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Garrett later became known for the roles she played in two prominent 1970s sitcoms: Archie Bunker's politically liberal neighbor Irene Lorenzo in All in the Family and landlady Edna Babish in Laverne & Shirley.
Betty Garrett (May 23, 1919 - February 12, 2011) appeared as Irene Lorenzo, Archie's liberal neighbor and social view nemesis, and Edith's friend on CBS-TV's All in the Family. She also appeared as landlady Edna Babish on the ABC-TV sitcom series Laverne & Shirley.
All in the Family (TV Series) Details. Full Cast and Crew; Release Dates; Official Sites; Company Credits; Filming & Production; Technical Specs
Betty Garrett. Actress: On the Town. 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.
Full interview at http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/Betty-Garrett.
All in the Family centers on a working-class White American family living in Queens, New York. Its patriarch, Archie Bunker (O'Connor), is an outspoken, narrow-minded man, seemingly prejudiced against everyone not like him or his ideas of how people should be.
Feb 14, 2011 · Feb. 13, 2011. Betty Garrett, the brassy comic actress who played Frank Sinatra’s ardent, taxi-driving pursuer in the movie “On the Town,” Archie Bunker’s liberal foil of a neighbor in “All...
Best known by the public for her roles as Irene Lorenzo on All in the Family (1971) and as Edna Babish on Laverne & Shirley (1976).
Feb 14, 2011 · Actress Betty Garrett died Saturday in Los Angeles. She was 91. KPCC’s Shirley Jahad has more on her 65-year career in show business.
Feb 13, 2011 · Betty Garrett, who played Frank Sinatra’s sweetheart in two MGM musicals before her career was hampered by the Hollywood blacklist, has died in Los Angeles. She was 91. Son Garrett Parks says Garrett died Saturday at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, most likely from an aortic aneurysm.
