Fans of Betty Garrett, who know her from her roles as Irene Lorenzo, the female neighbor of Archie Bunker who worked while her husband stayed home on "All in the Family", and as Edna Babish, Laverne DeFazio's landlady and eventual stepmother on "Laverne & Shirley", may not know that Garrett was a stage and screen musical comedy star until the blacklisting of her husband, Larry Parks, stymied Garrett's film career.Garrett was never a "looker", but she could sing and dance with the best of them. She made her stage debut in 1938 with the Mercury Theatre in "Danton's Death", and also danced with
