Betty Garrett, the once-black-listed actress who co-starred as Edna Babish on the TV sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Friday's ceremony marked Garrett's 84th birthday, and friends including actors Jeff and Beau Bridges attended to help her celebrate.
Garrett also appeared in the sitcom "All in the Family" as the chatty friend of Edith Bunker. On "Laverne & Shirley," Garrett played a landlady who married Laverne's father.
In movies, she co-starred with Frank Sinatra in the 1949 films "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and "On the Town."
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Garrett and her late husband, Larry Parks, were both briefly blacklisted during the McCarthy era for their interest in communism in the early 1950s.