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Robert Young and Betty Grable in Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
Ex-husband Harry James died on what would have been their 40th anniversary.
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Robert Young and Betty Grable in Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
In the late 1940s, 20th Century Fox insured her legs with Lloyds of London for a quarter million dollars.
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Robert Young and Betty Grable in Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
In 1946-1947, the Treasury Department noted that she was the highest paid woman in America, receiving $300,000 a year.
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Betty Grable, June Haver, and S.Z. Sakall in Dolly Sisters (1945)
Voted Best Figure of 1941.
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Betty Grable, June Haver, William Newell, and John Payne in Dolly Sisters (1945)
Did Playtex 18-hour Shortie commercials in the 1960s using her famous pin-up pose -- purportedly because she needed the money after her husband had spent her savings.
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Betty Grable, June Haver, and John Payne in Dolly Sisters (1945)
Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka's song "Betty Grable" was dedicated to her memory.
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Betty Grable and June Haver in Dolly Sisters (1945)
She and Harry James had two daughters: Victoria Elizabeth James (born March 3, 1944) and Jessica James (born May 20, 1947 - March 20, 2016).
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Betty Grable in I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
In Italy, her films were often dubbed by Rosetta Calavetta and Dhia Cristiani. She was occasionally dubbed by Lydia Simoneschi and Clelia Bernacchi.
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Jack Lemmon and Betty Grable in Liebe im Quartett (1955)
She was a lifelong Republican and conservative.
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Betty Grable and John Payne in Footlight Serenade (1942)
While attending Hollywood Professional School, she developed a musical act with a friend, Emylyn Pique (born Juanita Emylyn Pique), who later took the name Mitzi Mayfair.
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Victor Mature and Betty Grable in Footlight Serenade (1942)
Very early in her career, Grable sang with the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra. Having appeared on Broadway in "DuBarry Was a Lady" and "Hello, Dolly!", Grable would later state, jokingly, "The only trouble was I couldn't sing".
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Victor Mature, Betty Grable, and Carole Landis in I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
She was offered the Anne Baxter role in The Razor's Edge (1946) but turned it down. Baxter ultimately won an Oscar as Sophie MacDonald.
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Betty Grable, Robert Cummings, and Carole Landis in Allotria in Florida (1941)
In the famous pin-up pic of Betty Grable, she was wearing an ankle bracelet given to her by her then suitor George Raft.
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Betty Grable and Jack Oakie in Tin Pan Alley (1940)
Her image appears on the cover of the music CD Electric Swing Fever.
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Betty Grable, Mary Blackford, Mary Carlisle, Ted Fio Rito, Florence Lake, Gordon Oliver, etc.
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Betty Grable, Cesar Romero, and George Montgomery in Coney Island (1943)
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