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Betty Garrett

November 23, 2023

Betty Garrett (May 23, 1919 – February 12, 2011) was an American actress, comedian, singer and dancer. She originally performed on Broadway, and was then signed to a film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She appeared in several musical films, then returned to Broadway and made guest appearances on several television series.

Betty Garrett
Garrett in 1950
Born(1919-05-23)May 23, 1919
St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
DiedFebruary 12, 2011(2011-02-12) (aged 91)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationAnnie Wright School
Alma materNeighborhood Playhouse
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
  • dancer
  • singer
Years active1938–2011
TelevisionAll in the Family,
Laverne & Shirley
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1944; died 1975)​
Children2, including Andrew Parks

Garrett later became known for the roles she played in two prominent 1970s sitcoms: Archie Bunker's politically liberal neighbor Irene Lorenzo in All in the Family and landlady Edna Babish in Laverne & Shirley. In later years, she appeared in television series such as The Golden Girls, Grey's Anatomy, Boston Public and Becker as well as in several Broadway plays and revivals.

Early life edit

Garrett was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the daughter of Elizabeth Octavia (née Stone) and Curtis Garrett.[citation needed] Shortly after her birth, her parents relocated to Seattle, Washington, where her mother managed the sheet music department at Sherman Clay, and her father worked as a traveling salesman. His alcoholism and fiscal irresponsibility eventually led to their divorce, and Garrett and her mother lived in a series of residential hotels in order to minimize expenses.[1]

When Garrett was eight years old, her mother married the fiancé she had jilted in order to marry Curtis.[2] They settled in Regina, Saskatchewan, where her new stepfather worked in the meat-packing industry. A year later, her mother discovered that her new husband was involved in a sexual relationship with his male assistant, so she and Betty returned to Seattle.[3] After graduating from public grammar school, Garrett enrolled at the Annie Wright School in Tacoma, which she attended on a full scholarship. The school had no drama department, so she frequently organized musical productions and plays for special occasions. Following her senior year performance in Twelfth Night, the bishop urged her to pursue a career on the stage. At the same time, her mother's friend arranged an interview with Martha Graham, who was in Seattle for a concert tour, and the dancer recommended her for a scholarship at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City.[4]

Garrett and her mother arrived in Manhattan in the summer of 1936 and Garrett began classes in September. Her teachers included Graham and Anna Sokolow for dance, Sandy Meisner for drama, Lehman Engel for music, and Margaret Webster for the Shakespearean classics, and fellow students included Daniel Mann and Richard Conte. She felt she was destined to be a dramatic actress and shied away from playing comedic roles.[5]

Early career edit

During the summer months, Garrett performed in the Borscht Belt, where she had the opportunity to work with Danny Kaye, Jerome Robbins, Carol Channing, Imogene Coca, and Jules Munshin, and she was encouraged to hone her singing and dancing skills.[6] She joined Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre as an understudy in what was to be its last stage presentation, a poorly-reviewed and short-lived production of Danton's Death that gave her the opportunity to work with Joseph Cotten, Ruth Ford, Martin Gabel, and Arlene Francis.[7][8] She performed with Martha Graham's dance company at Carnegie Hall and the Alvin Theatre, sang at the Village Vanguard, and appeared in satirical and political revues staged by the Brooklyn-based Flatbush Arts Theatre, which eventually changed its name to the American Youth Theatre and relocated to Manhattan. During this period she joined the Communist Party and began performing at fundraisers for progressive causes.[9]

Broadway edit

Garrett made her Broadway debut in 1942 in the revue Of V We Sing, which closed after 76 performances but led to her being cast in the Harold Rome revue Let Freedom Sing later that year.[10] It closed after only eight performances, but producer Mike Todd saw it and signed her to understudy Ethel Merman[11] and play a small role in the 1943 Cole Porter musical Something for the Boys.[12] Merman became ill during the run, allowing Garrett to play the lead for a week. During this time, she was seen by producer Vinton Freedley, who cast her in Jackpot, a Vernon Duke/Howard Dietz musical starring Nanette Fabray and Allan Jones.[13] The show closed quickly, and Garrett began touring the country with her nightclub act.[14][15]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer edit

