movie actors
Category:American stage actors
Category:American television actors
Category:American dancers
Category:Actors from Missouri
Category:Singers from Missouri
Category:People from St. Joseph, Missouri 
Category:Deaths from aortic aneurysm
Category:1919 births
Category:2011 deaths