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Betty Hutton

Hutton visiting American sailors and Marines in the Marshall Islands in December 1944
Born Elizabeth June Thornburg
February 26, 1921(1921-02-26)
Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S.
Died March 11, 2007 (aged 86)
Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Spouse(s) Ted Briskin
(1945-1950) (divorced)
2 children
Jacob Marshall Glazier
(1952-1955) (divorced)
Alan Livingston
(1955-1960) (divorced)
Pete Candoli
(1960-1967) (divorced)
1 child

Betty Hutton (born Elizabeth June Thornburg, February 26, 1921 – March 11, 2007[1]) was an American film actress and singer. The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI is a Micronesian nation of islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, approximately 111 miles (177 km east of Los Angeles and 136 miles (225 km northeast of The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the United States cinema has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works

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Biography

Early life

She began life as Elizabeth June Thornburg, a daughter of railroad foreman Percy E. Thornburg (1896-1939) and his wife, the former Mabel Lum (1901-1967). Her father abandoned the family for another woman and they did not hear from or see him again until they received a telegram, in 1939, informing them of his death from suicide. Betty was raised by her mother, who took the surname Hutton, along with her sister, Marion, and was later billed as the actress Sissy Jones. Marion Thornburg, better known as Marion Hutton ( 10 March 1919, Battle Creek Michigan - 10 January 1987, Kirkland The three started singing in the family's speakeasy when Betty was 3 years old. A speakeasy was an establishment that surreptitiously sold Alcoholic beverages during the period of United States history known as Prohibition (1920-1933 Related troubles with the police kept the family on the move, and eventually they moved to Detroit. When interviewed as an established star appearing at the premiere of Let's Dance (1950), her mother — arriving with her, and following a police escort — quipped, "At least this time the police are in front of us!" Hutton sang in several local bands as a teenager, and at one point visited New York City hoping to perform on Broadway, where she was rejected. The City of New York Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located

A few years later, she was scouted by orchestra leader Vincent Lopez, who gave Hutton her entry into entertainment. Vincent Lopez ( 30 December, 1895 &ndash 20 September, 1975) was a United States Bandleader and Pianist. In 1939, she appeared in several musical shorts for Warner Bros., and appeared on Broadway in Panama Hattie and Two for the Show, both produced by Buddy DeSylva. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Panama Hattie is a theater musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Herbert Fields and B George Gard "Buddy" DeSylva ( January 27 1895 - July 11 1950) was an American songwriter and film producer

Career

When DeSylva became a producer at Paramount Pictures, Hutton was signed to a featured role in The Fleet's In (1942) which starred Paramount's number one female star Dorothy Lamour. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. The Fleet's In ( 1942) is a movie musical produced by Paramount Pictures, directed by Victor Schertzinger, and starring Dorothy Lamour Dorothy Lamour ( December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American motion picture actress. Hutton made an instant impact with the moviegoing public but Paramount did not immediately promote her to major stardom, giving her second leads in a Mary Martin musical and another Lamour film before casting Betty as Bob Hope's leading lady in Let's Face It (1943). Mary Virginia Martin ( December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) was an American Tony Award -winning star of stage film Bob Hope, KBE KCSG ( May 29, 1903 &ndash July 27, 2003) was an American comedian and actor who appeared in The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Following the release of The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944), Betty was indisputably a major star and with the release of Incendiary Blonde (1945), Hutton had supplanted Lamour as Paramount's number one female box office attraction. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek ( is a satirical Screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Eddie Bracken The year 1944 in film involved some significant events Events July 20 - Since You Went Away is released Incendiary Blonde was a 1945 musical biography of 1920s nightclub star Texas Guinan. The year 1945 in film involved some significant events Events Paramount Studios releases theatrical short Cartoon A box office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for Admission to a venue

Hutton made 19 films in 11 years, from 1942 to 1952 including a hugely popular The Perils of Pauline in 1947. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Perils of Pauline ( 1947) is a Feature film released by Paramount Pictures. The year 1947 in film involved some significant events Events May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York She was billed over Fred Astaire in the 1950 musical Let's Dance. Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 &ndash June 22, 1987) was an American Academy Award Hutton's greatest screen triumph was Annie Get Your Gun for MGM, which hired Hutton to replace an exhausted Judy Garland in the role of Annie Oakley. Annie Get Your Gun is a 1950 American Musical film loosely based on the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley. Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10 1922 – June 22 1969 was an American actress and singer The film and the leading role, retooled for Hutton, was a smash hit, with the biggest critical praise going to Betty (her obituary in The New York Times described her as "a brassy, energetic performer with a voice that could sound like a fire alarm") but Hutton, like Garland, was earning a reputation for being extremely difficult.

