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	Betty Grable - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ruth Elizabeth "Betty" Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 3, 1973) was an American actress, singer, and pin-up girl whose famous bathing-suit poster was an icon of the World War II era.
		Born in Saint Louis, Missouri to John C. Grable (the son of German and Dutch immigrants) and Lillian Hoffman (who was of Dutch, Irish and English descent), she was propelled into acting by her mother, who insisted that one of her daughters become a star.
		Betty Grable died of lung cancer at the age of 56 and was buried in the Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Betty_Grable (476 words)

	Betty Grable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Betty’s mother was driven to see one of her daughters in show business and since Betty’s older sister didn’t succeed it was up to the youngest to make a go of things.
		Betty’s mother was not satisfied with her daughter only being accepted for one role so she did what a lot of stage mothers did – she descended upon the powers that be until her daughter had a movie contract.
		Betty Grable made over forty films and in 1943, Lloyds of London insured her legs for up to one million dollars this was the same year Miss Grable was Hollywood’s main attraction at the box office.
	www.mutoworld.com /GrableBio.htm (946 words)

	obits.com, The Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for Betty Grable
		Born Ruth Elizabeth Grable in St. Louis, Missouri on December 18th, 1916, "Betty" Grable was the youngest of three children born to stockbroker John Conn Grable and his star-struck wife Lillian.
		Betty Grable was, in fact the pin up girl of World War II, her famous image painted by American GIs on the noses of bombers and the term "Betty" becoming war-era slang for a good looking woman.
		During the awards show, Miss Grable fell ill and was rushed to an area hospital, where she was discovered to be in the advanced stages of lung cancer.
	obits.com /grabelbetty.html (1643 words)

	Betty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Betty, a pop rock alternative band from New York City fronted by Elizabeth Ziff, Alyson Palmer, and Amy Ziff.
		Betty is also the name of a regular audience member on Graham Norton programmes.
		Pray for the Soul of Betty is a hard rock alternative band from New York fronted by American Idol runner-up Constantine Maroulis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Betty (158 words)

	Betty Grable
		Grable spoke her first words on screen in the Eddie Cantor comedy "Whoopee!" (1930), which was also Busby Berkeley's first film as a choreographer.
		Grable appeared in small parts in several more musicals and comedies during the early 1930s, including a brief appearance as a party guest in "The Gay Divorcee" (1934) and a singer in a trio in "Follow the Fleet" (1936), both films starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
		Grable was married to actor Jackie Coogan from 1937 to 1940, and to bandleader Harry James from 1943 to 1965.
	www.cemeteryguide.com /grable.html (688 words)

	Betty Grable: Biography of a Pin Up - Part One - Bombshells.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Betty Grable was one of the most successful singing actresses during the 1940s.
		Betty was the third child to Conn and Lillian.
		Fortunately, Betty was enthusiastic and had the talent, so her early years were devoted to dancing lessons, learning to play the saxophone and singing.
	bombshells.com /grable/bio (298 words)

	Betty Grable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ruth Elizabeth "Betty" Grable (December 18, 1916 - July 3, 1973) was an American actress and pin-up girl, whose famous bathing suit poster was an icon of the World War II era.
		For her first role, as a chorus girl in the film Let's Go Places (1930) Grable was legally under the age to act, but because the chorus line performed in flface, it was impossible to tell how old she was.
		Grable finally obtained a role in Whoopee, starring Eddie Cantor and eventually played in some twenty films by 1939, including the Academy Award-nominated The Gay Divorcee, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
	www.ukpedia.com /b/betty-grable.html (292 words)

	BETTY GRABLE PHOTO TRIBUTE
		Betty's marriage to Harry was not on a rocky decline and in October of 1965 she sued Harry James for divorce.
		Betty Grable was also the leading celebrity of her day and the exciting stories of her lifestyle and Bettys beautiful images came to dominate every type of magazine.
		Betty Grable was also a model wife and mother, mixing her sensational career with the demanding task of bringing up two small children, Betty became the ideal role model for all working mothers.
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	Betty Grable Finally Dances
		Grable's stardom was built on a discourse of the domestic, the cherubic, but Grable could become threatening when her abundant physical energy took on a life of its own.
		Grable's Angelina maintains Grable's status as the object of sadistic male impulses, but as Francesca she is also an unprecedented, for her, Hollywoodized embodiment of the Venus in Furs, goddess to the masochistic among us.
		Preminger and Grable fit all too well the picture we have of a moment in the history of the American mass media when the direction of the movies was determined by a paucity of inventiveness and a reductive literality that passed itself off as social conscience.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/00/5/grable.html (2233 words)