After appearing on Broadway in Laffing Room Only, which closed there, Garrett traveled with the show as it played extended runs in Detroit and Chicago. After this, she returned to New York and was cast in Call Me Mister, which reunited her with Harold Rome, Lehman Engel, and Jules Munshin. She won critical acclaim and the Donaldson Award for her performance, which prompted Al Hirschfeld to caricature her in The New York Times.[16] It led to her being signed to a one-year contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by Louis B. Mayer. Garrett arrived at the studio in January 1947 and made her film debut portraying nightclub performer Shoo Shoo O'Grady in Big City, directed by Norman Taurog and co-starring George Murphy and Robert Preston.[17] Mayer renewed her contract and she appeared in the musicals Words and Music, On the Town, Take Me Out To The Ball Game, and Neptune's Daughter in quick succession.[18]

The Jolson Story had been a huge hit in the United Kingdom, so Garrett and her husband Larry Parks decided to capitalize on its popularity by appearing at the London Palladium and then touring the U.K. with their nightclub act. Its success prompted them to return to the country three times but the increasing popularity of television eventually led to the decline of music hall entertainment.[19] Garrett then was cast opposite Janet Leigh and Jack Lemmon in My Sister Eileen, a 1955 musical remake of a 1940 theatrical adaptation of stories by Ruth McKenney. Garrett got the part when Judy Holliday dropped out of the project due to a contract dispute.[20] The following year, she and Parks replaced Holliday and Sydney Chaplin in the Broadway production of Bells Are Ringing during their vacation from the show. Over the next two decades. she worked sporadically, appearing on Broadway in two short-lived plays (Beg, Borrow or Steal with Parks and A Girl Could Get Lucky with Pat Hingle) and a musical adaptation of Spoon River Anthology, and making guest appearances on The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, The Lloyd Bridges Show, and The Fugitive.

Later career edit

In the fall of 1973, All in the Family added two new people to the neighborhood, Frank Lorenzo and his feisty Irish-American wife Irene. Lear had been the publicity man for Call Me Mister, All in the Family writers Bernard West and Mickey West knew Garrett from her time with the American Youth Theatre, and Jean Stapleton had been in the cast of Bells Are Ringing, so Garrett appeared to be a front runner for the role of Irene. It went instead to Sada Thompson, but Thompson, unhappy after taping one episode, asked to be released from her commitment, freeing the role for Garrett. Irene was Catholic—a source of annoyance for Protestant Archie—and assumed many of the handyman household duties normally associated with husbands, and she therefore presented a kind of nemesis to Archie Bunker. She later worked with Archie at his place of employment, driving a forklift, and was paid less than the man she replaced (but more than Archie). Garrett remained with the series from 1973 through 1975.[21] She won the 1974 Golden Globe for her performance on the series.[22]

 
Betty Garrett in 1976

The following year, Garrett was performing her one-woman show Betty Garrett and Other Songs in Westwood, California when she was offered the role of landlady Edna Babish in Laverne & Shirley. The character was a five-time divorcée who eventually married Laverne's father Frank. Although Garrett reportedly felt she never was given enough to do on the show, she appreciated the fact that her musical talents occasionally were incorporated into the plot. In 1981, when the series was extended beyond what had been intended to be its final season, Garrett was forced to drop out because she had committed to performing with Sandy Dennis, Jack Gilford, Hope Lange, and Joyce Van Patten in The Supporting Cast on Broadway. The play closed after only eight performances, but returning to Laverne & Shirley was not an option as the writers had explained Edna's disappearance by having her divorce Frank, although this was not directly addressed until the series' final season.[23]

In the ensuing years, Garrett appeared on television in Murder, She Wrote, The Golden Girls, Harts of the West, Union Square, Boston Public, Becker (for which she was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series), and Grey's Anatomy, and on stage in Plaza Suite (with Parks), And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little, Meet Me in St. Louis as Katie, the feisty Irish maid, and the 2001 Broadway revival of Follies, receiving excellent notices for singing "Broadway Baby." At Theatre West, which she co-founded, she directed Arthur Miller's The Price and appeared in the play Waiting in the Wings. She won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award twice, for Spoon River Anthology and Betty Garrett and Other Songs.[citation needed]

