Betty Hutton - Donahue (1978) Part 1

[@iodine63]

She was a cousin of mine. I can remember talking to her on the phone while my grandmother was alive. As I grew older my mom recieved letters from her for them to keep in touch.

[@ThePsychicGodfather]

A STAR 🌟 A TALENT ON THE SAME LEVEL W/ JUDY GARLAND

[@deliarealtor]

My mom helped her out a lot when she was in RI, we had some good times hanging out with Betty. She had so many ups and downs in her life but a beautiful person. She was my oldest daughters godmother.

[@VIRGONOMICS]

A charming and talented lady for sure . She’s great .

[@chairlesnicol672]

IODINE63 And did they stay in touch?

[@iodine63]

@@chairlesnicol672 I believe we moved first then she moved, they lost touch some time in the late 90s or early 00s I believe.

[@4fundays]

Beautiful soul and spirit-- thank you Betty for the joy you gave! RIP

[@dianadams7797]

what a beautiful lady...I love her personality and her unlimited energy. She is gone too soon..People like Betty make us happy when we are down. She gave a lot more than she received...God bless her for that

[@eire3215]

Such a beautiful person u were Betty...

[@VIRGONOMICS]

I like her even more after hearing her talk about drug use. That took so much courage back then. What a great lady . Thanks

[@jamesfox2579]

I've always LOVED, Betty Hutton!💕

[@pjg9256]

Wow, such truthfulness and boldness, not many like her. Love her movies

[@SaxonC]

This woman should have gotten a standing ovation when she came out!

[@rah62]

Why? She was a movie star; she didn't cure cancer.

[@johnfd0210]

At this time, it really meant something when someone got a standing ovation. I am not saying Betty Hutton didn't deserve this, the audience just wasn't programmed into jumping up and down every ten minutes as they do now.

[@irenemax3574]

But TV chat show audiences daren't do anything they haven't been told to do. Producers must have decided there would be no rattling of seats today.

[@larryg7109]

I just saw her today on Gunsmoke and she sang, danced, and acted very well. She was terrific!!

[@tmacart]

She was a big star before I was born, my parents generation- but I remember watching her movies "Annie get your gun", "The greatest show on earth"...I thought she was great, a real fireball, so full of life.

[@lancedukel3436]

I adore Betty. Just saw Annie get your gun today on tcm. It's glorious, a wonder to behold!

[@ace16186]

Too bad she wasnt in my generation. Bright girl in more than one way. God bless and i cant get enough!

[@DAVEJJR]

+john smith Me too John.... I'm a late 1960's baby and man do I feel like you, that I missed out big time!!! Betty Hutton, you are one hell of a lady!!! I know you are no longer in pain, and are being showered with God's unconditional love....

[@knownpleasures]

Her honesty is heartbreaking and commendable

[@jerrylee8261]

Yes, in a way but her mentioning her tries at suicide made me uncomfortable. A troubled soul who would have been happier as just Ms. Jane Doe.

[@philiphughes4021]

Such a shame that the joy she gave to so many others through her many wonderful performances wasn't rewarded by inner happiness.

[@patrickayotte2018]

philip hughes n

[@stevengermadnik6146]

U gotta her on Bob hope 1955 show . Oooh yeah Steve

[@andyvanm1]

Thank you Betty was loved !

[@bobcuster8930]

Great interview--she was an awesome talent!

[@510Mrniceguy]

She's awesome

[@laurastafford6217]

Bless her heart. I think she miss being an young actress. Age devastates a lot of actors and actresses, plus her childhood wasn't good from what I hear.

[@ronniebishop2496]

Yes if you’ve never been beautiful or famous it’s like air conditioning you just don’t miss it. But? lol if you were it’s awful.

[@erict7093]

Wow. Such a projection of personality.

[@txquis]

Betty is much more lucid and less slurred of speech here than in some of her latter day interviews, so this is really great to see.