	Solid! -- Betty Grable
		In 1932 Grable was hired as a vocalist for Ted Fio Rito's orchestra, spending a year with the group and appearing with them in the film Sweetheart of Sigma Chi.
		Though the film was a vehicle for Carmen Miranda, Grable was a hit with audiences, leading Zanuck to star her in several more musicals as well as a few dramatic roles.
		Grable continued her reign at Fox until 1952, when she was dropped as the star of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in favor of Marilyn Monroe.
	www.parabrisas.com /d_grableb.html (683 words)

	Amazon.com: Music: Betty Grable: The Pin-Up Girl (Soundtrack Anthology) [SOUNDTRACK] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Betty may not have been absolutely the best singer among them, but she was still a fine singer whose music is well worth listening to.
		Betty was a fine singer and through these recordings from the soundtracks you can really begin to appreciate her warmth, genuineness and "on-screen" sparkle she had, and in many cases her sense of humour, a rarity amongst singing actresses of the time.
		Betty has a delivery style all her own, putting her own indelible mark on these classic tunes, which is a cherished thing amongst fans of hers and 20th Century Fox fans of 40s musicals.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000017CT?v=glance (1269 words)

	Betty Grable at Classic Actresses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Betty Grable was born Elizabeth Ruth Grable on December 18, 1916, in St. Louis, Missouri.
		Betty's mother wanted her to be a star so she took her to Hollywood when she was a teenager.
		Producer Sam Goldwyn chose Betty to be one of his "Goldwyn Girls" and she got small roles in dozens of movies.
	www.classicactresses.com /bettyg.html (312 words)

	.· Nikki's Nook ·. ::PinUp Girl:: \|\| v. 6.0 » featuring Betty Grable \|\|
		The celebrated "pin-up girl" of World WarII, American actress Betty Grable was the daughter of a stockbroker and an aggressive "stage mother." When her older sister Marjorie balked at a show business career, Grable was taken in hand by her mother and trained to sing, dance, tell jokes and play the ukulele and saxophone.
		Grable was enormously popular with American GIs during the war, most of this popularity resting on her famous "pin-up" picture in which, dressed in a one-piece bathing suit and with her back to the camera, Grable glanced saucily over one shoulder.
		Grable furthered her acceptance with the overseas troops when she married trumpeter-bandleader Harry James in 1943.
	www.geocities.com /nikkisnook2/main.html (419 words)

	Betty Grable pictures, posters, photos, interviews and wallpapers.
		Betty continued to be popular until the mid-fifties when musicals went into a decline.
		Betty died of cancer on July 2, 1973 in Santa Monica, California.
		Betty's life was an active one, minus the scandals that plagued many stars in one way or the other.
	www.perfectpeople.net /biopage.php3/cid=675 (541 words)

	Grable, Ruth Elizabeth
		Born Ruth Elizabeth Grable in St. Louis, Missouri, on December 18, 1916, Betty Grable was set on the road to stardom when her mother enrolled her, at age 12, in the Hollywood Professional School.
		Grable was Fox's top-ranking box office draw from 1940 to 1955, making more than 40 motion pictures that grossed about $100,000,000.
		The famous pin-up photo of the leggy, blonde bathing-suit clad Grable, back to the camera, glancing over one shoulder, somehow did not contradict her persona as the girl next door, nor did it compromise her popularity with the public.
	www.world.eb.com /women/articles/Grable_Betty.html (277 words)

	Betty Grable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Betty worked for most of the major studios in the 1930s but did not become a star until 1939: she signed with Darryl F. Zanuck at Twentieth Century Fox in July; divorced Jackie Coogan in October; starred in a Broadway play that opened Dec. 6; appeared on the cover of Life magazine Dec. 11.
		Betty's ingratiating freshness and beauty appealed strongly to the American G.I.s stationed overseas and her films were eagerly requested by the lonely servicemen.
		Betty had an idea she was admired by the GIs, but had no way of knowing exactly how much.
	history.acusd.edu /gen/WW2Timeline/bettygrable.html (904 words)

	Betty Grable @ Filmbug
		Betty Grable (December 18, 1916-July 3, 1973) was an American actress and pin-up girl, whose famous bathing suit poster was an icon of the World War II era.
		Born Ruth Elizabeth Grable in Saint Louis, Missouri, she was propelled into acting by her mother, who insisted that one of her daughters become a star.
		In 1935, she married another famous child actor, Jackie Coogan, but Coogan was under considerable stress due to his lawsuit against his parents over his earnings, and the marriage came apart three years later.
	www.filmbug.com /db/676 (329 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Person : Betty Grable : Biography
		Grable played supporting parts in two-reelers and bits in features for the next couple of years, attaining her first major role in Hold 'Em Jail (1932), a comedy starring the comedy team of Wheeler and Woolsey.
		Grable finally landed top billing in Paramount's Million Dollar Legs (1939)--the title referred not to the star but to a college athletic team--which co-starred her first husband, Jackie Coogan.
		Grable's career stalled at Paramount, but a Broadway appearance in the Cole Porter musical DuBarry Was a Lady led to a contract with 20th Century-Fox, where she remained a number-one box-office attraction from 1940 through 1955.
	www.vh1.com /movies/person/24740/bio.jhtml (639 words)

