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  • ** FILE ** Actress Betty Garrett, who played Frank Sinatra's sweetheart in two MGM musicals before her career was hampered by the Hollywood blacklist, died on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011, in Los Angeles. She was 91. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

    Actress Betty Garrett dies at 91

    Betty Garrett, the vivacious Broadway star who played Frank Sinatra's sweetheart in two MGM musicals before her career was hampered by the Hollywood blacklist, has died in Los Angeles, her son said Sunday. She was 91.


  • FILE - Actress Betty Garrett poses at her home in Los Angeles on in this Dec. 16, 1997 file photo. Garrett, who played Frank Sinatra's sweetheart in two MGM musicals before her career was hampered by the Hollywood blacklist, died Saturday Feb. 12, 2011 in Los Angeles. Later in life she became well-known to TV audiences with recurring roles in the 1970s sitcoms "All in the the Family" and Laverne and Shirley. She was 91. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

    Betty Garrett, actress in film, TV, Broadway, dies

    Betty Garrett, the vivacious Broadway star who played Frank Sinatra's sweetheart in two MGM musicals before her career was hampered by the Hollywood blacklist, has died in Los Angeles, her son said Sunday. She was 91.


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