Betty Grable's legacy and her million-dollar legs still lives on almost 50 years after her death. The shining starlet of Hollywood's Golden Age secured her place as one of America's top pinup ...

When Betty Grable was profiled in the June 7, 1943, issue of LIFE, she shared headline status with another entity: her own legs, which the magazine dubbed a “major Hollywood landmark.” The ...

Her famous gams are on ample display in “The Betty Grable Collection Vol. 1” (Fox, $60 for the set, $20 each) -- four of her best-known Technicolor films, spanning 1940 through 1950.

The daughter of Conn and Lillian Grable, Betty spent her first years in a house in the 3800 or 3900 block of Lafayette Avenue (different sources provide different addresses).

From Gordon Parks’ defining American Gothic to Frank Powolvy’s captivating portrait of Betty Grable and Eddie Adams’ harrowing Saigon Execution, countless photographs shot across the last ...