[@standupphilosopher7059]

Betty received her bachelor's degree in her 60's and turned her life around. This is what I read. A remarkable story.

[@ronniebishop2496]

I saw her in a clip in LA Confidential singing Murder He Says and it flipped me out how great it was.

[@jochenstossberg5427]

They used that clip in LA Confidential because it was embarrassingly bad - not because it was great.

[@ronniebishop2496]

Jochen Stossberg It’s Because the lyrics Murder He Says fit the narrative of the script, with Mickey Cohen getting killed and others. But most people did like her performance and I was one of them. That’s why she was a big star 🌟

[@LuzMartinez-ss6in]

I LOVE HER..IN STORK CLUB... AMAZING MOVIE..AND MANY MORE...THANKS

[@Joez86]

She was a true icon

[@BellaFirenze]

After the death of her mentor, Father Maguire, Hutton returned to California, moving to Palm Springs in 1999, after decades in New England. Hutton hoped to grow closer to her daughters and grandchildren, as she told Robert Osborne on TCM's Private Screenings in April 2000, though her children remained distant. She told Osborne that she understood their hesitancy to accept a now elderly mother. The TCM interview first aired on July 18, 2000. The program was rerun as a memorial on the evening of her death in 2007, and again on July 11, 2008, April 14, 2009, January 26, 2010, and as recently as March 18, 2017 as part of TCM's memorial tribute for Robert Osborne. Hutton lived in Palm Springs until her death March 12, 2007, at 86, from colon cancer complications. She is buried at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California. [Citation courtesy of TCM]

[@almeggs3247]

A true RC that received the gift of music and talent for entertainment!

[@chairlesnicol672]

AL MEGGS What's RC? Roman Catholic?

[@raiders-ny6cx]

Thanks for posting. Had forgotten about the old Donahue theme until watching this and the Lana Turner interview.

[@PatrickLHawkins]

I adore Betty and have watched and re-watched the interviews over the years. Her energetic enthusiasm is almost manic at times. I don't believe she was as happy as she portrayed herself to be. Her upbeat attitude is very infectious and is very endearing. But I think it was way of covering up her true feelings. Don't get me wrong I think it's great to have a good attitude and face the world with a smile. But deep down I still think Betty was very unhappy and this was her way of coping. I also think her belief in her faith bordered on obsession. The fact that even after she reconnected with her daughters, her relationship with them was off and on over the years until her death. I don't believe that Betty is fully to blame for the strained relationship with them. While I think it's very sad that their relationship was such at the end that they didn't attend her funeral. They had their reasons and I think people who judge them for not attending are only doing so because their Mother was Betty Hutton.

[@nativevirginian8344]

Maybe she was a manic depressive and never got the right meds. Her childhood was horrific to me, it can wreck your whole life.

[@ronniebishop2496]

It’s got to be hell to be young beautiful and a famous star and then start getting older.!?

[@jerrylee8261]

I wonder if all that fame and riches are worth it. Am glad that Marilyn was driven to be an actor otherwise we would have been deprived of a beautiful fascinating person but look what it did to her. Drugs and alcohol and smoking.

[@ronniebishop2496]

@@jerrylee8261 Well this can happen in any career, and the everyday person is hooked on pills.

[@lovenlightman]

She is brave saying she had depression problems.

[@ronniebishop2496]

She had one of the sexiest performances in Murder he said I ever saw.

[@jochenstossberg5427]

This is really sad, because she's not well. He's being so nice with her, which is commendable.

[@sxnico]

what was wrong with her here>?

[@johndalton3180]

@@sxnico a professional victim all her life. She might be on amphetamines.

[@KarensOpinionsMayDiffer]

There’s an underlying desperation that’s extremely sad…

[@LOVEisBLUE-k9j]

@@KarensOpinionsMayDiffer It's what happens, I guess, when someone has been truly broken by life. It hurts to see her pain & fear. God bless you Betty.

