Betty Hutton
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Betty Hutton (born Elizabeth June Thornburg; February 26, 1921 – March 12, 2007)Template:Efn was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedian, dancer, and singer. She rose to fame in the 1940s as a contract player for Paramount Pictures, appearing primarily in musicals and became one of the studio's most valuable stars.<ref name=enc/> She was noted for her energetic performance style.<ref name=enc/>
Raised in Detroit during the Great Depression by a single mother who worked as a bootlegger, Hutton began performing as a singer from a young age, entertaining patrons of her mother's speakeasy. While performing in local nightclubs, she was discovered by orchestra leader Vincent Lopez, who hired her as a singer in his band.
In 1940, Hutton was cast in the Broadway productions Two for the Show and Panama Hattie, and attracted notice for her raucous and animated live performances. She relocated to Los Angeles in 1941 after being signed by Paramount Pictures, and concurrently recorded numerous singles for Capitol Records. Her breakthrough role came in Preston Sturges's The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944), and she went on to receive further notice for her lead role as Annie Oakley in the musical Annie Get Your Gun (1950), and for Cecil B. DeMille's epic The Greatest Show on Earth (1952). She made her final feature film appearance in Spring Reunion (1957).
After leaving Paramount, Hutton starred in her own series, The Betty Hutton Show, from 1959 until 1960. She continued to perform in stage productions, though her career faltered following a series of personal struggles, including chronic depression, alcoholism, and prescription drug addiction. Hutton largely abandoned her performing career by the 1970s, and found employment in a Rhode Island rectory after becoming nearly destitute. She returned to the stage temporarily replacing Alice Ghostley in the original Broadway production of Annie in 1980.
In her later life, Hutton attended Salve Regina University, where she earned a master's degree in psychology in 1986. After working as an acting instructor at Emerson College, Hutton returned to California in 1999 and resided in Palm Springs, where she died in 2007, aged 86.
Early lifeEdit
Hutton was born Elizabeth June Thornburg on February 26, 1921, in Battle Creek, Michigan, the youngest of two daughters of Percy Thornburg, a railroad brakeman, and Mabel Thornburg (née Lum).<ref name=enc/><ref name="NYT Obit"/> When she was two years old, her father abandoned the family.<ref name=enc/> They did not hear of him again until they received a telegram years later, informing them of his suicide.<ref name=legacy>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Betty and her older sister, Marion, were raised by their single mother, who was an alcoholic.<ref name=time>Template:Cite magazine Template:Small</ref>
Hutton's formative years during the Great Depression were marked by poverty, with Hutton's mother supporting herself and her two children by working as an automobile upholsterer and running an illegal speakeasy out of her home in Lansing, Michigan.<ref name=time/> There, Hutton and her sister regularly performed songs to entertain customers of the speakeasy.<ref name=time/>
Due to her mother's bootlegging of alcohol during prohibition, the family relocated frequently to evade police, eventually settling in Detroit when she was eight years old.<ref name=time/> Recalling her childhood, Hutton said: "Mom just ran a joint on a small scale. We'd operate until the cops got wise. Then they'd move in and close us down, and we'd move somewhere else. Marion and I would entertain the customers by dancing and singing. We really lived that way until we were 12 and 14 years old... Things were really tough. At one time we were down to one can of beans."<ref name=time/>
Hutton attended Foch Intermediate School in Detroit<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> before dropping out in ninth grade. She sang in several local bands as a teenager, and at 15 attempted to find stage work in New York City; her efforts proved unsuccessful, after which she returned to Detroit.<ref name=time/>
CareerEdit
1938–1940: Music and BroadwayEdit
In 1938, Hutton was discovered by orchestra leader Vincent Lopez while she was performing as a singer in local Detroit nightclubs.<ref name=time/> Lopez recruited her as a member of his band, and she began touring with them as a singer, billed as Betty Jane.<ref name=time/> During her tenure with the band, Hutton established a distinctive "whoop and holler" vocal style.<ref name=enc>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> Lopez, an adherent of numerology, used his numerology practice to rebrand her with the stage name Betty Hutton: "I tried to get a vibration that would make her a lot of money. It was a five-eight vibration. After that she did fine."<ref name=time/> Through her work with Lopez, Hutton was hired to appear in several musical shorts for Warner Bros.: Queens of the Air (1938), Three Kings and a Queen (1939), Public Jitterbug No. 1 (1939), and One for the Book (1940).
