BETTY GARRETT - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 294330
Sale Price $225.00
Reg. $280.00
BETTY GARRETT
Shown with George Murphy in promotional photo for The Big City
(her first film)
Photograph signed: "Betty Garrett". B/w, 8x10. Shown with
George Murphy in promotional photo for The Big City (1948). Betty
Garrett (1919-2011) got her start as a stage actress, making her debut in
Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre in 1938, in a production of Danton's Death,
and debuted on Broadway in the 1942 musical revue Of V We Sing. Garrett
broke onto the silver screen after MGM saw her performance in another Broadway
revue, Call Me Mister (1946-1948). Her energetic dancing and acting
often earned her second lead in MGM musicals early in her career, including
Words and Music, On the Town and Take Me Out to the
Ballgame. She sang three songs in The Big City.However, her film career was ruined when her husband Larry Parks admitted to
the House Un-American Activities Committee that he was a Communist. Most of her
roles after this were on TV, including recurring roles as Irene Lorenzo on
All in the Family (1973-75), which earned her a Golden Globe in 1975, and
Edna Babish on Laverne and Shirley (1976-1981). She was nominated
for an Emmy for a guest star appearance as Molly Firth on Becker in
2003. Corners creased. Edges lightly toned. Printed caption on verso.
Otherwise, fine condition.
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