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Boisterous and brassy Betty Hutton, Trudy Kockenlocker in Preston Sturges' The Miracle of Morgan Creek, died Sunday in Palm Springs at 86. The incendiary blonde (who played Tex Guinan in the movie of that name) was an explosive comic with a freak vocal range used to terrific effect in musicals such as Annie Get Your Gun and Star-Spangled Rhythm.
Bob Hope called her a "vitamin pill with legs." According to film historian David Thomson, she was Ludwig Wittgenstein's favorite actress.
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We have "The Greatest Show On Earth" on DVD and watch it a lot; it's a family favorite going back for years (the young one enjoys it a lot also), partly noteworthy because of the '50s scenes of circus tent construction in West Philadelphia - I think the scenes were shot near Franklin Field, but I could be wrong about that.
Anyway, we told him that Holly had passed away, and he was sad for a little while, but then he felt happy knowing she was in a good place.
Betty Hutton's exuberance exploded off the screen. Thanks for the remembrance.
Posted by Ed H. | March 14, 2007 4:33 PM
Posted on March 14, 2007 16:33