Betty Garrett

Betty Garrett was born on May 23, 1919 in USA. Betty Garrett's big-screen debut came with Big City directed by Norman Taurog in 1948. Betty Garrett is known for That's Entertainment! III directed by Bud Friedgen, June Allyson stars as Self - Co-Hostess and Cyd Charisse as Self - Co-Hostess. Betty Garrett has got 2 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Betty Garrett achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Betty Garrett plays is Dark and Stormy Night which will be released on Jan 16, 2009.

A sunny singer, dancer and comic actress, Betty Garrett starred in several Hollywood musicals and stage roles. She was at the top of her game when the Communist scare in the 1950s brought her career to a screeching, ugly halt. She and her husband Larry Parks, an Oscar-nominated actor, were summoned by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and questioned about their involvement.As the drama played out, a very pregnant Garrett was never called to testify, but her husband was. With his admission of Communist Party membership from 1941-1945 and refusal to name names, he made it to the Hollywood Blacklist. After the incident, Garrett and Parks worked up nightclub singing/comedy acts along with appearing in legit plays. Although Parks never quite shook off the blacklist incident, he did win a role in John Huston's film, Freud, passions secrètes (1962). Garrett went on to appear in roles in many television series.