1921
February 26: Betty Hutton is born Elizabeth June Thornburg in Battle Creek, Michigan.
1939
May 25: Betty records "Igloo" and "Concert In The Park" for Bluebird Records.
July 5: Betty records "The Jitterbug" for Bluebird Records.
September 6: Betty appears with Vincent Lopez at the Avalon Ballroom in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
1940
February 8: Two For The Show opens at the Booth Theatre.
May 25: Two For The Show closes after 124 performances.
August 13: Broadway producer Buddy DeSylva casts Betty in his next show, Cole Porter's Panama Hattie.
October 30: Panama Hattie opens at the 46th Street Theatre.
1941
June 1: Betty drops out of Panama Hattie to relocate to Los Angeles, where Buddy DeSylva casts her in his first film for Paramount Pictures. She is replaced in the show by Ann Barrett.
September 20: Filming begins on The Fleet's In.
October 31: Filming is completed on The Fleet's In.
November 4: Betty makes her first appearance on Bob Hope's radio show. The response is so great that she negotiates a thirteen week comedy and singing contract with the show.
1942
March 12: The Fleet's In is released to theaters. Both critics and moviegoers take notice and Betty scores a hit with the tune "Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In A Hurry".
April 12: Appears on radio's "Command Performance" singing "Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In A Hurry" with the Ray Noble Orchestra.
April 17: Filming begins on Happy Go Lucky.
June 2: Appears on radio's "Command Performance" singing "Murder, He Says" with the Billy Artzt Orchestra.
June 10: Filming is completed on Happy Go Lucky.
June 11: Filming begins on Star Spangled Rhythm.
July 23: Filming is completed on Star Spangled Rhythm.
August 25: Appears on radio's "Command Performance" singing "The Fuddy Duddy Watchmaker" with the Alfred Newman Orchestra.
October 21: Filming begins on The Miracle Of Morgan's Creek.
December 23: Filming is completed on The Miracle Of Morgan's Creek until February 1943.
1943
January 4: Happy Go Lucky is released to theaters.
February 3: Filming begins on Let's Face It.
February 6: Appears on radio's "Command Performance" singing "Murder, He Says" and "Doin' It For Defense".
February 25: Betty films additional scenes for The Miracle Of Morgan's Creek.
March 25: Appearing with Rudy Vallee on his radio program, Betty performs several tunes from their film Happy Go Lucky including "Murder, He Says."
April 9: Filming is completed on Let's Face It.
May 5: Filming begins on And The Angels Sing.
June 5: Appears on radio's "Command Performance" singing "Bluebirds In My Belfry" with the Woody Herman Orchestra.
June 29: Filming is completed on And The Angels Sing.
July: Betty tours Army camps.
August 5: Let's Face It is released to theaters.
September 8: The twenty-city Hollywood Bond Cavalcade tour kicks off in Washington, D.C., with Betty appearing with twelve other stars including Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Lucille Ball, Fred Astaire, James Cagney, Greer Garson and Harpo Max. This was part of the effort to help achieve the goal of the Third War Loan drive. It ultimately raised $1,079,568,819.
October 2: Appears on radio's "Command Performance" singing "His Rocking Horse Ran Away".
November 1: Filming begins on Incendiary Blonde.
November 13: Appears on radio's "Command Performance" singing "Murder, He Says" with the Meredith Wilson Orchestra.
1944
January 19: The Miracle Of Morgan's Creek is released to theaters.
January 23: Filming is completed on Incendiary Blonde.
February 16:Appears on Eddie Cantor's radio show.
March 11: Betty records "It Had To Be You" and "His Rocking Horse Ran Away" for Capitol Records.
March 22: Appears on Orson Welles' radio show singing "His Rocking Horse Ran Away".
April 25: And The Angels Sing is released to theaters.
May 6: Appears on radio's "Command Performance" singing "Pig Foot Pete".
May 11: Filming begins on Here Come The Waves.
July 8: Appears on radio's "Command Performance" singing "His Rocking Horse Ran Away".
August 5: Filming is completed on Here Come The Waves.
