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The Jolson Story had been a huge hit in the United Kingdom, so Garrett and her husband Larry Parks decided to capitalize on its popularity by appearing at the London Palladium and then touring the U.K. with their nightclub act.
Parks married actress Betty Garrett in 1944. She starred in Hollywood films such as On the Town and on television as Archie Bunker 's neighbor Irene Lorenzo on All in the Family and as landlady Edna Babish on Laverne and Shirley .
She and her husband Larry Parks, an Oscar-nominated actor, were summoned by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and questioned about their involvement. As the drama played out, a very pregnant Garrett was never called to testify, but her husband was.
- Actress, Soundtrack
- February 12, 2011
- May 23, 1919
Parks and his wife, Betty Garrett, got into the cab and the driver said, "Say, aren't you Larry Parks? I saw you in the Jolson picture." Twenty years after he starred in "The Jolson Story," Larry Parks still meets people like the cab driver who took him to the theater the other day.
She and her husband Larry Parks, an Oscar-nominated actor, were summoned by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and questioned about their involvement. As the drama played out, a very pregnant Garrett was never called to testify, but her husband was.
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- St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Apr 15, 1975 · His wife, the actress Betty Garrett, whose career was also adversely affected by her husband's tearful admission that he had been a Communist from 1941 to 1945, although she was in no way ...
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Feb 14, 2011 · Her career stalled soon after these milestones because in 1951 her husband, Larry Parks, an actor who had played Al Jolson in the movie “The Jolson Story,” was called before the House...
