Betty GarrettThis article needs cleanup. Betty Garrett (born May 23, 1919) is an American actress and dancer. She is probably best known for her role as Frank DeFazio's wife and Laverne DeFazio's stepmother, Edna Babish, on the 1970s Happy Days spin-off, Laverne and Shirley. This page about Betty Garrett includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Betty Garrett News stories about Betty Garrett External links for Betty Garrett Videos for Betty Garrett Wikis about Betty Garrett Discussion Groups about Betty Garrett Blogs about Betty Garrett Images of Betty Garrett |
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She is probably best known for her role as Frank DeFazio's wife and Laverne DeFazio's stepmother, Edna Babish, on the 1970s Happy Days spin-off, Laverne and Shirley. Jean Harlow is portrayed by Gwen Stefani in the recent film "The Aviator.". Betty Garrett (born May 23, 1919) is an American actress and dancer. She died shortly afterward at the age of 26, and is buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, in Los Angeles, California. For help, see How to Edit a Page and the style and How-to Directory . While filming Saratoga (1937) with Clark Gable, she was hospitalized with uremic poisoning and kidney failure, a result from scarlet fever she suffered from during childhood. After the article has been cleaned up, you may remove this message. They were engaged for two years, but before they could marry Jean became ill. This article needs cleanup. She had a great comedic part in Dinner at Eight, and later that year she starred in Bombshell. By 1933, Jean was becoming a superstar. It was during the making of Red Dust that Harlow's second husband, MGM producer Paul Bern committed suicide. In 1932 she had bigger roles in Red-Headed Woman and Red Dust, her second film with Clark Gable. Harlow and Gable worked well together, and starred in a total of six films together. In 1931, Harlow began to gain popularity when she appeared in The Public Enemy, Goldie, The Secret Six, with Clark Gable, and Platinum Blonde. By 1930, Jean and her husband had divorced, and she got her first major role when producer Howard Hughes cast her in the World War I film Hell's Angels (1930). She has a more substantial role in Laurel and Hardy's short Double Whoopee (1929). In the beginning Jean landed bit parts in silent films such as Why is a Plumber? (1927), Moran of the Marines (1928), and The Love Parade (1929). Jean wanted only to be a wife and mother, but to please Mother Jean she looked for work as an extra in films. At the age of 16, Jean eloped with a wealthy young business man and the couple moved to Los Angeles, California. Shortly afterward she remarried and moved to Chicago, where Jean attended high school. Mother Jean, as she was called, divorced Harlean's father and moved to Hollywood with hopes of becoming an actress herself. She was born at Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Mont Clair Carpenter, a dentist, and his wife, Jean Harlow Carpenter. She made over 36 films during a career that lasted only 10 years, and had a talent for comedy as well as drama that is still recognized today by record numbers of fans and film critics alike. Before her, bad girls in movies were always dark-haired and exotic looking. Jean was the first blonde to be cast in 'bad girl roles'. Jean Harlow, born as "Harlean Carpenter", (March 3, 1911 - June 7, 1937), US film actress, became known as the "original blonde bombshell", predating Marilyn Monroe as a blonde sex symbol. Saratoga (1937). Personal Property (1937). Libeled Lady (1936). Suzy (1936). Wife vs. Secretary (1936). Riff Raff (1935). China Seas (1935). Reckless (1935). The Girl from Missouri (1934). Bombshell (1933). What the Scotch Started (1933). Dinner at Eight (1933). Hold Your Man (1933). Red Dust (1932). Red-Headed Woman (1932). The Beast of the City (1932). Platinum Blonde (1931). The Secret Six (1931). Goldie (1931). The Public Enemy (1931). Hell's Angels (1930). Saturday Night Kid (1929). Love Parade (1929). Moran of the Marines (1928). |