In 1944, she signed with Capitol Records, one of the first artists to do so, but was unhappy with their management, and later signed with RCA Victor. Capitol Records is a major United States -based Record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood California and New York City as RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. Among her many films was an unbilled cameo in Sailor Beware (1952) with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, in which she portrayed Dean's girlfriend, Hetty Button. Sailor Beware is a 1951 film starring the comedy team of Martin and Lewis and is an adaption of a 1933 play of the same name Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7 1917 &ndash December 25 1995 was an American Singer, Film Actor, television personality Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926) is an American Comedian, award-winning actor producer writer and director best-known for his slapstick Her time as a Hollywood star came to an end due to contract disagreements with Paramount following The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) and Somebody Loves Me (1952), a biopic of singer Blossom Seeley. Classical Hollywood cinema or the classical Hollywood narrative, are terms used in film history which designates both a visual and sound style for making motion pictures The Greatest Show on Earth is a 1952 Drama film set in the Ringling Bros The year 1952 in film involved some significant events Events January 10 - Cecil B " Somebody Loves Me " is a popular Song. The music was written by George Gershwin, the lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and B Blossom Seeley ( July 16, 1891 - April 17, 1974) was a singer and entertainer The New York Times indicated that her film career ended because of her insistence that her husband at the time, Charles O'Curran, direct her next film; when the studio declined, Hutton broke her contract. Betty's last completed film was a small one, 1957's Spring Reunion. She gave an understated, sensitive performance in the drama; box office receipts showed the public didn't accept a subdued Hutton.

Hutton in the trailer for Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Hutton in the trailer for Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

Hutton worked in radio, appeared in Las Vegas and in nightclubs, then tried her luck on the new medium of television. Annie Get Your Gun is a musical with lyrics and music written by Irving Berlin and a book by Herbert Fields and his sister Dorothy Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally Television is one of the major major mass media of the United States. An original musical TV "spectacular" written especially for Hutton, Satin 'n Spurs (1954), was an enormous flop with the public and critics, despite being one of the first television programs televised nationally by NBC in compatible color. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Desilu Productions took a chance on Hutton and in 1959 gave her a sitcom The Betty Hutton Show, which quickly faded. Desilu Productions was a Los Angeles California based company jointly owned by American actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The Betty Hutton Show is a short lived sitcom that aired on the CBS during the 1959-1960 season Renewed interest in Betty was generated in a well-publicized "Love-In for Betty Hutton" held at New York City's Riverboat Restaurant, emceed by comedian Joey Adams, with several old Hollywood pals on hand. Joey Adams ( January 6, 1911 &ndash December 2, 1999) born Joseph Abramowitz, was a Borscht Belt Comedian The 1974 event raised $10,000 (USD) for Betty and gave her spirits a big boost. Steady work, unfortunately, still eluded her. Her last TV outings were an interview with Mike Douglas and a brief guest appearance in 1975 on Baretta. Mike Douglas, born Michael Delaney Dowd Jr ( August 11 1925 &ndash August 11 2006) was an American Entertainer Baretta is a American detective Television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978.

In 1967, she was signed to star in two low-budget Westerns for Paramount, but was fired shortly after the projects began. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. Afterwards, Hutton had trouble with alcohol and substance abuse, eventually attempting suicide after losing her singing voice in 1970, and having a nervous breakdown. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mental breakdown (also known as nervous breakdown or snapping) is a non-medical term used to describe a sudden acute attack of Mental illness such as She divorced her fourth husband, jazz trumpeter Pete Candoli, and declared herself bankrupt. Pete Candoli (born Walter Joseph Candoli) ( June 28, 1923 &ndash January 11, 2008) was an American swing Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their Creditors Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against However, after regaining control of her life through a church, she converted to Roman Catholicism and went on to teach acting and to cook at a rectory in Rhode Island. Depending on denomination, local custom and the status of the minister the Building inhabited (or formerly inhabited by the leader of a local Christian church can Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States Later, fans were shocked to learn that Betty had taken a job as a greeter at a casino.