Garrett received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in 2003. On the occasion of her 90th birthday in 2009, she was honored at a celebration sponsored by Theatre West at the Music Box Theatre in Hollywood.[24][25][26]

In 2010, Garrett appeared alongside former two-time co-star Esther Williams during Turner Classic Movies' first annual Classic Film Festival.[27] Their film Neptune's Daughter was screened at the pool of the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California, while a Williams-inspired synchronised swimming troupe, The Aqualilies, performed.[28]

Awards and nominations edit

Golden Globes

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • 2003: Nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for the role of Molly Firth in the CBS sitcom Becker.[29]

Ovation Awards

Personal life edit

While appearing in Los Angeles, Garrett was invited to perform a comedy sketch at the Actor's Lab in Hollywood. It was there where she met Larry Parks, who was producing the show. He invited her to join him for a drink, then drove her to the top of Mulholland Drive and told her "You're the girl I'm going to marry." During the next two weeks, the two were inseparable. Garrett departed for a nightclub engagement in Chicago. Eventually Parks joined her and introduced her to his mother, who lived in nearby Joliet, Illinois. Parks returned to Los Angeles to begin filming Counter-Attack, and Garrett traveled to New York to prepare for Laffing Room Only with Olsen and Johnson, but before rehearsals began, she called Parks and proposed marriage. The two were wed on September 8, 1944,[31] four months after their initial meeting. Actor Lloyd Bridges served as best man.[31] Garrett and Parks spent a month honeymooning in Malibu Beach, and they then lived apart for the next two years while pursuing their careers.[32]

A Democrat, she supported Adlai Stevenson's campaign in the 1952 presidential election.[33]

Garrett and Parks remained married until his death in 1975. They had two sons, composer Garrett Parks and actor Andrew Parks. Betty Garrett had one granddaughter, Madison Claire Parks, by her son Garrett Parks, and daughter-in-law, Broadway actress Karen Culliver.[34]

Blacklisting edit

Because of their past affiliations with the Communist Party, Garrett and Parks became embroiled with the House Un-American Activities Committee, although only Parks was forced to testify.[35] He willingly admitted that he had been a member of the party and initially refused to name others, but he later did so. Despite that, he found himself on the Hollywood blacklist.[35] Garrett also had trouble finding work but, as the mother of two young sons, she did not mind being unemployed as much as her husband did. Parks formed a highly successful construction business, and eventually the couple owned many apartment buildings scattered throughout the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Rather than sell them upon completion, Parks decided to retain ownership and collect rents as a landlord, a decision that proved to be extremely profitable. During that period, the couple occasionally performed in Las Vegas showrooms, summer stock productions, and touring companies of Broadway shows.[36][37]

Death edit

Garrett died of an aortic aneurysm in Los Angeles on February 12, 2011, at the age of 91. Her body was cremated.[38]

Filmography edit

Television work edit

  • The Best of Anything (1960)
  • The Fugitive (1964, Episode: "Escape into Black") as Margaret Ruskin
  • All in the Family (cast member from 1973 to 1975) as Irene Lorenzo
  • Who's Happy Now? (1975)
  • Laverne & Shirley (cast member from 1976 to 1981) as Edna Babish DeFazio
  • All the Way Home (1981, TV movie) as Catherine
  • Murder, She Wrote (1987) as Martha
  • Somerset Gardens (1989, unsold pilot)
  • The Golden Girls (1992) as Sarah
  • The Long Way Home (1998, TV movie) as Veronica
  • Becker (2003) as neighbor Mrs. Girth, episode, Nightmare On Becker Street

