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Betty Grable

Betty GrableAKA Ruth Elizabeth Grable

Born: 18-Dec-1916
Birthplace: St. Louis, MO
Died: 2-Jul-1973
Location of death: Santa Monica, CA
Cause of death: Cancer - Lung
Remains: Buried, Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs

Father: John Conn Grable
Mother: Lillian Grable
Husband: Jackie Coogan (m. 20-Nov-1937, div. 8-Oct-1940)
Husband: Harry James (jazz musician, m. 5-Jul-1943, div. 9-Oct-1965, two daughters)
Daughter: Victoria (b. 4-Mar-1944, with Harry James)
Daughter: Jessica (b. 20-May-1947, with Harry James)
Boyfriend: Desi Arnaz
Boyfriend: Oleg Cassini (dated)

    High School: Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School, St. Louis, MO

    RKO Radio Pictures under contract
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6525 Hollywood Blvd.
    St. Louis Walk of Fame
    Endorsement of Liggett Group Chesterfield cigarettes
    Risk Factors: Smoking

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    How to Be Very, Very Popular (22-Jul-1955)
    How to Marry a Millionaire (5-Nov-1953)
    The Farmer Takes a Wife (12-Jun-1953)
    My Blue Heaven (15-Sep-1950)
    Wabash Avenue (31-Mar-1950)
    The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (27-May-1949)
    When My Baby Smiles at Me (10-Nov-1948)
    Mother Wore Tights (20-Aug-1947)
    The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (4-Jan-1947)
    The Dolly Sisters (Nov-1945)
    Pin-Up Girl (25-Apr-1944)
    Coney Island (16-Jun-1943)
    Springtime in the Rockies (6-Nov-1942)
    Song of the Islands (5-Feb-1942)
    I Wake Up Screaming (14-Nov-1941)
    A Yank in the R.A.F. (26-Sep-1941)
    Moon Over Miami (18-Jun-1941)
    Tin Pan Alley (22-Nov-1940)
    Down Argentine Way (11-Oct-1940)
    The Day the Bookies Wept (15-Sep-1939)
    College Swing (29-Apr-1938)
    Pigskin Parade (23-Oct-1936)
    Follow the Fleet (20-Feb-1936)
    The Gay Divorcee (12-Oct-1934)
    Child of Manhattan (11-Feb-1933)


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