August: Betty begins a personal appearance tour, which is highly successful. She beat Frank Sinatra's all time record at the Boston RKO Orpheum and in Cleveland, brought $15,000 more than Bob Hope, who previously held the house record.
September 25: Filming begins on Duffy's Tavern.
September 28: Appears on Joe E. Brown's radio show "Stop Or Go."
October 6: Betty begins a 50,000-mile flying tour of Army camps in the South Pacific. The kickoff was in Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, with other stops including Saipan, Guam, the Philippines and the Marshall Islands. She returns home November 23.
December 3: Appears on the radio program "We The People" to discuss her trip to the South Pacific.
December 13: Filming is completed on Duffy's Tavern.
December 15: Betty records "Stuff Like That There" and "Blue Skies" for Capitol Records.
December 18: Here Come The Waves is released to theaters.
December 28: Filming begins on Cross My Heart.
1945
February 9: Appears on radio's "Duffy's Tavern".
February 24: Filming is completed on Cross My Heart.
March 13: Appears on Dick Haymes' radio program "Everything for the Boys".
April 7: Betty records "Love Is The Darndest Thing" and "Doin' It The Hard Way" for Capitol Records.
April 16: Filming begins on The Stork Club.
April 25: Appears on radio's "Mail Call" singing "Stuff Like That There".
June 9: Filming is completed on The Stork Club.
June 21: Betty records "A Square In The Social Circle" and "What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For" for Capitol Records.
June 29: Betty records "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" for Capitol Records.
August: Betty begins a tour of USO camps in Europe. She returns home August 26.
August 27: Appears on the radio program "Voice of the People" to celebrate Paramount's "Third of a Century" anniversary.
August 31: Incendiary Blonde is released to theaters.
September 2: Betty marries camera manufacturer Ted Briskin in Chicago, Illinois in the Camellia house of the Drake hotel. The decorations included white gladioli and ferns. Lindsay Durand was matron of honor, Philip Briskin was best man, Betty's mother, Mabel Hutton, gave her away in marriage. The wedding ceremony was performed by Federal Judge Philip L. Sullivan. Ted and Betty honeymooned in Florida.
September 28: Duffy's Tavern is released to theaters.
December 28: The Stork Club is released to theaters.
1946
January 17: Appears on radio's "Command Performance" singing "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" and parodying "The Peanut Vendor" with the Meredith Wilson Orchestra.
February 28: Filming begins on The Perils Of Pauline.
May 15: Filming is completed on The Perils Of Pauline.
May 17: Betty records "Walkin' Away With My Heart" and "What Did You Put In That Kiss" for RCA Victor Records.
September 13: Betty records "On The Other End Of A Kiss" and "Don't Tell Me That Story" for RCA Victor Records.
October 10: Dorothy Lamour throws a baby shower for Betty at the Beverly Tropics.
November 23: Betty's first child, daugter Lindsay Diane Briskin, is born at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles. She is named after Betty's friend Lindsay Durand, who worked in the publicity department at Paramount.
December 10: Cross My Heart is released to theaters.
1947
January 15: The Beverly Hills post of the American Legion awards Betty their Medal of Honor for entertaining over 2,000,000 servicemen during the war.
February 14: Betty records "Poppa, Don't Preach To Me" and "Rumble, Rumble, Rumble" for Capitol Records.
April 14: Betty records "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" and "The Sewing Machine" for Capitol Records.
April 21: Filming begins on Dream Girl.
June 31: Filming is completed on Dream Girl.
July 4: The Perils Of Pauline is released to theaters.
September 28: Appears on Edgar Bergen's comedy radio show singing "Poppa, Don't Preach To Me" with the Ray Noble Orchestra.
1948
April 15: Betty's second child, daughter Candice "Candy" Elizabeth Briskin, is born at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles.
May 29: Appears on radio's "Command Performance" for their Sixth Anniversary Special singing "His Rocking Horse Ran Away" with the Michel Perriere Orchestra.
June 30: Betty opens at the Golden Gate Theater in San Francisco.
July 23: Dream Girl is released to theaters.