Stage work edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Garrett & Rapoport 1998, pp. 3–8.
  2. ^ Garrett & Rapoport 1998, p. 6.
  3. ^ Garrett & Rapoport 1998, pp. 16–17.
  4. ^ Garrett & Rapoport 1998, pp. 22–25.
  5. ^ Garrett & Rapoport 1998, pp. 29–33.
  6. ^ Garrett & Rapoport 1998, pp. 34–39.
  7. ^ Garrett & Rapoport 1998, pp. 41–45.
  8. ^ "Mercury Theatre Reopens with Orson Welles's Production of Danton's Death". The New York Times. November 3, 1938. p. 26.
  9. ^ Garrett & Rapoport 1998, pp. 47–57.
  10. ^ "News of the Stage". The New York Times. September 22, 1942. p. 25. ProQuest 106415418.
  11. ^ Desmond, John (January 2, 1944). "Pity the Poor Understudy". The New York Times. p. SM16.
  12. ^ "In Broadway Debut". The New York Times. November 2, 1942. p. 26. ProQuest 106571245.
  13. ^ Zolotow, Sam (January 13, 1944). "'Jackpot' Arrives at Alvin Tonight". The New York Times. p. 15.
  14. ^ Zolotow, Sam (March 7, 1944). "Freedly Musical to Close Saturday". The New York Times. p. 14. ProQuest 106758017.
  15. ^ Garrett & Rapoport 1998, pp. 59–67.
  16. ^ Garrett & Rapoport 1998, pp. 76–79.
  17. ^ Scheuer, Phillip K. (November 30, 1947). "This Commedienne 'Sings All Over'". Los Angeles Times. p. 46.
  18. ^ "MGM Officials List 27 Films Ready or On Way". Los Angeles Times. March 9, 1948. p. 16.
  19. ^ Garrett & Rapoport 1998, pp. 155–165.
  20. ^ Garrett & Rapoport 1998, p. 203.
  21. ^ Garrett & Rapoport 1998, pp. 131–137.
  22. ^ a b . Golden Globe Awards. Archived from the original on January 15, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  23. ^ Garrett & Rapoport 1998, pp. 237–241.
  24. ^ "Betty Garrett remembers a life of stage, screen and the blacklist". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. May 27, 2009. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  25. ^ . Archived from the original on April 15, 2009. Retrieved August 20, 2009.
  26. ^ "Stage Raw: Betty Garrett Turns 90 - Los Angeles Arts - Public Spectacle". Archive.today. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  27. ^ [1][dead link]
  28. ^ . Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  29. ^ Emmy Nominees
  30. ^ . October 20, 2009. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  31. ^ a b "Betty Garrett, Singer, Married". The New York Times. September 9, 1944. p. 46.
  32. ^ Garrett & Rapoport 1998, pp. 68–73.
  33. ^ Motion Picture and Television Magazine, November 1952, page 33, Ideal Publishers
  34. ^ Bergan, Ronald (February 13, 2011). "Betty Garrett obituary". The Guardian. London.
  35. ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 945/6. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  36. ^ Garrett & Rapoport 1998, pp. 125–152.
  37. ^ Garrett & Rapoport 1998, pp. 169–171.
  38. ^ Dalton, Andrew. "Death of Betty Garrett". Tributes.com. Associated Press. from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2018.

References edit

  • Garrett, Betty; Rapoport, Ron (1998). Betty Garrett and Other Songs: A Life on Stage and Screen. Lanham, Maryland: Madison Books. ISBN 1-56833-098-7.

