I was really sad to hear this. She was a great star, from Annie Get Your Gun and my personal favorite The Greatest Show on Earth. She seemed like such a sweet person and she didn't have an easy life.

RIP, Betty.


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R.I.P. I was shocked to hear this, I thought she'd never die. But she's been in retirement for more than 3 decades. I hope that her last days were peaceful.

TCM is having a marathon Thursday, March 15 to honor Ms. Hutton.

12:00 PM MGM Parade Show #27
12:30 PM The Stork Club
2:15 PM The Perils of Pauline
4:00 PM The Greatest Show on Earth
7:00 PM Private Screenings: Betty Hutton



Source: http://www.tcm.com/movienews/index/?cid=158719

That is sad news. I loved her movies.

I was sad to hear this news. I've only seen her in "Annie Get Your Gun", but her performance in that great movie is unforgetable!
Rest in peace Miss Hutton.

R.I.P. I was shocked to hear this, I thought she'd never die.

I know what you mean. She always seemed so - I don't know - alive! She was one of those people who just lived her life to the fullest.

I remember watching several interviews with her. She'd had so many rough times, but unlike Liz Taylor's "Oh, poor me!", Betty Hutton always put a positive face on it. That was so admirable.

I was sad to hear this news. I've only seen her in "Annie Get Your Gun", but her performance in that great movie is unforgetable!
Rest in peace Miss Hutton.

She did a great job - it's even more amazing when you know that she had a terrible time making that movie. She said everyone on the set hated that she'd been cast (they wanted Judy Garland, who had been fired). And she never let it show. :)

I wonder if thats why I was able to get the DVD of greatest show on earth at wal mart for 4.88, Betty Hutton was a wonderful actress and she seemed to out live eveyone else.

You know only 5 people attended her funeral????? What a shame. She ended up working at a parish as a live-in housekeeper/cook for several priests. There was an old interview shown yesterday where she stated she was a very "high-maintenance" lady, had her priorities in the wrong order and when she began working with these priests she saw life in a different way and really found peace and happiness. She stated her personal life was nothing to talk abt, but her "famous" life was something.