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Another Broadway and Cinema Light Dims: Betty Hutton, 1921 - 2007

by Kelly on March 14th, 2007

From broadway.com:

Betty Hutton
Singer and actress Betty Hutton, whose stage credits ranged from Two for the Show in 1940 to Annie in 1980, died on March 11 of colon cancer at her Palm Springs home. The announcement of her death was delayed for two days until after her funeral, according to The New York Times.

Born Elizabeth June Thornburg in Battle Creek, Michigan, on February 26, 1921, Hutton began her career singing in a Detroit nightclub under the stage name given to her by bandleader Vincent Lopez. In 1940, she appeared in the Broadway revue Two for the Show and went on to play Florrie opposite Ethel Merman in Panama Hattie in October of the same year. She quickly moved to Hollywood and began a successful film career that included The Fleet’s In, Let’s Face It, The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek, The Stork Club, Incendiary Blonde, The Perils of Pauline and Somebody Loves Me. In 1950, she stepped in for Judy Garland to play the title role in the film version of Annie Get Your Gun, the musical that had starred Merman on Broadway

With Fred Astaire, from Let’s Dance
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I loved her films. Her boisterousnesss. She was 86.

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