External links edit

 
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betty, garrett, 1919, february, 2011, american, actress, comedian, singer, dancer, originally, performed, broadway, then, signed, film, contract, with, metro, goldwyn, mayer, appeared, several, musical, films, then, returned, broadway, made, guest, appearances. Betty Garrett May 23 1919 February 12 2011 was an American actress comedian singer and dancer She originally performed on Broadway and was then signed to a film contract with Metro Goldwyn Mayer She appeared in several musical films then returned to Broadway and made guest appearances on several television series Betty GarrettGarrett in 1950Born 1919 05 23 May 23 1919St Joseph Missouri U S DiedFebruary 12 2011 2011 02 12 aged 91 Los Angeles California U S EducationAnnie Wright SchoolAlma materNeighborhood PlayhouseOccupationsActresscomediandancersingerYears active1938 2011TelevisionAll in the Family Laverne amp ShirleySpouseLarry Parks m 1944 died 1975 wbr Children2 including Andrew ParksGarrett later became known for the roles she played in two prominent 1970s sitcoms Archie Bunker s politically liberal neighbor Irene Lorenzo in All in the Family and landlady Edna Babish in Laverne amp Shirley In later years she appeared in television series such as The Golden Girls Grey s Anatomy Boston Public and Becker as well as in several Broadway plays and revivals Contents 1 Early life 2 Early career 2 1 Broadway 2 2 Metro Goldwyn Mayer 3 Later career 4 Awards and nominations 5 Personal life 6 Blacklisting 7 Death 8 Filmography 9 Television work 10 Stage work 11 Notes 12 References 13 External linksEarly life editGarrett was born in Saint Joseph Missouri the daughter of Elizabeth Octavia nee Stone and Curtis Garrett citation needed Shortly after her birth her parents relocated to Seattle Washington where her mother managed the sheet music department at Sherman Clay and her father worked as a traveling salesman His alcoholism and fiscal irresponsibility eventually led to their divorce and Garrett and her mother lived in a series of residential hotels in order to minimize expenses 1 When Garrett was eight years old her mother married the fiance she had jilted in order to marry Curtis 2 They settled in Regina Saskatchewan where her new stepfather worked in the meat packing industry A year later her mother discovered that her new husband was involved in a sexual relationship with his male assistant so she and Betty returned to Seattle 3 After graduating from public grammar school Garrett enrolled at the Annie Wright School in Tacoma which she attended on a full scholarship The school had no drama department so she frequently organized musical productions and plays for special occasions Following her senior year performance in Twelfth Night the bishop urged her to pursue a career on the stage At the same time her mother s friend arranged an interview with Martha Graham who was in Seattle for a concert tour and the dancer recommended her for a scholarship at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City 4 Garrett and her mother arrived in Manhattan in the summer of 1936 and Garrett began classes in September Her teachers included Graham and Anna Sokolow for dance Sandy Meisner for drama Lehman Engel for music and Margaret Webster for the Shakespearean classics and fellow students included Daniel Mann and Richard Conte She felt she was destined to be a dramatic actress and shied away from playing comedic roles 5 Early career editDuring the summer months Garrett performed in the Borscht Belt where she had the opportunity to work with Danny Kaye Jerome Robbins Carol Channing Imogene Coca and Jules Munshin and she was encouraged to hone her singing and dancing skills 6 She joined Orson Welles Mercury Theatre as an understudy in what was to be its last stage presentation a poorly reviewed and short lived production of Danton s Death that gave her the opportunity to work with Joseph Cotten Ruth Ford Martin Gabel and Arlene Francis 7 8 She performed with Martha Graham s dance company at Carnegie Hall and the Alvin Theatre sang at the Village Vanguard and appeared in satirical and political revues staged by the Brooklyn based Flatbush Arts Theatre which eventually changed its name to the American Youth Theatre and relocated to Manhattan During this period she joined the Communist Party and began performing at fundraisers for progressive causes 9 Broadway edit Garrett made her Broadway debut in 1942 in the revue Of V We Sing which closed after 76 performances but led to her being cast in the Harold Rome revue Let