September 15: Betty opens at the London Palladium in England for three weeks.
November: Betty visits Veterans hospitals in the north .
1949
January 11: Filming begins on Red, Hot and Blue.
March 3: Filming is completed on Red, Hot and Blue.
March 19: Betty attends the Press Photographers ball in Washington, D.C.
April 29: Betty entertains 600 visiting sailors in Los Angeles aboard the Canadian cruiser Ontario.
May 9: Betty records "I Wake Up In The Morning Feeling Fine" and "That's Loyalty" for Capitol Records.
May 20: Betty records "(Where Are You?) Now That I Need You" and "Hamlet" for Capitol Records.
July 5: Filming begins on Let's Dance.
July 18: Betty announces her separation from Ted Briskin, although they reconcile soon after.
September 7: Filming is completed on Let's Dance.
October 3: Betty records "You Can't Get A Man With A Gun" for film Annie Get Your Gun.
October 5: Betty records "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" for film Annie Get Your Gun
October 6: Betty records "I'm An Indian, Too", "Let's Go West Again" and "Anything You Can Do" for film Annie Get Your Gun
October 7: Betty records "There's No Business Like Show Business", "They Say It's Wonderful" and "I Got The Sun In The Morning" for film Annie Get Your Gun
October 8: Betty records "The Girl That I Marry (Reprise)" for film Annie Get Your Gun
October 10: Filming begins on Annie Get Your Gun.
October 19: Betty records "They Say It's Wonderful (Reprise)" for film Annie Get Your Gun
October 21: Betty records the finale/end title version of "There's No Business Like Show Business" for film Annie Get Your Gun.
November 25: Red, Hot and Blue is released to theaters.
December 17: Filming is completed on Annie Get Your Gun.
1950
February 6: Betty films additional scenes for Annie Get Your Gun at MGM.
February 6: Appears in the "Lux Radio Theatre" radio version of "Red, Hot and Blue" with John Lund.
February 10: Betty files for divorce from Ted Briskin saying that her husband "didn't approve of her career in films and that his conduct made her nervous." Their interlocutory decree was issued in April 1950 but after Ted and Betty reconciled in July 1950, that decree was set aside. Betty filed a second suit against Ted in December 1950 charging him with extreme cruelty.
February 24: Appears in the "Screen Directors' Playhouse" radio version of "Incendiary Blonde".
April 16: Appears on Louella O. Parsons' radio program.
April 29: Appears on the radio program "Hollywood Byline".
May 20: Appears on Radie Harris' radio program.
May 21: Appears in the "Theater Guild On The Air" radio version of "Page Miss Glory" with Ronald Reagan and Jack Carson.
May 23: Annie Get Your Gun is released to theaters.
May 25: Appears on the radio program "The Supper Club".
July 27: Betty throws a party at the Beverly Hills Crystal room for columnist Louis Sobol and pressagent Peggy Strohl to celebrate their impending wedding.
August 18: Betty records "Orange Colored Sky" and "Can't Stop Talking" for RCA Victor Records.
September 1: Betty opens at the Michigan State Fair through September 11 to celebrate their 100th annual festivities.
September 12: Betty records "A Bushel and A Peck" and "She's A Lady" with Perry Como for RCA Victor Records.
September 24: Betty organizes the Chuck Wagon party at the Crystal room of the Beverly Hills Hotel, which benefits the nursery school for visually handicapped children.
October 3: Appears at the Municipal Auditorium for the Community Chest's 2000-plate kickoff Luncheon. "The Chest helped support my mom, my sister and myself until I was 16. They never let us down."
November 11: Betty flies to Montgomery, Alabama to work out for a few days with the Ringing Barnum circus in preparation for The Greatest Show On Earth.
November 16: Let's Dance premiers in Lansing, Michigan.
November 23: Let's Dance is released to theaters.
1951
January 1: Betty's divorce from Ted Briskin is finalized.
January 31: Filming begins on The Greatest Show On Earth.
June 7: Filming is completed for The Greatest Show On Earth.
June 15: Betty performs a benefit show at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, where she raises $50,000 for handicapped children.