In 1940, Hutton was cast in the Broadway production Two for the Show, which ran for 124 performances and received rave reviews.<ref name=time/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Hutton soon became known for her raucous performances onstage, summarized in a 1950 Time magazine article:
Two for the Show was produced by Buddy DeSylva, who then cast Hutton in Panama Hattie (1940–1942). This was a major hit, running for 501 performances.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It starred Ethel Merman; despite rumors through the years that Merman demanded from envy that Hutton's musical numbers be reduced from the show, more careful reports demonstrate that producer DeSylva chose to cut just one song of three, "They Ain't Done Right by Our Nell", due to Hutton's "always in overdrive" performance style.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1941–1949: Paramount contract and breakthroughEdit
When DeSylva became a producer at Paramount Pictures, he offered Hutton a contract with the studio, and she relocated to Los Angeles.<ref name=time/> She was first cast in a featured role in The Fleet's In (1942), starring Paramount's number-one female star Dorothy Lamour, alongside Eddie Bracken and William Holden.<ref name=time/> The film was popular and Hutton was an instant hit with the moviegoing public.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Hutton was one of the many Paramount contract artists who appeared in Star Spangled Rhythm (1942). The same year, she was signed to the newly-formed Capitol Records and recorded a number of singles over the following several years, marking one of the label's earliest recording artists.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Meanwhile, Paramount did not immediately promote her to major stardom, but gave the second lead in a Mary Martin film musical, Happy Go Lucky (1943). The response was positive, and Hutton was given co-star billing with Bob Hope in Let's Face It (1943). During that year, she made $1250 per week.<ref name=Click.NPM>Template:Cite journal</ref>
In 1942, writer-director Preston Sturges cast Hutton in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek as a dopey but endearing small-town girl who gives local troops a happy send-off and wakes up married and pregnant, but with no memory of who her husband is. The film was delayed by Hays Office objections and Sturges' prolific output, and was finally released early in 1944. The film made Hutton a major star; Sturges was nominated for a Best Writing Oscar, the film was named to the National Film Board's Top Ten films for the year, and the National Board of Review nominated the film for Best Picture of 1944, and awarded Betty Hutton the award for Best Acting for her performance. The New York Times named it as one of the 10 Best Films of 1942–1944.
Critic James Agee noted that "the Hays office must have been raped in its sleep"<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> to allow the film to be released. And although the Hays Office received many letters of protest because of the film's subject matter, it was Paramount's highest-grossing film of 1944, playing to standing room-only audiences in some theatres.
Hutton was next cast in Paramount's And the Angels Sing (1944) with Fred MacMurray and Dorothy Lamour, and Here Come the Waves (1944) with Bing Crosby. Both were huge hits. DeSylva, one of Capitol's founders, also co-produced her next hit, the musical Incendiary Blonde (1945), where she played Texas Guinan. It was directed by veteran comedy director George Marshall and Hutton had replaced Lamour as Paramount's top female box-office attraction. Hutton was one of many Paramount stars in Duffy's Tavern (1945), and was top billed in The Stork Club (1945) with Barry Fitzgerald, produced by DeSylva. Hutton went into Cross My Heart (1946) with Sonny Tufts, which she disliked. She did however enjoy the popular The Perils of Pauline (1947), directed by Marshall, where she sang a Frank Loesser song that was nominated for an Oscar: "I Wish I Didn't Love You So".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The recording sold over a million copies worldwide and reached number six in the U.S. charts.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">Template:Cite book</ref>
Hutton's relationship with Paramount began to disintegrate when DeSylva left the studio due to illness (he died in 1950). "After he left I started doing scripts that I knew weren't good for me."<ref name="para"/>
Hutton made Dream Girl (1948) with MacDonald Carey, which she later said, "almost ruined me."<ref name="para"/> She did Red, Hot and Blue (1949) with Victor Mature, which she also disliked.<ref name="para"/>
1950–1958: Annie Get Your Gun, film career declineEdit
Hutton acted in Annie Get Your Gun (1950) for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Next, she was billed above Fred Astaire in the 1950 musical Let's Dance.