Freedom Sing later that year 10 It closed after only eight performances but producer Mike Todd saw it and signed her to understudy Ethel Merman 11 and play a small role in the 1943 Cole Porter musical Something for the Boys 12 Merman became ill during the run allowing Garrett to play the lead for a week During this time she was seen by producer Vinton Freedley who cast her in Jackpot a Vernon Duke Howard Dietz musical starring Nanette Fabray and Allan Jones 13 The show closed quickly and Garrett began touring the country with her nightclub act 14 15 Metro Goldwyn Mayer edit After appearing on Broadway in Laffing Room Only which closed there Garrett traveled with the show as it played extended runs in Detroit and Chicago After this she returned to New York and was cast in Call Me Mister which reunited her with Harold Rome Lehman Engel and Jules Munshin She won critical acclaim and the Donaldson Award for her performance which prompted Al Hirschfeld to caricature her in The New York Times 16 It led to her being signed to a one year contract with Metro Goldwyn Mayer by Louis B Mayer Garrett arrived at the studio in January 1947 and made her film debut portraying nightclub performer Shoo Shoo O Grady in Big City directed by Norman Taurog and co starring George Murphy and Robert Preston 17 Mayer renewed her contract and she appeared in the musicals Words and Music On the Town Take Me Out To The Ball Game and Neptune s Daughter in quick succession 18 The Jolson Story had been a huge hit in the United Kingdom so Garrett and her husband Larry Parks decided to capitalize on its popularity by appearing at the London Palladium and then touring the U K with their nightclub act Its success prompted them to return to the country three times but the increasing popularity of television eventually led to the decline of music hall entertainment 19 Garrett then was cast opposite Janet Leigh and Jack Lemmon in My Sister Eileen a 1955 musical remake of a 1940 theatrical adaptation of stories by Ruth McKenney Garrett got the part when Judy Holliday dropped out of the project due to a contract dispute 20 The following year she and Parks replaced Holliday and Sydney Chaplin in the Broadway production of Bells Are Ringing during their vacation from the show Over the next two decades she worked sporadically appearing on Broadway in two short lived plays Beg Borrow or Steal with Parks and A Girl Could Get Lucky with Pat Hingle and a musical adaptation of Spoon River Anthology and making guest appearances on The Dinah Shore Chevy Show The Lloyd Bridges Show and The Fugitive Later career editIn the fall of 1973 All in the Family added two new people to the neighborhood Frank Lorenzo and his feisty Irish American wife Irene Lear had been the publicity man for Call Me Mister All in the Family writers Bernard West and Mickey West knew Garrett from her time with the American Youth Theatre and Jean Stapleton had been in the cast of Bells Are Ringing so Garrett appeared to be a front runner for the role of Irene It went instead to Sada Thompson but Thompson unhappy after taping one episode asked to be released from her commitment freeing the role for Garrett Irene was Catholic a source of annoyance for Protestant Archie and assumed many of the handyman household duties normally associated with husbands and she therefore presented a kind of nemesis to Archie Bunker She later worked with Archie at his place of employment driving a forklift and was paid less than the man she replaced but more than Archie Garrett remained with the series from 1973 through 1975 21 She won the 1974 Golden Globe for her performance on the series 22 nbsp Betty Garrett in 1976The following year Garrett was performing her one woman show Betty Garrett and Other Songs in Westwood California when she was offered the role of landlady Edna Babish in Laverne amp Shirley The character was a five time divorcee who eventually married Laverne s father Frank Although Garrett reportedly felt she never was given enough to do on the show she appreciated the fact that her musical talents occasionally were incorporated into the plot In 1981 when the series was extended beyond what had been intended to be its final season Garrett was forced to drop out because she had committed to performing with Sandy Dennis Jack Gilford Hope Lange and Joyce Van Patten in The Supporting Cast on Broadway The play closed after only eight performances but returning to Laverne amp Shirley was not an option as the writers had explained Edna s disappearance by having her divorce Frank although this was not directly addressed until