June 20: Betty has her first throat surgery to remove nodules from her vocal chords.
July 16: "Somebody Loves Me" begins pre-production.
July 25: Betty films additional scenes for The Greatest Show On Earth.
August 2: Betty announces her engagement to movie producer Norman Krasna with plans to marry in January.
August 7: Betty breaks her engagement with Norman Krasna, telling the press, "Any information will have to come from Mr. Krasna."
August 26: Filming begins on Somebody Loves Me.
September 5: Betty films a cameo scene for the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis film Sailor Beware.
October 28: Filming is completed on Somebody Loves Me.
November 10: Betty attends the premiere of "An American In Paris" at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
November 15: Betty leaves on the S.S. Lurline for Honolulu, Hawaii for a three-week vacation at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel.
1952
January 10: Betty performs a benefit show at the Imperial Theatre in Toronto, Canada, to benefit handicapped children.
January 10: The Greatest Show On Earth premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
January 13: Appears on Tullulah Bankhead's radio program "The Big Show".
January 20: Appears in the "Theater Guild On The Air" radio version of "Daisy Mayme".
February 9: Sailor Beware is released to theaters.
February 21: Appears in the "Stars In The Air" radio version of "Suddenly It's Spring" with MacDonald Carey.
February 23: Betty begins a three-week tour of Japan and Korea to entertain troops near front lines and in hospitals.
March 18: Betty marries dance director Charles O'Curran at the Hotel Last Frontier's Little Church of the West by Judge Frank McNamee. One news report wrote that Betty wore an ice blue satin dress with an orchid in her hair. Another wrote that she wore a navy blue wool suit with a little hat with a turned-up brim. Their honeymoon was delayed because of her work. Charles and Betty honeymooned at Lake Tahoe, California in August 1952.
April 12: Betty opens on Broadway at the Palace Theatre through May 9.
June 19: Betty records "To Know You (Is To Love You)" and "The Last Straw" with Perry Como for RCA Victor Records.
July 18: Betty and Paramount agree to end their contract. Betty announces her plans to produce films on a partnership basis with her husband, Charles O'Curran.
August 12: Appears on Louella O. Parsons' radio program.
August 13: Betty has her second throat surgery to remove nodules from her vocal chords.
September 24: Somebody Loves Me is released to theaters.
September 29: Betty opens at the London Palladium in England for a four week engagement, then spends an additional four weeks touring Dublin, Scotland, Liverpool and Manchester. She returns home November 25.
1953
January 19: Betty opens at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco for a four week engagement.
February 10: Betty greets S. Sgt. John J. Colletti with a kiss after his exit from the transport Gen. W. F. Hase in San Francisco. He was the 300,000th soldier returned by ship from fighting since war began in Korea.
February 18: Betty opens in Vancouver for a week's engagement.
February 25: Betty opens at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington for a week's engagement.
March 4: Betty opens in Portland, Oregon for a week's engagement.
April 27: Appears in the "Lux Radio Theatre" radio version of "Somebody Loves Me" with Gene Barry.
May 14: Betty opens at the Shubert Theatre in Chicago, Illinois for a four week engagement.
June: Betty records "Goin' Steady" and "No Matter How You Say Goodbye" for Capitol Records.
July 17: Betty opens at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas for a four week engagement. Edith Gwynn reports, "Seldom have we heard or read such raves as those reaped by Betty Hutton in her Vegas night club act. So energetic and so good, she's filled top fellow performers with awe. Almost scared Betty Grable out of hitting the road with a turn of her own. Said Grable, 'How can any girl have the nerve to do an act after seeing Hutton?'" After seeing her perform, movie executive Joseph M. Schenck told Betty, "I'm getting old. I didn't know I had a thrill left in me. But you gave me one tonight."
July 20: Betty collapses before her Monday night show at the Desert Inn. Danny Thomas goes on for her. She tells the press she "got too much sunshine."
October 14: Betty opens on Broadway at the Palace Theatre for a four week engagement through November 10.