On Broadway, she temporarily replaced a hospitalized Carol Burnett in Fade Out - Fade In in 1964 and followed Dorothy Loudon as the evil Miss Hannigan in Annie in 1980. Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American Actress, Comedian, Singer, Dancer and Fade Out - Fade In is a musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne. Dorothy Loudon ( September 17, 1933 – November 15, 2003) was an American actress noted for her comedy and belting singing voice which Annie is a musical based upon the popular Harold Gray Comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Her last known performance in any medium was on Jukebox Saturday Night, which aired on PBS in 1983. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Robert Osborne interviewed her for TCM's Private Screenings in April 2000; the interview first aired on July 18, 2000. Robert Jolin Osborne (born May 3, 1932 in Colfax Washington) is an American actor and film historian best known as the host of the Turner Classic Turner Classic Movies ( TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial -free classic movies mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner The program was rerun as a memorial on the evening of her death.

Marriages

The actress's first marriage was to camera manufacturer Ted Briskin on September 3, 1945; they divorced in 1950. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Two daughters were born to the couple, Lindsay Diane Briskin (born 1946) and Candice Elizabeth Briskin (born 1948). Ted Briskin had a brief 21-day marriage to Joan Dixon after this divorce. Joan Dixon ( June 6 1930, Norfolk Virginia - February 20 1992, Los Angeles) was an American film and television actress He died in 1980 in Los Angeles. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

Hutton's second marriage was in 1952 to choreographer Jacob Glazier, and they divorced in 1955; he died in 1982.

Her third marriage was in 1955 to Alan W. Livingston, an executive with Capitol Records, who had created Bozo the Clown; they divorced five years later, although some accounts refer to this as a nine-month marriage. Alan Wendell Livingston (born October 15, 1917) is an American Businessman. Bozo the Clown is a Clown character whose widespread Franchising in early Television made him the best-known clown character in the United States

Her fourth and final marriage was in 1960 to jazz trumpeter Pete Candoli, who was born in 1923, a brother of Conte Candoli. Pete Candoli (born Walter Joseph Candoli) ( June 28, 1923 &ndash January 11, 2008) was an American swing Secondo "Conte" Candoli ( July 12, 1927 &ndash December 14, 2001) was an American Jazz Trumpeter Hutton and Candoli had one child, Carolyn Candoli (born 1962) and then divorced in 1967 (although some accounts place the year as 1964).

Death

Hutton lived near Palm Springs, California until her death due to complications from colon cancer at 86 years of age. Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, approximately 111 miles (177 km east of Los Angeles and 136 miles (225 km northeast of Colorectal cancer, also called colon cancer or large bowel cancer, includes Cancerous growths in the colon, Rectum and Carl Bruno, executor of her estate and a long-term friend, told the Associated Press that she died on the evening of Sunday, March 11, 2007. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Hutton is buried at Desert Memorial Park in Palm Springs, California. None of her three daughters attended the funeral.

Hit songs

Filmography

Features

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References

  1. ^ "Betty Hutton, Hollywood actress: 86", Associated Press, 2007-03-13. The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The year 1944 in film involved some significant events Events July 20 - Since You Went Away is released The year 1945 in film involved some significant events Events Paramount Studios releases theatrical short Cartoon Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Retrieved on 2007-03-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.  

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NAME Hutton, Betty
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thornburg, Elizabeth June
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Battle Creek, Michigan
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 2007
PLACE OF DEATH Palm Springs, California
Turner Classic Movies ( TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial -free classic movies mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner The Internet Broadway Database ( IBDB) is an online Database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel Find A Grave is a Website allowing its users to access maintain and expand an online Database of Burial records Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, approximately 111 miles (177 km east of Los Angeles and 136 miles (225 km northeast of
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