the series final season 23 In the ensuing years Garrett appeared on television in Murder She Wrote The Golden Girls Harts of the West Union Square Boston Public Becker for which she was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series and Grey s Anatomy and on stage in Plaza Suite with Parks And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little Meet Me in St Louis as Katie the feisty Irish maid and the 2001 Broadway revival of Follies receiving excellent notices for singing Broadway Baby At Theatre West which she co founded she directed Arthur Miller s The Price and appeared in the play Waiting in the Wings She won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award twice for Spoon River Anthology and Betty Garrett and Other Songs citation needed Garrett received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in 2003 On the occasion of her 90th birthday in 2009 she was honored at a celebration sponsored by Theatre West at the Music Box Theatre in Hollywood 24 25 26 In 2010 Garrett appeared alongside former two time co star Esther Williams during Turner Classic Movies first annual Classic Film Festival 27 Their film Neptune s Daughter was screened at the pool of the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood California while a Williams inspired synchronised swimming troupe The Aqualilies performed 28 Awards and nominations editGolden Globes 1974 Won for Best Supporting Actress for the role of Irene Lorenzo in the television series All in the Family 22 Primetime Emmy Awards 2003 Nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for the role of Molly Firth in the CBS sitcom Becker 29 Ovation Awards 2009 Nominated for Lead Actress in a Play for the role of Sarita Myrtle in the Theatre West production of Waiting in the Wings 30 Personal life editWhile appearing in Los Angeles Garrett was invited to perform a comedy sketch at the Actor s Lab in Hollywood It was there where she met Larry Parks who was producing the show He invited her to join him for a drink then drove her to the top of Mulholland Drive and told her You re the girl I m going to marry During the next two weeks the two were inseparable Garrett departed for a nightclub engagement in Chicago Eventually Parks joined her and introduced her to his mother who lived in nearby Joliet Illinois Parks returned to Los Angeles to begin filming Counter Attack and Garrett traveled to New York to prepare for Laffing Room Only with Olsen and Johnson but before rehearsals began she called Parks and proposed marriage The two were wed on September 8 1944 31 four months after their initial meeting Actor Lloyd Bridges served as best man 31 Garrett and Parks spent a month honeymooning in Malibu Beach and they then lived apart for the next two years while pursuing their careers 32 A Democrat she supported Adlai Stevenson s campaign in the 1952 presidential election 33 Garrett and Parks remained married until his death in 1975 They had two sons composer Garrett Parks and actor Andrew Parks Betty Garrett had one granddaughter Madison Claire Parks by her son Garrett Parks and daughter in law Broadway actress Karen Culliver 34 Blacklisting editBecause of their past affiliations with the Communist Party Garrett and Parks became embroiled with the House Un American Activities Committee although only Parks was forced to testify 35 He willingly admitted that he had been a member of the party and initially refused to name others but he later did so Despite that he found himself on the Hollywood blacklist 35 Garrett also had trouble finding work but as the mother of two young sons she did not mind being unemployed as much as her husband did Parks formed a highly successful construction business and eventually the couple owned many apartment buildings scattered throughout the Los Angeles metropolitan area Rather than sell them upon completion Parks decided to retain ownership and collect rents as a landlord a decision that proved to be extremely profitable During that period the couple occasionally performed in Las Vegas showrooms summer stock productions and touring companies of Broadway shows 36 37 Death editGarrett died of an aortic aneurysm in Los Angeles on February 12 2011 at the age of 91 Her body was cremated 38 Filmography editBig City 1948 as Shoo Shoo Grady Words and Music 1948 as Peggy Lorgan McNeil Take Me Out to the Ball Game 1949 as Shirley Delwyn Neptune s Daughter 1949 as Betty Barrett On the Town 1949 as Brunhilde Hildy Esterhazy Some of the Best 1949 short subject My Sister Eileen 1955 as Ruth Sherwood The Shadow on the Window 1957 as Linda Atlas