Marion Hutton

Blonde bombshell Betty Hutton's big sister was born Marion Thornburg on March 10, 1919, in Battle Creek, MI. Their father, railway brakeman Percy E. Thornburg (1896-1939), deserted his wife and two daughters when the girls were still toddlers. Mabel Lum Thornburg (1901-1967) soon began running a speakeasy out of her basement in order to pay the rent and put food on the table. This resulted in a somewhat turbulent upbringing, as on more than one occasion harassment from law enforcement officials forced the bootlegging family to relocate and go into hiding; eventually they "sett...