Some of Grable's films ("Song of the Island" 1942, "Pin Up Girl" 1944, "That Lady in Ermine" 1948) seem either interchangeable or downright mediocre today, but she was by far the most popular female star of the 1940s (and third overall behind only Bing Crosby and Bob Hope). Her better films still make for rousing entertainment, and include "Moon Over Miami" (1941), "Springtime in the Rockies" (1942), "Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe" (1945), "Mother Wore Tights" (1947) and "Meet Me After the Show" (1951). She more than held her own opposite Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall in "How to Marry a Millionaire" (1953) and when her film career abruptly petered out as she neared 40, Grable worked on an intermittent basis on stage, TV and the straw hat and nightclub circuits. In the late 1960s she joined Carol Channing, Ginger Rogers, Martha Raye, Phyllis Diller and Pearl Bailey as one of the many middle-aged stars who played on Broadway and on tour in the musical "Hello, Dolly!". Married to actor Jackie Coogan from 1937 to 1940 and bandleader Harry James from 1943 to 1965.