RIP
Posted on 03/12/2007 7:37:59 PM PDT by lunarbicep
Betty Hutton, the actress and singer who brought a brassy vitality to Hollywood musicals such as "Annie Get Your Gun," has died in Palm Springs, Calif., at age 86.
The death was confirmed Monday by a friend of Hutton who spoke only on the condition of anonymity, citing her wishes that her death be announced at a specified time by the executor of her estate, Carl Bruno. The source refused to provide further details including the time and cause of death.
"I can neither confirm or deny" the report, Bruno told The Associated Press from Palm Springs. "I'll be happy to talk about it tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon."
Hutton was at the top of the heap when she walked out of her Paramount contract in 1952, reportedly in a dispute over her demand that her then-husband direct her films. She made only one movie after that but had a TV series for a year and worked occasionally on the stage and in nightclubs.
Unlike other actresses who have been called "blonde bombshells," Hutton had a screen personality that had more to do with energy and humor than sex.
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Rest in peace.
RIP
She did a lot of her own trapeze stunts in "The Greatest Show On Earth" (1952).
Annie Get Your Gun.
Great Movie! R-I-P Betty!
Perils of Pauline was my favorite. She was cute in that. Sincere condolences to her family, someone like that will be missed.
One of my all-time favorites! I even worked with one of the "fathers" for a while - long after this film.
Loved, loved, loved Betty Hutton! May she truly Rest in Peace, always.
*smooches to Miss Hutton*
If you can settle the ID of Private Ratzkywatzky, it’s never too late.
LOL - hint:
http://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Morgans-Creek-Eddie-Bracken/dp/B0009W5J78
She's on one my all-time favorite CD's, too:
http://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Lovely-Capitols-Great-Ladies/dp/samples/B00000DRD9#disc_1
*It had to be you ... wonderful you ... it had ... to .. be .. you.*
She does a real cute comic turn on the chorus in one place that I just love.
She was cute and funny and had a unique charm. Very much a girl next door type.
any relation to Danny Hutton of Three Dog Night?
Movie trailer to Annie Get Your Gun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqclpqbHbpQ
I thought she had died in the 1970's.
I liked her quite a bit, even though she could occasionally be over-the-top in her comedy performances (anyone recall "Red, Hot and Blue" -1949, with Victor Mature, for example?). She was a BIG star in the 1940s, but you don't hear of her as much nowadays as some others. Probably because she was with Paramount, and such Paramount product doesn't seem to circulate as much as MGM, WB, or Fox does on cable. Anyway, she was wildly energetic, and made a real cute, hyperkinetic, blonde rag-doll... belting out bouncy songs like "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" and "Murder, He Says." All in all, she should be more well-known and acclaimed than she is. A very prominent comedienne from the old days, who in many ways really doesn't get her due.
I hope it was peaceful. I saw some of her old movies when I was little and thought she was so beautiful.
RIP Betty Hutton.
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