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 to a screeching, ugly halt. She and her husband 'Larry Parks . Garrett went on to appear in roles in many television series.
Sons with Larry Parks : composer Garrett Parks and actor Andrew Parks.
Studied acting at New York Citys Neighborhood Playhouse under Sanford Meisner.
Attended and graduated from the Annie Wright School in Tacoma, Washington.
Godmother of Jeff Bridges.
She and Larry Parks spent a month on their honeymoon in Malibu Beach, California, and then lived apart for the next two years while pursuing their careers.
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Live Theatre at 6706 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 23, 2003 (her 84th birthday).
Co-founder, with Carol Eve Rossen and Sandy Kenyon , of "Theatre West", an internationally acclaimed non-profit arts organization in Hollywood, in 1962.
Performed at the 1939 Worlds Fair.
Was under contract at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1947-1949).
Her father was an alcoholic travelling salesman who died when she was still a child.
Made her theatrical debut in a 1938 Mercury Theatre production of "Dantons Death".
Best known by the public for her roles as Irene Lorenzo on "All in the Family" and as Edna Babish on "Laverne & Shirley" .
Suzanne Collins, Donna Fuller, Sally Klein, Laurie OBrien, Jennifer Parsons, Teri Ralston and she were awarded the 1983 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance for "Quilters" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