1954
January 13: Betty opens at the Beachcomber in Miami Beach, Florida for a four week stint with Sophie Tucker. They sing one number together. Walter Winchell reported that the Betty act broke "every record in the history of Miami Beach night club business."
February 18: Betty appears at the El Mirador Hotel in Palm Springs, California, performing at a party tossed in honor of president Dwight D. Eisenhower and his press secretary James C. Hagerty.
March 3: Betty records "The Honeymoon's Over" and "This Must Be The Place" with Tennessee Ernie Ford for Capitol Records.
March 10: Betty records "Banana Boat (Oomba-Oomba-Oomba)" and "My Cutie's Due At Two-To-Two Today" for Capitol Records.
March 12: Betty opens at the Beachcomber in Miami Beach, Florida for a four week engagement.
April 12: Betty meets with president Dwight D. Eisenhower at the White House in Washington, D.C.
April 15: Betty opens her act at the Capital Theatre in Washington, D.C for four weeks.
April 20: Betty and Charles O'Curran become legally separated.
May 11: Max Liebman and NBC announce their plans to star Betty in Satins and Spurs.
May 14: Betty opens in Buffalo, New York for a four week engagement.
May 21: Betty files for divorce from Charles O'Curran in California.
July 1: Betty obtains a California divorce from Charles O'Curran.
July 23: Betty appears at Sophie Tucker's opening at Ciro's in Hollywood, dueting on "Friendship, Friendship".
August 20: Betty records the soundtrack for Satins and Spurs for Capitol Records.
September 12: Satins and Spurs airs live on NBC-TV.
October 12: Betty opens at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas for a four week run.
October 26: Betty falls ill and is replaced for two days at the Desert Inn by Merlene Dietich and Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy.
November 7: Betty gives her last performance at the Desert Inn and announces her retirement.
November 19: Betty performs at the Last Frontier in Las Vegas as a replacement for injured entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr.
November 20: Betty files for divorce from Charles O'Curran in Las Vegas. She claimed that their marriage was unbearable by Charles' violent temper. They had to wait a year for their California divorce to be final.
December 4: Betty's sister, Marion, marries musician Vic Shoen in Santa Monica. Betty serves as matron of honor. Betty's fiance, Alan Livingston, is the best man.
1955
January 6: Betty records "Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)" and "Heart Throb" for Capitol Records.
February 21: Betty's divorce from Charles O'Curran is finalized in Las Vegas. She was originally set to be divorced from Charles by default on December 24, 1954 in Las Vegas after fulfilling the six weeks' residence requirement, but her flight from Los Angeles was delayed due to fog. The divorce trial was taken off the court calendar until this time.
March 8: Betty marries Capital Records executive Alan Livingston in Las Vegas, Nevada by District Judge Frank McNamee, although a ceremony had originally been planned at the home of Myrt Blum in Beverly Hills, California. Alan and Betty honeymooned in Miami, Florida at the Beachcomber where Betty was scheduled to perform.
March 17: Betty opens at the Beachcomber in Miami Beach, Florida for a three week run.
April: Betty and Alan Livingston continue their honeymoon in Cuba.
May 6: Betty opens at the Sydney Stadium in Sydney, Australia for a four week engagement.
July 26: Betty announces that she and her husband, Alan Livingston, are expecting a baby in January.
July 29: Betty is rushed to Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, where she loses the baby she expected in January. She is released two days later.
August 17: NBC announces that Betty has been signed to do an hour-long show in the fall with guest Sophie Tucker. Sophie later is forced to drop out of the program after she is hospitalized for a severe virus attack.
October 25: Betty hosts her own hour-long television special, part of NBC-TV's The Chevy Show, with guest stars Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante.
November: Betty opens at the Chez Paree in Chicago, Illinois for a four week run.
November 15: Betty appears as a guest on NBC-TV's The Bob Hope Show.
December 3: Betty appears as a guest on NBC-TV's The Jimmy Durante Show.
1956
January 7: Betty headlines the entertainment at the 30th Annual San Francisco Auto Show at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium for a nine day run.
January 31: Betty appears as a guest on NBC-TV's The Milton Berle Show, singing "(Love Is) The Tender Trap".
