"[3] Miller wanted Hutton to appear as an all-American girl, so on her first few performances, he introduced her as "Sissy Jones."

Miller and his wife Helen officially became her foster parents, allowing them to serve as Hutton's chaperone while performing in these venues.

[citation needed] Hutton considered herself more an entertainer than a singer,[5] and became an important part of the Miller band.

[citation needed] Film historian Jeanine Basinger asserts in her 2007 book on the Hollywood studios system The Star Machine that in the early forties Marion Hutton was more popular than her sister Betty.

Marion appeared with the Desi Arnaz orchestra in October 1947 at the Radio City Theatre in Minneapolis.

Her last and longest marriage was in 1954 to Vic Schoen, an arranger for the Andrews Sisters and Bing Crosby, among other artists in the 1940s.

Starting in 1972, she went on to receive a Bachelor's in psychology and a Master's in family counseling, then found work at a local hospital.

[13] During the 1960s and 1970s, Hutton and Schoen lived in Laguna Beach but later moved due to increasing financial problems.

Produced to recognize the 40th anniversary of Miller's death, it starred Beneke, Johnny Desmond, and Hutton.