Betty Grable - Filmography

Filmography

List of acting credits in film, with directors and principal cast members
Title Year Role Director Co-stars Notes
Happy Days 1929 Chorus Girl Stoloff, BenjaminBenjamin Stoloff
  • Charles E. Evans
  • Marjorie White
  • Richard Keene
 Uncredited
Let's Go Places 1930 Chorine Strayer, Frank R.Frank R. Strayer
  • Joseph Wagstaff
  • Lola Lane
 Uncredited
New Movietone Follies of 1930 1930 Chorine Stoloff, BenjaminBenjamin Stoloff
  • El Brendel
  • Marjorie White
 Uncredited
Whoopee! 1930 Goldwyn Girl Freeland, ThorntonThornton Freeland
  • Eddie Cantor
  • Ethel Shutta
  • Eleanor Hunt
 Uncredited
Kiki 1931 Goldwyn Girl Taylor, SamSam Taylor Mary Pickford Uncredited
Palmy Days 1931 Goldwyn Girl Sutherland, A. EdwardA. Edward Sutherland
  • Charlotte Greenwood
  • Barbara Weeks
  • Spencer Charters
 Uncredited
Greeks Had a Word for Them, TheThe Greeks Had a Word for Them 1932 Hat Check Girl Sherman, LowellLowell Sherman
  • Joan Blondell
  • Madge Evans
  • Ina Claire
 Uncredited
Probation 1932 Ruth Jarrett Thorpe, RichardRichard Thorpe
  • John Darrow
  • Sally Blane
 Grable's first credited role
Age of Consent, TheThe Age of Consent 1932 Student at Dormitory La Cava, GregoryGregory La Cava
  • Dorothy Wilson
  • Arline Judge
 Uncredited
Hold 'Em Jail 1932 Barbara Jones Taurog, NormanNorman Taurog
  • Bert Wheeler
  • Robert Woolsey
  • Edna May Oliver
Kid from Spain, TheThe Kid from Spain 1932 Goldwyn Girl McCarey, LeoLeo McCarey
  • Eddie Cantor
  • Lyda Roberti
  • Robert Young
 Uncredited
Cavalcade 1933 Girl on couch Lloyd, FrankFrank Lloyd
  • Diana Wynyard
  • Clive Brook
  • Una O'Connor
 Uncredited
Child of Manhattan 1933 Lucy McGonegle Buzzell, EdwardEdward Buzzell
  • Nancy Carroll
  • John Boles
Melody Cruise 1933 First Stewardess Sandrich, MarkMark Sandrich
  • Charles Ruggles
  • Phil Harris
 Uncredited
What Price Innocence? 1933 Beverly Bennett Mack, WillardWillard Mack
  • Jean Parker
  • Minna Gombell
  • Willard Mack
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, TheThe Sweetheart of Sigma Chi 1933 Band Singer with Ted Fio Rito Marin, Edwin L.Edwin L. Marin
  • Mary Carlisle
  • Buster Crabbe
Gay Divorcee, TheThe Gay Divorcee 1934 Dance Specialty Sandrich, MarkMark Sandrich
  • Fred Astaire
  • Ginger Rogers
Student Tour 1934 Cayenne Reisner, CharlesCharles Reisner
  • Jimmy Durante
  • Charles Butterworth
  • Maxine Doyle
By Your Leave 1934 Frances Gretchell Corrigan, LloydLloyd Corrigan
  • Frank Morgan
  • Genevieve Tobin
Nitwits, TheThe Nitwits 1935 Mary Roberts Stevens, GeorgeGeorge Stevens
  • Bert Wheeler
  • Robert Woolsey
Old Man Rhythm 1935 Sylvia Ludwig, EdwardEdward Ludwig
  • Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
  • George Barbier
Collegiate 1936 Dorothy Murphy, RalphRalph Murphy
  • Joe Penner
  • Jack Oakie
  • Ned Sparks
Follow the Fleet 1936 Trio Singer Sandrich, MarkMark Sandrich
  • Fred Astaire
  • Ginger Rogers
Don't Turn 'em Loose 1936 Mildred Webster Stoloff, BenjaminBenjamin Stoloff
  • Lewis Stone
  • James Gleason
  • Bruce Cabot
Pigskin Parade 1936 Laura Watson Butler, DavidDavid Butler
  • Stuart Erwin
  • Patsy Kelly
  • Judy Garland
This Way Please 1937 Jane Morrow Florey, RobertRobert Florey Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Thrill of a Lifetime 1937 Gwen Archainbaud, GeorgeGeorge Archainbaud The Yacht Club Boys
College Swing 1938 Betty Walsh, RaoulRaoul Walsh
  • George Burns
  • Gracie Allen
  • Martha Raye
  • Bob Hope
  • Edward Everett Horton
Give Me a Sailor 1938 Nancy Larkin Nugent, ElliottElliott Nugent
  • Bob Hope
  • Jack Whiting
  • Martha Raye
Campus Confessions 1938 Joyce Gilmore Archainbaud, GeorgeGeorge Archainbaud
  • Eleanore Whitney
  • William Henry
 Grable received top billing for the first time
Man About Town 1939 Susan Hayes Sandrich, MarkMark Sandrich
  • Jack Benny
  • Dorothy Lamour
Million Dollar Legs 1939 Carol Parker Grinde, NickNick Grinde
