Garrett died early Saturday morning, her son, Garrett Parks told The Los Angeles Times.
On the small screen, Garrett was a regular on the sitcoms �All in the Family� and �Laverne & Shirley� and on the big screen, she played opposite Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, among others.
A week ago she went to dinner with friends and afterward taught a comedy class at Theater West, a nonprofit theater she helped found 50 years ago, the Times said
�She was a woman of boundless optimism,� Miles Kreuger, president of the Institute of the American Musical, told the Times. �On the screen and on television there was just a wonderful sense of joy.�
Garrett was born on May 23, 1919, in St. Joseph, Mo., and her career got a jump-start after a family friend arranged a meeting with dancer Martha Graham. Graham recommended her for a scholarship at New York�s Neighborhood Playhouse.
Soon she was acting on Broadway and in 1947 she moved to California to take roles in such films as �On the Town,� �Take Me Out To the Ballgame� and �Neptune�s Daughter.�
In addition to her son Garrett, she is survived by another son, Andrew, and granddaughter, Madison.