She was one of several stars in The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), an epic drama directed by Cecil B. DeMille about performers in a circus which won two Academy Awards: Best Picture and Best Story.<ref name=nydn/> Hutton portrayed a trapeze artist in the film, and trained extensively for the role for six months, allowing her to perform many of her own stunts.<ref name=nydn>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She made an unbilled cameo in Sailor Beware (1952) with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, a remake of The Fleet's In, in which she portrayed Dean's girlfriend, Hetty Button.
She made Somebody Loves Me (1952), a biography of singer Blossom Seeley, with Ralph Meeker.
Hutton then clashed with Paramount. The New York Times reported that the dispute resulted from her insistence that her husband at the time, choreographer Charles O'Curran, direct her in a film.<ref name="NYT Obit">Template:Cite news</ref>
In April 1952, Hutton returned to Broadway, performing in Betty Hutton and Her All-Star International Show. In July 1952, she announced that her husband and she would form a production company.<ref>"Betty Hutton to Produce Films, Appear on TV". Los Angeles Times. (July 18, 1952): 20.</ref> She left Paramount in August.<ref name="para">Thomas, Bob (August 7, 1952). "Betty Hutton, Husband Form Own Company". The Washington Post: 22.</ref>
Hutton transitioned to radio work, and appeared in Las Vegas, where she had a great success performing in live theater productions.<ref>Schallert, Edwin (October 14, 1954). "Betty Hutton Terrific in 'Final' Appearance". Los Angeles Times: A12.</ref> She had the rights to a screenplay about Sophie Tucker, but was unable to raise funds.<ref name="para"/> In 1954, TV producer Max Liebman, of comedian Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows, fashioned his first "Color Spectacular" as an original musical written especially for Hutton, Satins and Spurs.<ref>Television in Review: Betty Hutton: N. B. C. Stages First of Color 'Spectaculars' ' Satins and Spurs' Has Some Lusty Hoofing V. A. The New York Times. September 13, 1954: 31.</ref> Hutton's last completed film was a small one, Spring Reunion (1957). It was a financial disappointment. She also became disillusioned with Capitol's management and moved to RCA Victor. In 1957, she appeared on a Dinah Shore show on NBC that also featured Boris Karloff; the program has been preserved on a kinescope.Template:Cn
1959–1964: Television workEdit
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz took a chance on Hutton in 1959, with their company Desilu Productions giving her a CBS sitcom, The Betty Hutton Show. Hutton hired the still-blacklisted and future film composer Jerry Fielding to direct her series.<ref>Billboard Oct 26, 1959 p. 52</ref> They had met over the years in Las Vegas when he was blacklisted from TV and radio and could get no other work, and her Hollywood career was also fading. It was Fielding's first network job since losing his post as musical director of Groucho Marx's You Bet Your Life in 1953 after hostile questioning by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee. The Betty Hutton Show ended after 30 episodes.<ref>Korman, Seymour (September 26, 1959). "Betty Hutton Turns to 'GoldieTemplate:'". Chicago Daily Tribune: p. A5.</ref>
Hutton continued headlining in Las Vegas and touring across the country. She returned to Broadway briefly in 1964 when she temporarily replaced a hospitalized Carol Burnett in the show Fade Out – Fade In.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She guest-starred on shows such as The Greatest Show on Earth, Burke's Law, and Gunsmoke.
