Gunilla Hutton (born May 15, 1944) is a Swedish-born American actress and singer,[1] perhaps best known for her roles as the second Billie Jo Bradley (1965–1966) on Petticoat Junction and as a regular cast member in the television series Hee Haw until 1992. She was raised in Fort Worth, Texas.[2]
Gunilla Hutton | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 15, 1944 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Occupations |
|
| Years active | 1965–present |
| Known for | |
During her lone season on Petticoat Junction (1965–66), Hutton appeared in 23 of its 34 episodes.
She appeared in Perry Mason, The Love Boat, and Murder Can Hurt You (1980). In 2015, she appeared in a MeTV commercial promoting Petticoat Junction with cast members Linda Kaye Henning and Lori Saunders.
Personal life
editBorn Gunilla Wiklund, she attended Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth, Texas, and then moved to Los Angeles to attend UCLA. She appeared on such game shows as Match Game, Password, and Family Feud.[3]
For about a year or so, she was involved in an extramarital relationship with Nat King Cole. Hutton has been said to have telephoned Cole's wife Maria Cole to tell her to divorce him. Maria, in turn, confronted her husband, and Cole ended his relationship with Hutton after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Later, she married former Air Force pilot Allan Freeman. They had 3 children together and remained married for 43 years until his death in 2014.[4]
Discography
editSingles
edit- "You Can Say the Prettiest Things Sometimes" b/w "The Greatest Story Never Told" (1972)
- "Chowchilla Dust" b/w "We've Got Old Fashioned Love" (1973)
- "You're Gonna Get Loved" b/w "See the Lady Cryin" (1974)
- "Cody" b/w "The End of Our Love Song" (1975)
References
edit- ^ "Oh-so-dumb Blonde Image Is Strictly For Television". The Daily Telegraph. London. December 21, 1974. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
- ^ "Hee Haw's Dumb Blonde is Serious About Her Job". Windsor Star. August 5, 1978. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
- ^ Jefferson, Margo (December 26, 1999). "Unforgettable". The New York Times. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
- ^ Epstein, Daniel Mark (November 12, 1999). Nat King Cole. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. p. 351. ISBN 978-0783890128.
External links
edit
 | This article about an American television actor born in the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |