- Was discovered by a New York newspaper in the early 1970s working for a soup kitchen and later a rectory as a house cleaner. She gave out her first interviews in years stating she had been counseled by the Catholic priests at this parish who helped her with her addictions to alcohol and prescription drugs and to find new meaning to her life after Hollywood. She gave similar credence to this story to Robert Osborne in 2000 when he interviewed her for a television back story on his show on TCM.
- Because of her energetic style, Bob Hope referred to her as "A vitamin pill with legs".
- She became a devout Catholic after a stay in a clinic for an addiction to sleeping pills.
- None of her daughters attended her funeral.
- In 1974, began work as a cook and housekeeper at St Anthony's rectory in Provedence, Rhode Island.
- Reportedly did not get along with Annie Get Your Gun (1950) co-star Howard Keel. He thought she cared more about her career than her co-stars.
- Best remembered by the public for her roles as energetic brassy sassy blonds.
- Was considered for the role of "Delilah" in Cecil B. DeMille's 1949 film Samson and Delilah (1949). The part went to Hedy Lamarr, instead.
- Was elected Mother of Year in 1956 by the City of Hope charity. In that capacity she toured the US raising money and volunteers for that good cause.
- Her one big musical number in the Broadway show "Panama Hattie" was cut just before opening night by orders of star Ethel Merman. Hutton was so upset, the show's producer Buddy G. DeSylva promised to make her a star in movies at Paramount and he kept his word. The incident was later used in both the book and film Valley of the Dolls (1967).
- Prior to her first feature film role, she appeared, in 1939, in a number of musical short subjects for Vitaphone, filmed in New York. These included: One for the Book (1940) with Hal Sherman; Public Jitterbug No. 1 (1939) with Chaz Chase, Hal Le Roy and Emerson's Sextette; and Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra (1939). Also, Paramount featured her in a one-reeler, Three Kings and a Queen (1939).
- There is conflicting information about her death date with most newspaper obituaries stating March 11, 2007 while her gravestone and the Social Security Death Index state March 12, 2007.
- Energetic, "blonde bombshell" actress-singer of the 1940s.
- Younger sister of singer Marion Hutton.
- She was mentioned in the Film Noir classic Sunset Boulevard: When William Holden's character tries selling his baseball script, the producer suggests turning it into a "Betty Hutton picture" but centering on women's softball (all the while not wanting the story at all).
- Turned down the role of Ado Annie in Oklahoma! (1955).
- Daughters with Ted Briskin: Lindsay Briskin (born on November 23, 1946) and Candice Candy Briskin (born on April 15, 1948).
- Her marriages to manufacturer Ted Briskin, dance director Charles O'Curran, recording company executive Alan Livingston and jazz-man Pete Candoli all ended in divorce.
- Received a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in 2013.
- Profiled in book, "Funny Ladies", by Stephen Silverman. (1999)
- Starred in TV's first "spectacular", Satins and Spurs (1954), which debuted on September 12, 1954. It was a 90-minute musical comedy produced by Max Liebman. She played a rodeo queen who falls for a magazine writer, played by Kevin McCarthy. Reactions by critics and viewers were so negative that she announced her retirement from show business (one of the many times.)
- Hutton was a lifelong Republican and was an avid supporter of Ronald Reagan in particular.
- Mother, with Pete Candoli, of daughter Caroline Candoli (born on June 19, 1962).
- Daughter, Carolyn, with Pete Candoli.
- Was Max Factors Star of the Year, 1946.
- Ana Gasteyer paid homage to Hutton in an April 2013 TV advertisement for Weight Watchers by paroding her song "Orange Colored Sky" as well as acting out Hutton's characteristics sporting a 1940's style outlook and background.
- Sister-in-law of Vic Schoen.
- Ex-sister-in-law of Jay Livingston.
- Daughter of Percy (1896-1937) and Mabel (née Lumm) Thornburg (1901-1967). Both were born and raised in Nebraska.
- She has a street named after her in Beverly Hills, CA.
- Was best friends in college with rock musician Kristin Hersh.
- She has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943).
- At one point, she was suggested for the lead in The Blue Lagoon (1949) but Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder resisted the idea of casting a Hollywood star because it could drive the production costs upwards.
- In November 2020, her recording of "It's Oh So Quiet" was used in a commercial for Arcura Luxury Vehicles.
- In May 2021, her recording of "It's Oh So Quiet" was used in a television advertisement for DeafHoops.
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