1965–1979: Personal and financial strugglesEdit
By the early 1960s, Hutton's career had declined significantly, attributed to her chronic depression and addiction to alcohol and prescription drugs.<ref name=tcmbio>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Turner Classic Movies described her career downswing as "one of the grimmest declines in Hollywood history."<ref name=tcmbio/> Following the 1962 death of her mother in a house fire,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the collapse of her last marriage, Hutton's depression and substance abuse escalated.<ref name=nz>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She divorced her fourth husband, jazz trumpeter Pete Candoli, when she discovered he had fallen in love with Edie Adams (who would become Candoli's second wife), and attempted suicide, causing her to lose custody of her youngest daughter, Carolyn, then sixteen years old.<ref name=donahue/> She declared bankruptcy the same year.<ref>"Landlords Sue Betty Hutton". The Washington Post and Times-Herald. March 10, 1967: B8.</ref>
In 1967, she was signed to make a comeback starring in two low-budget Westerns for Paramount, but was fired shortly after the projects began. After losing her singing voice in 1970, Hutton had a nervous breakdown and again attempted suicide. She regained control of her life through rehabilitation, and the mentorship of a Catholic priest, Father Peter Maguire. Hutton converted to Catholicism, and took a job as a cook and housekeeper<ref name=npr/> at a rectory in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. She made national headlines when it was revealed she was practically penniless and working in a rectory. Speaking on her conversion to Catholicism, Hutton stated that she had been fascinated by the religion since childhood, though she was raised irreligious by her mother, who was an atheist.<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
After an aborted comeback in 1974, she was hospitalized with emotional exhaustion.<ref>"Betty Hutton Put in Mental Hospital". Los Angeles Times. December 14, 1974: 5.</ref>
Hutton appeared in an interview with Mike Douglas and made a brief guest appearance in 1975 on Baretta. In September 1978, Hutton was featured on The Phil Donahue Show, where she extensively discussed her life and career.<ref name=donahue>Template:Cite episode</ref> She was then happily employed as hostess at a Newport, Rhode Island, jai alai arena.<ref name=donahue/>
She also appeared on Good Morning America, which led to a 1978 televised reunion with her two daughters. Hutton began living in a shared home with her divorced daughter and grandchildren in California, but returned to the East Coast for a three-week return to the stage.Template:Citation needed
1980–1983: Return to Broadway and academic endeavorsEdit
In 1980, she took over the role of Miss Hannigan during the original Broadway production of Annie while Alice Ghostley was on vacation. Ghostley replaced the original Miss Hannigan actress, Dorothy Loudon (who won a Tony Award for the role).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Hutton's rehearsal of the song "Little Girls" was featured on Good Morning America. Her Broadway comeback was also included in a profile on CBS News Sunday Morning about her life, her struggle with pills, and her recovery.<ref>Betty Hutton: A Trouper's Torment: The Showbiz Fires Are Banked, But the Flame of Hope Burns High A Trouper's Torments By Paul Hendrickson. The Washington Post 10 Feb 1979: C1.</ref>
A ninth-grade drop-out, Hutton went back to school and earned a master's degree in psychology from Salve Regina University in 1986.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> During her time at the university, Hutton became friends with fellow student and singer-songwriter Kristin Hersh, and attended several early concerts of Hersh's band, Throwing Muses.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Hersh later wrote the song "Elizabeth June" as a tribute to Hutton, and wrote about their relationship in further detail in her memoir, Rat Girl (2010).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
After completing her master's degree, Hutton worked as a drama instructor at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.<ref name=npr>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Hutton's last known performance, in any medium, was on Jukebox Saturday Night, which aired on PBS in 1983.Template:Citation needed She became estranged again from her daughters.
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Personal lifeEdit
Marriages and childrenEdit
Hutton was once engaged to the head of the Warner Bros. makeup department, makeup artist Perc Westmore, in 1942,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> but broke off the engagement, saying it was because he bored her.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>
Her first marriage was to camera manufacturer Ted Briskin in September 1945.<ref name=time/> The couple met in a nightclub and she described their meeting as "love at first sight."<ref name=time/> The couple had two daughters, Lindsay (Template:Abbr 1946) and Candice (Template:Abbr 1948), before their marriage ended in divorce in 1951.<ref name=time/><ref name="Remembered">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Hutton's second marriage in 1952 was to choreographer Charles O'Curran.<ref name="NYT Obit" /> They divorced in 1955.<ref name="Remembered" /> He died in 1984.Template:Citation needed
She married husband Alan W. Livingston in 1955, weeks after her divorce from O'Curran. They divorced in 1960.<ref name="Remembered" />
Her fourth and final marriage in 1960 was to jazz trumpeter Pete Candoli. They divorced in 1967.<ref name="Remembered" /> Hutton and Candoli had one child, Carolyn (Template:Abbr 1962).Template:Citation needed
Final years and deathEdit
After the death of her mentor, Father Maguire, Hutton returned to California, moving to Palm Springs in 1999, after decades in New England. Hutton hoped to grow closer to her daughters and grandchildren, as she told Robert Osborne on TCM's Private Screenings in April 2000, though her children remained distant. She told Osborne that she understood their hesitancy to accept a now elderly mother. The TCM interview first aired on July 18, 2000. The program was rerun as a memorial on the evening of her death in 2007, and again on July 11, 2008, April 14, 2009, January 26, 2010, and as recently as March 18, 2017.<ref>Template:YouTube, video, 60 minutes</ref>Template:Dead link as part of TCM's memorial tribute for Robert Osborne.