February 21: Betty records "Hit The Road To Dreamland" and "Sleepy Head" for Capitol Records.
March 4: Betty appears as the mystery guest on the CBS-TV program "What's My Line?".
May 13: Betty appears as a guest on the CBS-TV program "Toast of the Town" hosted by Ed Sullivan, where she is named "Hollywood Mother of the Year" by the City of Hope.
June 6: Filming begins on Spring Reunion.
July 18: Filming is completed on Spring Reunion.
October 5: Betty appears as a guest on NBC-TV's The Dinah Shore Chevy Show.
December 2: Betty performs in Pheonix, Arizona for a ten day try out of her new nightclub act.
December 25: Betty opens at the Sahara in Las Vegas, Nevada for a four week engagement.
1957
March 1: Spring Reunion is released to theaters.
April: Betty opens at the Beachcomber in Miami Beach, Florida for a three week engagement.
May 17: Betty appears as a guest on NBC-TV's The Dinah Shore Chevy Show.
July 24: Betty opens at the Cal-Neva Lodge in Lake Tahoe, Nevada for a limited ten day engagement.
September: Betty opens at the Sahara in Las Vegas, Nevada for a four week engagement.
December 3: Betty appears as a guest on NBC-TV's The Nat King Cole Show, singing "(Where Are You?) Now That I Need You".
December 13: Betty opens at the Stanley Warner Theater in Fresno, California for a limited ten day engagement.
1958
January 4: Betty opens at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada for a three week stint.
February 1: Betty opens at the Americana Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida for a limited ten day engagement.
February 4: Betty announces she is divorcing her husband Alan Livingston, although they quickly reconcile.
March 23: Betty appears as a guest on NBC-TV's The Dinah Shore Chevy Show.
April 27: Betty appears as a guest on NBC-TV's The Dinah Shore Chevy Show.
May 6: Betty opens at the Cafe de Paris in New York for a four week engagement.
June 1: Betty appears as the mystery guest on the CBS-TV program "What's My Line?".
August 5: Betty opens at the Sahara in Las Vegas, Nevada for a four week engagement.
October 14: Betty appears as a guest on NBC-TV's The Eddie Fisher Show.
October 28: Betty makes a return guest appearance on NBC-TV's The Eddie Fisher Show.
1959
January 18: "Jazz Ball", a compilation of performances by several bands, orchestras and vocalists whose work depicts the wide variety of American jazz, premiers on TV. Included is a performance from Betty from one of her early shorts with Vincent Lopez.
February 6: Betty appears as a guest on NBC-TV's The Phil Harris Show.
March 12: Betty appears as a guest on NBC-TV's special presentation "Art Linkletter's Top Ten Sports Stars of the West."
March 20: Betty and screenwriter Stanley Roberts announce the formation of Hutton Productions, whose first series will be "Goldie" (later renamed "The Betty Hutton Show").
April 3: Betty files for divorce from Alan Livingston, charging that he caused her grievous mental suffering.
June 18: Betty is hospitalized at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital for what is reported to be "a long overdue checkup." She is released on June 23 and cites exhaustion and fatigue as the culprit.
September 4: Betty is given permission to delay a legal action in her divorce case until September 12 so she can continue rehearsals for her TV show in Culver City. She had filed an affidavit saying that the show could not be completed on schedule if she could not attend all the rehearsals.
October 1: "The Betty Hutton Show" premiers on CBS-TV.
October 4: Betty appears as a guest panelist on ABC-TV's "Dick Clark's World of Talent."
1960
January 4: Betty, suffering from influenza, is admitted to Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. She is released January 7.
May 5: The last original episode of "The Betty Hutton Show" airs on CBS-TV.
May 10: Betty opens at the Sahara in Las Vegas, Nevada for a nine week engagement.
May 12: "The Betty Hutton Show" goes into summer re-runs through June 30.
September 16: Betty opens at the Basin Street East in New York for a four week engagement.
September 22: Betty appears as a guest on NBC-TV's The Jack Paar Show.