  • John Hartley
  • Donald O'Connor
  • Jackie Coogan
  • Dorothea Kent
Day the Bookies Wept, TheThe Day the Bookies Wept 1939 Ina Firpo Goodwins, LeslieLeslie Goodwins Joe Penner
Down Argentine Way 1940
  • Glenda Crawford
  • Glenda Cunningham
 Cummings, IrvingIrving Cummings
  • Don Ameche
  • Carmen Miranda
  • Charlotte Greenwood
Tin Pan Alley 1940 Lily Blane Lang, WalterWalter Lang
  • Alice Faye
  • John Payne
  • Jack Oakie
Moon Over Miami 1941 Kathryn 'Kay' Latimer Lang, WalterWalter Lang
  • Don Ameche
  • Robert Cummings
  • Carole Landis
Yank in the RAF, AA Yank in the RAF 1941 Carol Brown King, HenryHenry King Tyrone Power
I Wake Up Screaming 1941 Jill Lynn Humberstone, H. BruceH. Bruce Humberstone
  • Victor Mature
  • Carole Landis
 Grable's only straight dramatic role
Song of the Islands 1942 Eileen O'Brien Lang, WalterWalter Lang
  • Victor Mature
  • Jack Oakie
Footlight Serenade 1942 Pat Lambert Ratoff, GregoryGregory Ratoff
  • John Payne
  • Victor Mature
  • Jane Wyman
Springtime in the Rockies 1942 Vicky Lane Cummings, IrvingIrving Cummings
  • John Payne
  • Carmen Miranda
  • Cesar Romero
  • Harry James
Coney Island 1943 Kate Farley Lang, WalterWalter Lang
  • George Montgomery
  • Cesar Romero
Sweet Rosie O'Grady 1943
  • Madeline Marlowe
  • Rosie O'Grady
 Cummings, IrvingIrving Cummings
  • Robert Young
  • Adolphe Menjou
Four Jills in a Jeep 1944 Herself Seiter, William A.William A. Seiter
  • Kay Francis
  • Carole Landis
  • Alice Faye
  • Martha Raye
  • Carmen Miranda
Pin Up Girl 1944
  • Lorry Jones
  • Laura Lorraine
 Humberstone, H. BruceH. Bruce Humberstone
  • John Harvey
  • Martha Raye
Diamond Horseshoe 1945 Bonnie Collins Seaton, GeorgeGeorge Seaton
  • Dick Haymes
  • Phil Silvers
  • William Gaxton
Dolly Sisters, TheThe Dolly Sisters 1945 Yansci 'Jenny' Dolly Cummings, IrvingIrving Cummings
  • John Payne
  • June Haver
Do You Love Me 1946 Girl in Taxi (cameo) Ratoff, GregoryGregory Ratoff
  • Maureen O'Hara
  • Dick Haymes
  • Harry James
 Grable had a cameo as a fan of Harry James's character
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim 1947 Cynthia Pilgrim Seaton, GeorgeGeorge Seaton
  • Dick Haymes
  • Anne Revere
Mother Wore Tights 1947 Myrtle McKinley Burt Lang, WalterWalter Lang
  • Dan Dailey
  • Mona Freeman
Lady in Ermine, ThatThat Lady in Ermine 1948
  • Francesca
  • Angelina
  • Lubitsch, ErnstErnst Lubitsch
  • Otto Preminger (uncredited)
  • Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
  • Cesar Romero
  • Lubitsch died early into production.
  • Preminger finished the film but insisted on Lubitsch receiving full credit.
When My Baby Smiles at Me 1948 Bonny Kaye Lang, WalterWalter Lang
  • Dan Dailey
  • Jack Oakie
  • June Havoc
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend 1949 Winifred Jones Sturges, PrestonPreston Sturges
  • Cesar Romero
  • Rudy Vallee
Wabash Avenue 1950 Ruby Summers Koster, HenryHenry Koster
  • Victor Mature
  • Phil Harris
 Remake of Grable's earlier hit Coney Island
My Blue Heaven 1950 Kitty Moran Koster, HenryHenry Koster
  • Dan Dailey
  • David Wayne
  • Jane Wyatt
  • Mitzi Gaynor
Call Me Mister 1951 Kay Hudson Bacon, LloydLloyd Bacon
  • Dan Dailey
  • Danny Thomas
 Remake of Grable's earlier hit A Yank in the RAF
Meet Me After the Show 1951 Delilah Lee Sale, RichardRichard Sale
  • Macdonald Carey
  • Rory Calhoun
  • Eddie Albert
Farmer Takes a Wife, TheThe Farmer Takes a Wife 1953 Molly Larkins Levin, HenryHenry Levin
  • Dale Robertson
  • Thelma Ritter
How to Marry a Millionaire 1953 Loco Dempsey Negulesco, JeanJean Negulesco
  • Marilyn Monroe
  • Lauren Bacall
Three for the Show 1955 Julie Lowndes Potter, H.C.H.C. Potter
  • Jack Lemmon
  • Marge Champion
  • Gower Champion
How to Be Very, Very Popular 1955 Stormy Tornado Johnson, NunnallyNunnally Johnson
  • Sheree North
  • Robert Cummings
  • Charles Coburn
  • Tommy Noonan

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