Hutton lived in Palm Springs until her death on March 12, 2007 at the age of 86 from complications of colon cancer.<ref name="NYT Obit" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She is buried at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.<ref name=PSCemDis>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
LegacyEdit
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Betty Hutton has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6259 Hollywood Boulevard.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Hit songsEdit
| Year | Title | Chart peak | Catalog number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | "Old Man Mose" | with Vincent Lopez Orchestra | ||
| "Igloo" | 15 | Bluebird 10300 | with Vincent Lopez Orchestra | |
| "The Jitterbug" | Bluebird 10367 | with Vincent Lopez Orchestra | ||
| 1942 | "Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry" | |||
| "I'm Doin' It For Defense" | ||||
| 1943 | "Murder, He Says" | |||
| "The Fuddy Duddy Watchmaker" | ||||
| 1944 | "Bluebirds in my Belfry" | |||
| "It Had To Be You" | 5 | Capitol 155 | with Paul Weston Orchestra | |
| "His Rocking Horse Ran Away" | 7 | Capitol 155 | with Paul Weston Orchestra | |
| 1945 | "Stuff Like That There" | 4 | Capitol 188 | with Paul Weston Orchestra |
| "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?" | 15 | Capitol 211 | with Paul Weston Orchestra | |
| "(Doin' It) The Hard Way" | Capitol 211 | with Paul Weston Orchestra | ||
| "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" | 1 | Capitol 220 | with Paul Weston Orchestra | |
| "A Square in the Social Circle" | Capitol 220 | with Paul Weston Orchestra | ||
| 1946 | "My Fickle Eye" | 21 | RCA Victor 20-1915 | with Joe Lilley Orchestra |
| 1947 | "Poppa, Don't Preach To Me" | Capitol 380 | with Joe Lilley Orchestra | |
| "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" | 5 | Capitol 409 | with Joe Lilley Orchestra | |
| 1949 | "(Where Are You?) Now That I Need You" | Capitol 620 | with Joe Lilley Orchestra | |
| 1950 | "Orange Colored Sky" | 24 | RCA Victor 20-3908 | with Pete Rugolo Orchestra |
| "Can't Stop Talking" | RCA Victor 20-3908 | with Pete Rugolo Orchestra | ||
| "A Bushel and a Peck" (duet with Perry Como) | 3 | RCA Victor 20-3930 | with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra | |
| 1951 | "It's Oh So Quiet"<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | RCA Victor 20-4179 | with Pete Rugolo Orchestra | |
| "The Musicians" (with Dinah Shore, Tony Martin and Phil Harris) | 24 | RCA Victor 20-4225 | with Henri René Orchestra | |
| 1953 | "Goin' Steady" | 21 | Capitol 2522 | with Nelson Riddle Orchestra |
| 1954 | "The Honeymoon's Over" (duet with Tennessee Ernie Ford) | 16 | Capitol 2809 | with Billy May Orchestra |
| 1956 | "Hit the Road to Dreamland" | Capitol 3383 | with Vic Schoen Orchestra |
FilmographyEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Queens of the Air | Herself | film short |
| 1939 | Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra | Herself | film short |
| Three Kings and a Queen | Herself | film short | |
| Public Jitterbug No. 1 | Herself | film short | |
| 1940 | One for the Book | Cinderella | film short |
| 1942 | The Fleet's In | Bessie Day | |
| Star Spangled Rhythm | Polly Judson | ||
| 1943 | Happy Go Lucky | Bubbles Hennessy | |
| Let's Face It | Winnie Porter | ||
| Strictly G.I. | Herself | film short | |
| 1944 | The Miracle of Morgan's Creek | Trudy Kockenlocker | |
| And the Angels Sing | Bobby Angel | ||
| Skirmish on the Home Front | Emily Average | film short | |