October 21: Betty's divorce from Alan Livingston is finalized in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
December 24: Betty marries jazz trumpeter Pete Candoli, a friend of twelve years, at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Las Vegas, Nevada. The wedding ceremony was performed by the Rev. Richard L. Sowers. Pete and Betty planned a six-month honeymoon in Europe.
1961
January 18: Betty is hospitalized at Doctors Hospital, again suffering from exhaustion. Her mother tells reporters: "Betty has been working too hard rehearsing her act."
February: Betty tries out her new nightclub act in Johannesburg, South Africa.
March 14: Betty opens at the Pigalle in London, England for a four week engagement.
March 19: Betty appears as a guest on ITV's "Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium".
August 8: Betty opens at the Sahara in Las Vegas, Nevada for a nine week engagement.
November 8: Betty appears as a guest on NBC-TV's "Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall".
December 31: Betty's mother, Mabel Hutton, dies in a house fire at age 61. Her funeral is held January 3, 1962.
1962
June 19: Betty's third child, daughter Carolyn Candoli, is born.
June 25: Betty is replaced by Ginger Rogers as the star of Calamity Jane at the Oakdale Musical Theatre in Wallingford, Connecticut.
July 3: Betty's daughter, Candy, is injured in a horse riding accident at the Wonder Valley Dude Ranch in Sanger, California.
July 31: Betty stars in a touring production of Gypsy. The show opens at the Veterans Memorial Building in Columbus, Ohio.
August 7: Gypsy moves to the Civic Light Auditorium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
August 14: Gypsy moves to the Colonie Summer Theatre in Latham, New York.
October: Betty stars in a production of South Pacific in San Diego.
October 3: Betty appears as a guest on Westinghouse TV's The Steve Allen Show.
1963
April 24: Betty's daughter, Carolyn, is injured when a car driven by the family maid went out of control and jumped a curb. Carolyn suffers facial lacerations and is taken to UCLA Medical Center for surgery.
July 2: Betty stars in Annie Get Your Gun at the Melodyland Theatre in Anaheim, California through July 14.
December 1: Betty appears in the MGM-produced NBC-TV special "The World's Greatest Showman: The Legend of Cecil B. De Mille", recreating scenes from The Greatest Show On Earth.
1964
February 21: Betty appears as a guest on NBC-TV's The Johnny Carson Show.
March 24: Betty appears as a guest on Westinghouse TV's The Mike Douglas Show.
March 31: Betty appears as "Julia Dana" on an episode of the ABC-TV series The Greatest Show On Earth entitled "The Glorious Days of the Used to Be".
May 3: Betty appears as a celebrity panelist on the "The Celebrity Game".
May 8: Betty appears on an episode of Burke's Law entitled "Who Killed 1/2 Of Glory Lee?" as "Carlene Glory".
May 9: Betty appears as a guest on "The Hollywood Palace."
June 23: Betty stars in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at the Melody Top Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin through July 5.
July 27: Betty stars in Fade Out, Fade In on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre through August 3.
1965
February 24: Betty appears as "Rena Zito" on an episode of Burke's Law entitled "Who Killed The Thirteenth Clown?"
April 10: Betty appears as "Molly McConnell" on an episode of the CBS-TV series Gunsmoke entitled "The Bad Lady From Brookline".
June 13: Betty and her husband Pete Candoli give a guest sermon at Bethel Temple in Hayward, California.
August 3: Betty stars in Mary, Mary at the Avondale Playhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana through August 15.
August 21: Betty performs at the Hollywood Bowl.
1966
May 9: Betty appears on Hollywood Talent Scouts.
May 13: Filming begins on Red Tomahawk.
May 23: Betty drops out of Red Tomahawk and is replaced by Joan Caulfield.
June 16: Betty is named honorary chairman of the Thomas Tinerella Memorial Fund. Mr. Tinerella was a police officer in Streamwood, Illinois who was killed on duty.
July 5: Betty stars in Here Today at the Pheasant Run Playhouse in St. Charles, Illinois through July 24.