[@dominicpiscopo7915]

Betty was around 86 when she passed her older sister died about 20 years younger

[@elaineturner2941]

In this world, where most of are just a bunch of followers, she danced to the beat of her own drum, and people don't like that, they want to make you follow them.

[@lynnlegault9297]

Such an honest person

[@bobbateman4420]

Betty Hutton is in Heaven where all born-again Christians go!

[@siempremarisol]

Lana and Betty were real legends

[@duranddavis7710]

The Greatest Show on Earth.

[@bradmilano3717]

6 minutes in and I am impressed that Phil’s ego has let her go on uninterrupted....

[@Texaslawhorn]

Haha That was impressive. Leave it to Betty to keep Donahue quiet. 😶

[@brookehanley3659]

Phil was always a great host on his hit show!

[@byron20]

best talk show host ever

[@oliviamartini9700]

Nah, that would be Dick Cavett - Donahue close second!

[@brookehanley3659]

@@oliviamartini9700have to agree. Dick was good. And unique

[@marieminshull1400]

She was fabulous Annie get your gun was my favourite

[@michaelproctor8100]

Hutton's daughters never attended her funeral and she was one of my favorite republicans.

[@Sunshine-zm1fx]

What a bizarre comment to make. I feel sorry for you putting politics into this. Today's Republicans were not yesterday's Republicans. Betty would be appalled at the behavior or Republicans today.

[@michaelproctor8100]

@@Sunshine-zm1fx And today's democrats are not yesterday's democrats....2 way street sunshine.

[@sallywilliams5444]

@@michaelproctor8100 It was a dumb comment. Grow up. You sound like a five year old. Typical crazy Trump supporter.

[@livefree5895]

@ Michael Proctor you are so right that the Dems of today are not the Dems of yesterday. The Dems of today are so much better. They are trying to save our democracy from evil greedy fascist.

[@scottgarbo1288]

She would want nothing to do with today's republicans. As most decent people wouldn't.

[@thedon978]

There are many “Fr. McGuire’s” out there. Thank God for them.

[@sodality3970]

I hate Donahue ( a distant relative ) but I love the fact that he interviewed Betty Hutton !

[@duranddavis7710]

Morning tv as a kid.

[@MIKECNW]

I remember watching Donahue just before Bozo came on and remember the intro though I was obviously too young to understand it. Think the aerial of Chicago might of been filmed before 1978 because the Water Tower place and hotel by the Hancock building hadn't been built.

[@altamau8678]

So sad that God’s beloved creation is so cruel to others. They only like you when they can get something from you. No wonder dogs are so love in this world. They are a replacement for people many times. RIP Ms. Hutton. You will always shine bright.

[@amycarmichael2748]

Love her!! Hollywood treats their stars like shit , they use u till they get everything they want out of u and throw u away and basically tell u to go to Hell😡😡😡

[@ronniebishop2496]

Amy Carmichael Well the devil runs it what do you expect.

[@RaveDave871]

Hollywood wants hell on earth, check out Grammys 2023 performances

[@alextakacs768]

Its so sad!! NOBODY LAUGHING!!

[@scotnick59]

Boy: talk about a gal who likes her own monologue!

[@dorothysalvage6687]

Luck you XX

[@bobbywoods684]

The things you can find here.....

[@sanfrancisco89]

manic depression.

[@WCaron23001]

Who's That? Funny and sad.

[@alexander8688]

Was Phil Donahues hair ever not grey🤔

[@brookehanley3659]

Yes

[@stephenrafter1980]

Being famous should be looked upon as a job, it's only a job. Then go home and be yourself with your family or friends who know the real you. It's like any other job.

[@weRweekendwarriors]

Donahue sucks but he had great guests like Betty

[@brookehanley3659]

He was wonderful RIP Phil

[@johndalton3180]

Professional victim.

[@Sunshine-zm1fx]

Truth-teller. Live with it.

[@UkrainianPaulie]

STFU. Hollyweird chewed up and spit out starlettes. You living a charmed life? POS human being.

[@brookehanley3659]

Disagree