Broadway The Golden Age by the Legends Who Were There 2003 documentary as Herself Trail of the Screaming Forehead 2007 as Mrs Cuttle Dark and Stormy Night 2009 as Mrs Hausenstout final film role Troupers 2011 documentary as Herself Carol Channing Larger Than Life 2012 documentary as HerselfTelevision work editThe Best of Anything 1960 The Fugitive 1964 Episode Escape into Black as Margaret Ruskin All in the Family cast member from 1973 to 1975 as Irene Lorenzo Who s Happy Now 1975 Laverne amp Shirley cast member from 1976 to 1981 as Edna Babish DeFazio All the Way Home 1981 TV movie as Catherine Murder She Wrote 1987 as Martha Somerset Gardens 1989 unsold pilot The Golden Girls 1992 as Sarah The Long Way Home 1998 TV movie as Veronica Becker 2003 as neighbor Mrs Girth episode Nightmare On Becker StreetStage work editDanton s Death 1938 Railroads on Parade 1939 You Can t Sleep Here 1940 A Piece of Our Mind 1940 All in Fun 1941 Meet the People 1941 Of V We Sing 1942 Let Freedom Sing 1942 Something for the Boys 1943 Jackpot 1944 Laffing Room Only 1944 Call Me Mister 1946 The Anonymous Lover 1952 Bells Are Ringing 1958 two week replacement for Judy Holliday Beg Borrow or Steal 1960 Spoon River Anthology 1963 A Girl Could Get Lucky 1964 The Tiger The Typists 1965 Plaza Suite 1968 Who s Happy Now 1968 Call Me Mister 1969 Something for the Boys 1969 And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little 1972 Betty Garrett and Other Songs 1974 The Supporting Cast 1981 Breaking Up the Act 1982 Quilters 1984 Meet Me in St Louis 1989 A High Time Salute to Martin and Blane 1991 Tom Tom on a Rooftop 1997 Arsenic and Old Lace 1998 Happy Lot 1998 Tallulah amp Tennessee 1999 Follies 2001 Follies 2004 Nunsense 2005 My One and Only 2006 Morning s at Seven 2007 Notes edit Garrett amp Rapoport 1998 pp 3 8 Garrett amp Rapoport 1998 p 6 Garrett amp Rapoport 1998 pp 16 17 Garrett amp Rapoport 1998 pp 22 25 Garrett amp Rapoport 1998 pp 29 33 Garrett amp Rapoport 1998 pp 34 39 Garrett amp Rapoport 1998 pp 41 45 Mercury Theatre Reopens with Orson Welles s Production of Danton s Death The New York Times November 3 1938 p 26 Garrett amp Rapoport 1998 pp 47 57 News of the Stage The New York Times September 22 1942 p 25 ProQuest 106415418 Desmond John January 2 1944 Pity the Poor Understudy The New York Times p SM16 In Broadway Debut The New York Times November 2 1942 p 26 ProQuest 106571245 Zolotow Sam January 13 1944 Jackpot Arrives at Alvin Tonight The New York Times p 15 Zolotow Sam March 7 1944 Freedly Musical to Close Saturday The New York Times p 14 ProQuest 106758017 Garrett amp Rapoport 1998 pp 59 67 Garrett amp Rapoport 1998 pp 76 79 Scheuer Phillip K November 30 1947 This Commedienne Sings All Over Los Angeles Times p 46 MGM Officials List 27 Films Ready or On Way Los Angeles Times March 9 1948 p 16 Garrett amp Rapoport 1998 pp 155 165 Garrett amp Rapoport 1998 p 203 Garrett amp Rapoport 1998 pp 131 137 a b Betty Garrett Golden Globe Awards Archived from the original on January 15 2015 Retrieved October 29 2015 Garrett amp Rapoport 1998 pp 237 241 Betty Garrett remembers a life of stage screen and the blacklist Latimesblogs latimes com May 27 2009 Retrieved September 3 2021 HenryFondaTheater com Archived from the original on April 15 2009 Retrieved August 20 2009 Stage Raw Betty Garrett Turns 90 Los Angeles Arts Public Spectacle Archive today Archived from the original on July 7 2012 Retrieved September 3 2021 1 dead link Review of the TCM Classic Film Festival Archived from the original on July 19 2012 Retrieved September 3 2021 Emmy Nominees Ovation Nominees October 20 2009 Archived from the original on February 1 2014 Retrieved January 21 2014 a b Betty Garrett Singer Married The New York Times September 9 1944 p 46 Garrett amp Rapoport 1998 pp 68 73 Motion Picture and Television Magazine November 1952 page 33 Ideal Publishers Bergan Ronald February 13 2011 Betty Garrett obituary The Guardian London a b Colin Larkin ed 1992 The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music First ed Guinness Publishing pp 945 6 ISBN 0 85112 939 0 Garrett amp Rapoport 1998 pp 125 152 Garrett amp Rapoport 1998 pp 169 171 Dalton Andrew Death of Betty Garrett Tributes com Associated Press Archived from the original on September 8 2015 Retrieved December 13 2018 References editGarrett Betty Rapoport Ron 1998 Betty Garrett and Other Songs A Life on Stage and Screen Lanham Maryland Madison Books ISBN 1 56833 098 7 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Betty Garrett Betty Garrett at IMDb 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