July 18: Betty performs and is honored with an award for her entertainment contributions to Marines at the 17th Annual Marine Association Ball at the Statler Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.
August 10: Betty and Pete Candoli are legally separated.
September 9: Betty opens at the El Patio Club in Mexico City, Mexico for a two week engagement.
September 20: Betty and Pete Candoli are divorced in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
November 14: Police are called to Betty's South Laguna Beach home for a domestic disturbance.
November 16: Betty is rushed to South Coast Community Hospital after overdosing on sleeping pills.
1967
March 23: Betty files for a U.S. divorce, charging Pete with causing her mental and physical suffering.
June 8: Betty files for bankruptcy.
June 16: Betty's divorce from Pete Candoli is finalized in California.
July 20: Betty appears as a guest on The Joey Bishop Show.
August 16: Betty cancels her engagement at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas.
1969
December 31: Betty appears as a guest on The David Frost Show.
1971
December: Betty rides in the Santa Claus Parade.
1972
January 27: Betty appears as a guest on The Virginia Graham Show.
December 26: Betty stars in Here Today at the Hayloft Dinner Theater in Lubbock, Texas through January 27, 1973.
1973
July: Betty stars in a twenty week tour of Anything Goes at the Cheateau de Ville Theatres in East Windsor, Connecticut; Framingham, Massachusetts; and Warwick, Rhode Island.
1974
February: Betty begins working at the rectory of St. Anthony's in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
June 24: A dinner honoring Betty is held at the Riverboat in New York. Proceeds go to St. Anthony's Rectory.
December 13: Betty is committed at Butler Hospital, a psychiatric facility, by her psychiatrist, after she suffers a "complete emotional breakdown." She is released January 2.
1975
January 4: Betty relocates to New York, where she stays with friends on the south shore of Long Island. She announces plans for a new nightclub act.
March 8: Betty cancels an engagement at the Riverboat in New York and is admitted at the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic through May 5.
May 5: Betty checks into the Graymoore Spiritual Life Center in Garrison, New York.
June 18: Betty returns to St. Anthony's parish in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
August 16: Betty leaves St. Anthony's after letters are sent to the Providence bishop complaining that her presence was disrupting the rectory. She relocates to California.
December 23: Betty announces her comeback plans, including an engagement at Hollywood's Studio One Club and an appearance at the "That's Entertainment Part II" premiere in Cannes, France.
1976
February 18: Betty undergoes surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles for a dislocated shoulder, cancels her engagement at the Studio One Club and the trip to Cannes.
July 25: Betty returns to St. Anthony's parish in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
1977
February 23: Betty appears as "Velma" in an episode of Baretta entitled "Everybody Pays the Fare".
February 25: Betty appears as a guest on The Mike Douglas Show.
1978
May: Betty is hired to do public relations work for the Newport Jai Alai fronton in Rhode Island.
August 16: Betty appears on Good Morning America.
1980
September 17: Betty stars in Annie on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre for a three week run.
1984
September 19: Betty is awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island.
1986
April 6: Betty attends the annual Archbishop's Communion Breakfast in Los Angeles, where she is presented with an award to honor "a wide area of achievement" as a prominent Catholic in the motion picture, television, radio and recording industries.
May 18: Betty receives a Master of Arts degree from Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island.
1996
March 19: Betty is asked to participate in the annual "Who Reads What?" list of celebrities' favorite books. She picks "Omnir Opera" by Gilbert K. Chesterton as her favorite.
2000
January 21: Betty, Charlton Heston and other stars of Cecil B. DeMille films appear at the Hollywood Forever cemetery in Los Angeles to announce the Cecil B. DeMille museum.
April 27: Betty tapes an interview with Robert Osborne for the Turner Classic Movies program "Private Screenings" in Atlanta, Georiga.
July 18: "Private Screenings: Betty Hutton" premieres on TCM.
2007
March 11: Betty Hutton dies in her apartment in Palm Springs, California at the age of 86 from complications from colon cancer.
March 14: Betty's funeral is held at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cathedral City, California.
March 23: A memorial service is held in Palm Springs at St. Theresa Catholic Church.
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