Betty Grable

Betty Grable

American actress and pin-up girl (1916–1973)

Elizabeth Ruth Grable was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model, and singer. Her 42 films during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than $100 million, and for 10 consecutive years (1942–1951) she placed among the Quigley Poll's top 10 box office stars. The U.S. Treasury Department listed her as the highest-salaried American woman in 1946 and 1947, and she earned more than $3 million during her career.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 53 films (1929–1955) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 13 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1929 LET'S GO PLACES. Fox Film Corp B&W
1931 PALMY DAYS. Samuel Goldwyn 9 reels B&W
1932 HOLD 'EM JAIL. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1932 Probation Richard Thorpe 16mm B&W
1933 Cavalcade ▶ sterling films 110 min 16mm B&W sound
1933 The Kid From Spain Samuel Goldwyn Inc 1:36:00 16mm B&W sound
1933 THE KID FROM SPAIN. Samuel Goldwyn 11 reels. B&W
1933 WHAT PRICE INNOCENCE? Columbia Pictures Corp. 7 reels B&W
1934 STUDENT TOUR. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 9 reels B&W
1934 The Gay Divorcee RKO Radio Pictures Inc 1:48:00 16mm B&W sound
1935 A QUIET FOURTH. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 2 reels 16mm Sound
1935 OLD MAN RHYTHM. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. B&W
1936 COLLEGIATE. Paramount Productions Inc. 9 reels B&W
1936 DON'T TURN 'EM LOOSE. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 65 min B&W
1937 THIS WAY PLEASE. Paramount Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1938 CAMPUS CONFESSIONS. Paramount Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1938 GIVE ME A SAILOR. Paramount Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1938 THRILL OF A LIFETIME. Paramount Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1939 MAN ABOUT TOWN. Paramount Pictures Inc. 9 reels B&W
1939 MILLION DOLLAR LEGS. Paramount Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1939 The day the bookies wept. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 16mm B&W sound
1940 Down Argentine Way. Irving Cummings 8 500 ft. Color
1940 Song of the islands. Walter Lang 2:00 16mm Color sound
1940 Tin Pan Alley. Walter Lang 9 000 ft. B&W
1941 A Yank in the RAF Henry King
1941 I Wake Up Screaming. ▶ H. Bruce Humberstone; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 1:22:00 16mm B&W sound
1941 Moon Over Miami. Walter Lang 8 225 ft. Color
1942 Footlight Serenade. Gregory Ratoff 7227 ft. B&W
1942 Song Of The Islands. Walter Lang 6716 ft. Color
1942 Springtime In The Rockies. Irving Cummings 8171 ft. Color
1943 Coney Island Walter Lang 1 reel 16mm Color sound
1943 Sweet Rosie O'grady. Irving Cummings 6 850 ft. Color
1944 Four Jills In A Jeep. William A. Seiter 7 618 ft. B&W
1944 Pin Up Girl. William LeBaron 7450 ft.
1945 Diamond Horseshoe George Seaton 104 min Color
1945 The Dolly Sisters. Irving Cummings 10251 ft. Color
1946 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim. George Seaton 85 min. 35mm Color sound
1947 Mother Wore Tights. Walter Lang 107 min 35mm Color sound
1948 That Lady In Ermine. Ernst Lubitsch 89 min. 35mm Color sound
1948 When My Baby Smiles At Me. Walter Lang 98 min. 35mm Color sound
1949 The Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend. Preston Sturges 77 min. 35mm Color sound
1950 My Blue Heaven. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 96 min. 35mm Color sound
1950 Wabash Avenue. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 92 min. 35mm Color sound
1951 CALL ME MISTER ▶ National Archives and Records Administration 96 min 16mm/video file Color
1951 Call me Mister Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. (Publisher) 1:36:00 16mm Color sound
1951 Call Me Mister. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 95 min. 35mm Color sound
1951 Meet me after the show. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 86 min. 35mm Color sound
1953 How to Marry a Millionaire Collectors Book Store | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 1:36:00 16mm Color sound
1953 How To Marry A Millionaire. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 95 min. 16mm B&W sound
1953 The Farmer Takes a Wife Henry Levin 81 min Color