Tuesday, February 15, 2011

betty garrett, 1919-2011

5 comments:

Sharon said...

Beautiful.

wwolfe said...

That song has always made me cry, ever since I was a little kid. In this context, it was especially lovely. Thanks for bringing this to us.

Madison said...

What is Jeff Bridges doing in the clip?

joe baltake said...

Betty Garrett and Larry Parks were very close friends with Lloyd and Dorothy Bridges, who are also in the clip. (That's Dorothy with Betty looking out over the ocean.) I believe that the Parks were Jeff's godparents. Also Larry and Lloyd were both targets of Joe McCarthy during that terrible period in Hollywood.

John Kaiser said...

I always liked Betty Garret on "All in the Family" and "Laverne & Shirley". She was an actress with a memorable presence no matter how big her part was.