Betty Garrett
Birthday: 23 May 1919, St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
A sunny singer, dancer and comic actress, Betty Garrett starred in several Hollywood musicals and stage roles. She was at the top of her game when the Communist scare in the 1950s brought her career t ...Show More
[on working with Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre] He had an unbroken string of successes. But u Show more
[on working with Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre] He had an unbroken string of successes. But unfortunately, I joined the company just in time for the first flop, "Danton's Death". He was a genius, but in that one he let his genius get slightly out of hand. He loaded up the little theater with thousands of dollars worth of lights, and tore out the stage and put in elevator platforms, so all the actors were constantly moving up and down out of the depths. I remember we all had to make noises in the night, in addition to our roles. I did animal noises. Joseph Cotten had to do sex noises. Can you imagine? Joseph Cotten? Hide
Betty Garrett's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (72)
Betty Garrett'S roles
Edna Babish-DeFazio
Eleanor
Peggy Lorgan McNeil
Brunhilde Esterhazy
Irene Lorenzo
Martha McCoy