	Grable, Betty -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Grable was set on the road to stardom by her mother, …
		U.S. author and feminist Betty Friedan was born in Peoria, Ill. Her best-selling book The Feminine Mystique, published in 1963, challenged traditional roles of women.
		U.S. writer Betty Cavanna is best known for her coming-of-age stories for and about adolescent girls.Writing under the names Betty Cavanna, Betsy Allen, and Elizabeth Headley, she produced more than 70 works of fiction and nonfiction.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9106407 (749 words)

	Betty Grable Photo Gallery
		Elizabeth Ruth Grable was born on December 18, 1916 and with a domineering mother with an intense desire to be part of the Hollywood scene she was pushed early into an acting career.
		With her mother lying about her age Betty performed in many movies before she was of legal age.
		Her famous pin-up pose, with her back turned and staring teasingly into the camera dealt a blow to the smoldering sexuality of the 30's, which was then epitomized by hippy, voluptuous, large breasted women such as Jean Harlow.
	www.imagemakers.mb.ca /pinups/movie-stars/grable/bg_pinup01.html (314 words)

	Legs * Info
		AMC was having a Betty Grable marathon, with a whole bunch of her movies.
		Betty Grable was born Ruth Elizabeth Grable, in St. Louis, on December 18, 1916.
		I'm always shocked when I think that most people don't even know who Betty Grable is, she isn't nearly as popular as she was then, I think.
	www.angelfire.com /sc/racash/info.html (436 words)

	Betty Grable,pinup photo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Betty Grable recreates her now-classic, World War II pinup pose.
		Was Betty really a chorus girl at 12 (she was born in December)?
		Every reference gives the same date of birth, so it must be true: in which case, no wonder she had had enough of powder-puff musicals by the time she was 40.
	www.homestead.com /wolfsden3/bettygrable2.html (116 words)

	Betty Grable
		Betty is back as a singer at Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe, who falls in love with her costar's medical student son (Dick Haymes).
		Betty is back as a turn of the century showgirl who torments muckraking reporter Robert Young over a series of unflattering articles he has written in the Police Gazette.
		Bizarre fantasy/musical/comedy stars Betty Grable as a 19th century countess and her great grandmother, both of whom had to fend off an invading Hungarian colonel (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr) bent on taking over the country.
	www.cabbageboymovies.com /grable.html (251 words)

	Biography for Betty Grable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1940 Grable was signed by 20th Century-Fox, where she got a careermaking "big break": The studio's resident musical star, Alice Faye, was sidelined by appendicitis, and Grable was selected to fill her shoes in Down Argentine Way.
		Grable herself, keenly aware of her limitations as an actress, insisted on wearing revealing, colorful costumes in her musicals, all of which were exercises in wartime escapism-and which catapulted her in 1943 to the number-one spot on the list of Hollywood's top-grossing stars.
		The 1950s saw an aging, slightly overweight Grable struggling to maintain her star status in the face of stiff competition from television and a new generation of screen personalities.
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	Solid! -- Betty Grable: The Pin-Up Girl
		Betty Grable had one of the finest voices in Hollywood during the 1940s, but unfortunately she was under contract to 20th Century Fox.
		Some tracks have been edited to feature only Betty's section of a multi-part song, such as ''Pan American Jubilee,'' from Springtime in the Rockies, (which also features Carmen Miranda in the full-length version), but all in all this is a truly excellent CD.
		Betty's charm and personality shine through on each song, and even if you have never seen her movies you really begin to understand what it was that made her such a star.
	www.parabrisas.com /m_grableb1.html (241 words)

	Betty Grable MP3 Downloads - Betty Grable Music Downloads - Betty Grable Music Videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This 48-track, two-hour-and-seven-minute double-CD set presents soundtrack recordings from 19 films featuring Betty Grable that were released between 1930 (when she was 13) and 1945.
		Grable didn't really become a major star until her appearance in Down Argentine Way in 1940, and that film and its successors over the next five years take up 42 of...
		Grable didn't really become a major star until her appearance in Down Argentine Way in 1940, and that film and its successors over the next five years take up 42 of the performances here.
	www.mp3.com /albums/237897/summary.html (562 words)

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