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Betty Grable: Biography
Birth Name:
Elizabeth Ruth Grable
Birth Place:
St. Louis, MO
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
12/18/1916, Sagittarius
Date of Death:
07/02/1973
Profession:
Actor; dancer; singer
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Betty Grable Fast Facts:
Began performing in chorus lines at 13 (under the legal age); she was fired when her true age was discovered.
Signed by Samuel Goldwyn in 1931; appeared in industrial films and shorts under the alias Frances Dean.
Her trademark was her famous legs, which MGM insured with Lloyd's of London for $1 million.
Her 1943 bathing-suit photo was a favorite of soldiers during World War II.
Retired from films after making 1955's
How to Be Very, Very Popular
; continued her career on stage, most famously in
Hello, Dolly!
on Broadway.
Betty Grable Relationships:
Harry James - Ex-husband
Jackie Coogan - Ex-husband
Jessica James - Daughter
John Conn Grable - Father
John Karl Grable - Brother
Lillian Rose Hofmann Grable - Mother
Marjorie L. Grable - Sister
Victoria James - Daughter
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