Betty Garrett

Betty Garrett, Blacklisted Musical Actress, Dead at 91

Betty Garrett, a star of stage and screen throughout the second half of the 20th century, died in Los Angeles yesterday at the age of 91, according to her son Garrett Parks.

The actress was in good health until Friday, having taught her musical comedy class at Los Angeles' Theater West on Wednesday, but was taken to Los Angeles' Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center with heart trouble on Friday. She died the following morning with her family at her side. ( Read Betty Garrett more... )

Remembering Actress Betty Garrett

Betty Garret has graced the Broadway stage and played Frank Sinatra’s love interest twice onscreen, but according to her son Garrett Parks, the actress passed away Sunday (Feb. 13).

The 91-year-old actress most likely died from an aortic aneurysm.

Garrett’s two most famous movie roles were in “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” and “On the Town,” both in 1949, where she a girl in love with Frank Sinatra. ( Read Betty Garrett more... )

Betty Garrett, actress in film, TV, Broadway, dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Betty Garrett, the vivacious Broadway star who played Frank Sinatra’s sweetheart in two MGM musicals before her career was hampered by the Hollywood blacklist, has died in Los Angeles, her son said Sunday. She was 91.

Garrett died Saturday at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, most likely from an aortic aneurysm, said her son, Garrett Parks. Garrett had been in good health and taught her usual musical comedy class at Theater West, the non-profit organization she helped found, on Wednesday night, but Friday checked into the hospital with heart trouble, and died with her family at her side the following morning. ( Read Betty Garrett more... )

Laverne & Shirley: Betty Garrett Dies at 91; Goodbye Mrs. Babish

We’ve just learned that veteran character actress Betty Garrett passed away early this morning at the age of 91. The movie musical legend died at UCLA Medical Center in Westwood, California with her family by her side.

Born in 1919, Garret was encouraged to pursue a career on stage after high school by her bishop. A friend of her mother’s also arranged for an interview with Martha Graham who then in turn recommended Garrett for a scholarship at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. ( Read Betty Garrett more... )

Betty Garrett, actress who wooed Frank Sinatra in two MGM Films, dead of aortic aneurysm at 91

Betty Garrett, who pursued Frank Sinatra in two classic musicals but got chased out of Hollywood because of the real-life blacklist, died Saturday at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. She was 91.

Garrett had been in good health, said her son Garrett Parks, and just this past Wednesday had taught her regular weekly class on musical theater.

She apparently suffered an aortic aneurysm. ( Read Betty Garrett more... )

Betty Garrett

Betty Garrett, who died on February 12 aged 91, was a vivacious Broadway star best known for playing Frank Sinatra's sweetheart in On The Town (1949) before her career became mired in the Hollywood blacklist controversy of the early 1950s.

Her troubles began in 1951 when American congressmen forced her husband, the actor Larry Parks, to testify about his earlier membership of the Communist Party. Parks had earned stardom and an Academy Award nomination as best actor for his dynamic portrayal of the singer Al Jolson in the film The Jolson Story (1946). But in 1951, he was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee and admitted that he had joined the Communist Party in 1941 and left in 1944 or 1945. ( Read Betty Garrett more... )

Broadway Star Betty Garrett Dies at 91

Broadway star Betty Garrett died in Los Angeles at the age of 91. Garrett died Saturday at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, most likely from an aortic aneurysm, according to her son Garrett Parks. Garrett was in good health and even taught her musical comedy class at Theater West on Wednesday night. Theater West is a non-profit organization which she helped found. Friday, she checked into the hospital with heart trouble and died the next morning, with her family at her side. ( Read Betty Garrett more... )

Betty Garrett, 'All In the Family' and 'Laverne and Shirley' actress, dies at 91

Comedic actress Betty Garrett, known for appearing in MGM musicals and as a regular on All in the Family and Laverne & Shirley, died Saturday of an aortic aneurysm in Los Angeles, the L.A. Times reports. She was 91. ( Read Betty Garrett more... )

Fallece la actriz Betty Garrett

Los Ángeles.- Betty Garrett, la vivaz estrella de Broadway que interpretó a la novia de Frank Sinatra en dos comedias musicales antes de que su carrera se viera afectada por la lista negra de Hollywood, falleció en Los Ángeles a los 91 años, dijo su hijo el domingo.

Garrett murió el sábado en el Centro Médico Ronald Reagan de la Universidad de California en Los Ángeles probablemente de aneurisma, especificó Garrett Parks. ( Read Betty Garrett more... )

Muere Betty Garrett

La actriz y bailarina estadounidense Betty Garret, conocida por sus papeles como novia de Frank Sinatra, murió en Los Angeles a los 91 años.

El hijo de Garrett confirmó el fallecimiento en el Centro Médico Ronald Reagan, probablemente de un aneurisma en la aorta. ( Read Betty Garrett more... )

La actriz, cantante y bailarina Betty Garrett muere a los 91 años

Washington, 13 feb (EFE).- La actriz estadounidense Betty Garrett, conocida por interpretar la novia de Frank Sinatra en dos musicales antes de que su carrera se viera perjudicada por la "lista negra" de Hollywood, murió a los 91 años en Los Ángeles.

La que fuera una estrella vivaz de Broadway, cantante, bailarina y actriz en producciones musicales, teatrales y de series de televisión, falleció el sábado en el Centro Médico Ronald Reagan UCLA como consecuencia de un aneurisma de aorta, indicó hoy su hijo Garrett Parks al diario "Los Ángeles Times".

La actriz gozaba de buena salud y el miércoles todavía daba clases de comedia musical en el "Theater West", un teatro sin ánimo de lucro que ayudó a fundar en Hollywood Norte hace medio siglo. ( Read Betty Garrett more... )

Sinatras Filmpartnerin Betty Garrett gestorben

Betty Garrett, Frank Sinatras Partnerin in dem legendären Musicalfilm «Heut' gehn wir bummeln» (1949), ist tot. Die Schauspielerin, Sängerin und Tänzerin starb nach Angaben der «Washington Post» am Samstag in Los Angeles. Sie wurde 91 Jahre alt.

New York (dpa) - Betty Garrett, Frank Sinatras Partnerin in dem legendären Musicalfilm «Heut' gehn wir bummeln» (1949), ist tot. Die Schauspielerin, Sängerin und Tänzerin starb nach Angaben der «Washington Post» am Samstag in Los Angeles. Sie wurde 91 Jahre alt. ( Read Betty Garrett more... )

US-Schauspielerin Betty Garrett ist tot

Los Angeles (RPO). Die amerikanische Film- und Fernsehschauspielerin Betty Garrett ist im Alter von 91 Jahren gestorben. Ihr Sohn Garrett Parks erklärte am Samstag, seine Mutter sei im Krankenhaus wahrscheinlich einem Aortenaneurysma erlegen. ( Read Betty Garrett more... )

Actrice Betty Garrett (91) overleden

AMSTERDAM - De Amerikaanse actrice Betty Garrett is zaterdag op 91-jarige leeftijd overleden in een ziekenhuis in Los Angeles. Garrett stierf waarschijnlijk aan een slagaderverwijding, maakte haar zoon bekend.

De actrice verkeerde in goede conditie, maar werd vrijdag met hartproblemen opgenomen in een ziekenhuis. De volgende morgen overleed ze met haar familie aan haar zijde. ( Read Betty Garrett more... )

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