| Here Come the Waves | Susan Allison / Rosemary Allison | ||
| 1945 | Incendiary Blonde | Texas Guinan | |
| Duffy's Tavern | Herself | cameo | |
| Hollywood Victory Caravan | Herself | film short | |
| The Stork Club | Judy Peabody | ||
| 1946 | Cross My Heart | Peggy Harper | |
| 1947 | The Perils of Pauline | Pearl White | |
| 1948 | Dream Girl | Georgina Allerton | |
| 1949 | Red, Hot and Blue | Eleanor "Yum-Yum" Collier | |
| 1950 | Annie Get Your Gun | Annie Oakley | |
| Let's Dance | Kitty McNeil | ||
| 1952 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Holly | |
| Sailor Beware | Hetty Button | cameo, Uncredited | |
| Somebody Loves Me | Blossom Seeley | ||
| 1957 | Spring Reunion | Margaret "Maggie" Brewster |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Satins and Spurs | Cindy Smathers | TV musical |
| 1958 | That's My Mom | 1 episode (unaired pilot) | |
| 1959–1960 | The Betty Hutton Show | Goldie Appleby | 30 episodes |
| 1964 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Julia Dana | 1 episode |
| 1964–1965 | Burke's Law | Carlene Glory Rena Zito |
2 episodes |
| 1965 | Gunsmoke | Molly McConnell | 1 episode |
| 1977 | Baretta | Velma | 1 episode (final appearance) |
Box-office rankingEdit
For several years, film exhibitors voted Hutton among the leading stars in the country:
- 1944 – 25th (US)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1950 – 15th (US)
- 1951 – 9th (UK)
- 1952 – 14th (US),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 3rd (UK)
Stage workEdit
- Two for the Show (1940)
- Panama Hattie (1940)
- Betty Hutton and Her All-Star International Show (1952)
- Gypsy (1962)
- South Pacific (1962)
- Annie Get Your Gun (1963)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1964)
- Fade Out – Fade In (1964) (replacement for Carol Burnett)
- Mary, Mary (1965)
- Here Today (1966)
- Here Today (1972)
- Anything Goes (1973)
- Annie (1980) (replacement for Alice Ghostley)
Radio appearancesEdit
| Year | Program | Episode/source |
|---|---|---|
| April 12, 1942 | Command Performance | with Gene Tierney - first show from Hollywood |
| June 2, 1942 | Command Performance | with Mickey Rooney |
| February 6, 1943 | Command Performance | with Rita Hayworth |
| October 2, 1943 | Command Performance | with Don Ameche |
| November 13, 1943 | Command Performance | with Bob Hope |
| May 29, 1948 | Command Performance | with Bob Hope - sixth-anniversary special |
| February 6, 1950 | Lux Radio Theatre | "Red, Hot And Blue" |
| 1952 | Stars in the Air | "Suddenly, It's Spring"<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref> |
| April 27, 1953 | Lux Radio Theatre | "Somebody Loves Me" |
Awards and nominationsEdit
| Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Golden Apple Awards | Most Cooperative Actress | Template:N/a | Template:Won |
| National Board of Review Awards | Best Acting | The Miracle of Morgan's Creek | Template:Won | |
| 1950 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Annie Get Your Gun | Template:Nom |
| Photoplay Awards | Most Popular Female Star | Template:Won |
NotesEdit
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- Betty Hutton, Backstage You Can Have: My Own Story, 2009. The Betty Hutton Estate Template:ISBN
- The Betty Hutton Estate, Betty Hutton Scrapbook: A Tribute To Hollywood's Blonde Bombshell, 2015. The Betty Hutton Estate Template:ISBN
- Gene Arceri, Rocking Horse: A Personal Biography of Betty Hutton, 2009, BearManor Media Template:ISBN
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