Betty Grable, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Betty Grable

American model, actor, singer and dancer

Date of Birth: 18-Dec-1916

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 02-Jul-1973

Profession: singer, stage actor, model, dancer, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Betty Grable

  • Elizabeth Ruth Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) 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 she set a record of 12 consecutive years in the top 10 of box office stars.
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  • Treasury Department in 1946 and 1947 listed her as the highest-salaried American woman; she earned more than $3 million during her career.Grable began her film career in 1929 at age 12, after which she was fired from a contract when it was learned she signed up under false identification.
  • She had contracts with RKO and Paramount Pictures during the 1930s, and appeared in a string of B movies, mostly portraying college students.
  • Grable came to prominence in the Broadway musical DuBarry Was a Lady (1939), which brought her to the attention of 20th Century-Fox. She replaced Alice Faye in Down Argentine Way (1940), her first major Hollywood film, and became Fox's biggest film star throughout the remaining decade.
  • Fox cast Grable in a succession of Technicolor musicals during the decade that were immensely popular, co-starring with such leading men as Victor Mature, Don Ameche, John Payne, and Tyrone Power.
  • In 1943, she was the number-one box-office draw in the world and, in 1947, she was the highest-paid entertainer in the United States.
  • Two of her biggest film successes were the musical Mother Wore Tights (1947) and the comedy How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), one of her last films.
  • Grable retired from screen acting in 1955 after she withdrew from her Fox contract, although she continued to perform on the stage and on television.Throughout her career, Grable was a celebrated sex symbol.
  • Her bathing suit poster made her the number-one pin-up girl of World War II, surpassing Rita Hayworth.
  • It was later included in the Life magazine project "100 Photographs That Changed the World".
  • Hosiery specialists of the era often noted the ideal proportions of her legs as thigh (18.5 in (47 cm)), calf (12 in (30 cm)), and ankle (7.5 in (19 cm)).
  • Grable's legs famously were insured by her studio for $1 million as a publicity stunt.
  • Describing her film career, Grable said "I became a star for two reasons, and I'm standing on them."

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