July 05th, 2000 in Palais Eschenbach (entrance through Getreidemarkt 12), start at 07:30 pm!

Betty Garrett will tell us stories about her life, introduce her book, will show little videos of her films, will dance a bit, sing a bit, answer any questions and give autographs.
Get in touch with a star from Hollywood and have an unforgettable evening!

About Betty Garrett:
Betty Garrett is most known in Europe, for the parts she played in the musical-films of MGM’s „Golden Era“:  „Take Me Out To The Ballgame“ und „On The Town“ with Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller and Gene Kelly, „Neptune’s Daughter“ with Red Skelton and Esther Williams or „My Sister Eileen“ with Jack Lemmon.
Her first love however, has always been the stage. She studied dancing in New York City and her first appearances on the New York stage were with Orson Welles‘ Mercury Theater. She starred in „Call Me Mister“ 1945 on Broadway, for which she won the Donaldson Award (a forerunner of the Tony).
She developed her One-Woman-Show „Betty Garrett and Other Songs“, at the Los Angeles Theatre West (of which she is one of the founding members), which won her the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award. Miss Garrett toured with her show all over the States and even took it to London in 1993. Recently she released an autobiography of the same name, giving a wonderful picture of her life and the entire showbiz of the past 60 years.
Betty is the widow of Larry Parks, of „Jolson Story“ fame and has two sons and a granddaughter.