EARLY DAYS PRODUCTIONS
.Hutton was born on February 26, 1921 as Elizabeth June Thornburg, a daughter of railroad foreman Percy E. Thornburg (1896-1939) and his wife, the former Mabel Lum (1901-1967). Along with her older sister Marion, Betty was raised by her mother, who took the surname Hutton. The three started singing in the family's speakeasy when Betty was 3 years old. Related troubles with the police kept the family on the move, and eventually they moved to Detroit where Hutton sang in several local bands as a teenager.
1921 - 2007
Stats:
Bith Name:
Elizabeth June Thornburg
Height: 5' 4"
Eye Color: blue
Hair Color: blonde
Nickname: "the Blond Bombshell"
Quote: "I worked out of desperation. I used to hit fast and run in hopes that people wouldn't realize that I really couldn't do anything."
Bith Name:
Elizabeth June Thornburg
Height: 5' 4"
Eye Color: blue
Hair Color: blonde
Nickname: "the Blond Bombshell"
Quote: "I worked out of desperation. I used to hit fast and run in hopes that people wouldn't realize that I really couldn't do anything."
A few years later, she was scouted by orchestra leader Vincent Lopez, who gave Hutton her entry into entertainment. In 1939, she appeared in a supporting role on Broadway in "Panama Hattie" (starring Ethel Merman) and "Two for the Show", both produced by Buddy DeSylva. 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. Hutton made an instant impact with the moviegoing public.
She was given second leads in a Mary Martin film musical, "Star Spangled Rhythm" (1943), and another Lamour film before casting Hutton as the co-star of Bob Hope in "Let's Face It" (1943). Following the release of "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" (1944), Hutton was indisputably a major star, and with the release of "Incendiary Blonde" (1945), she had supplanted Lamour as Paramount's number one female box office attraction.
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Betty Hutton's Selected Filmography
Spring Reunion (1957)
Somebody Loves Me (1952)
Sailor Beware (1952)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Let's Dance (1950)
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
Dream Girl (1948)
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
Cross My Heart (1946)
The Stork Club (1945)
Incendiary Blonde (1945)
Here Come the Waves (1944)
Skirmish on the Home Front (1944)
And the Angels Sing (1944)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
Let's Face It (1943)
Happy Go Lucky (1943)
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
The Fleet's In (1942)
One for the Book (1940)
Public Jitterbug No. 1 (1939)
Somebody Loves Me (1952)
Sailor Beware (1952)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Let's Dance (1950)
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
Dream Girl (1948)
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
Cross My Heart (1946)
The Stork Club (1945)
Incendiary Blonde (1945)
Here Come the Waves (1944)
Skirmish on the Home Front (1944)
And the Angels Sing (1944)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
Let's Face It (1943)
Happy Go Lucky (1943)
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
The Fleet's In (1942)
One for the Book (1940)
Public Jitterbug No. 1 (1939)
Full Movie: The Perils of Pauline (1947)
Funloving Pearl White, working in a garment sweatshop, gets her big chance when she "opens" for a delayed Shakespeare play...with a comic vaudeville performance. Her brief stage career leads her into those "horrible" moving pictures, where she comes to love the chaotic world of silent movies, becoming queen of the serials - Taken from IMDB
Hutton made 19 films from 1942 to 1952 including a hugely popular "The Perils of Pauline" in 1947. She was billed over Fred Astaire in the 1950 musical "Let's Dance". Hutton's greatest screen triumph came in "Annie Get Your Gun" (1950) for MGM, which hired her to replace an exhausted Judy Garland in the role of Annie Oakley. The film and the leading role, retooled for Hutton, was a smash hit, with the biggest critical praise going to Hutton. Hutton, however, like Garland, was earning a reputation for being extremely difficult.
Hutton left Paramount following the Oscar-winning "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952) and "Somebody Loves Me" (1952), a biopic of singer Blossom Seeley. 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. Hutton's last completed film was a small one, 1957's "Spring Reunion". She gave an understated, sensitive performance in the drama, but box office receipts seemed to show that the public didn't accept a subdued Hutton.
Afterwards, Hutton had trouble with alcohol and substance abuse (sleeping pills), attempting suicide after losing her singing voice in 1970 and having a nervous breakdown. After regaining control of her life through rehab, and the mentorship of a Roman Catholic priest, Father Peter Maguire, Hutton converted to Roman Catholicism. A 9th grade drop-out, Hutton went back to school and later received her Master's Degree in psychology from Salve Regina University. Hutton lived in Palm Springs, California until her death caused by complications from colon cancer at 86 years of age.
Afterwards, Hutton had trouble with alcohol and substance abuse (sleeping pills), attempting suicide after losing her singing voice in 1970 and having a nervous breakdown. After regaining control of her life through rehab, and the mentorship of a Roman Catholic priest, Father Peter Maguire, Hutton converted to Roman Catholicism. A 9th grade drop-out, Hutton went back to school and later received her Master's Degree in psychology from Salve Regina University. Hutton lived in Palm Springs, California until her death caused by complications from colon cancer at 86 years of age.
Early Days Productions: Betty Hutton 04/05/2012
