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Dorothy Lamour
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New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Dorothy Lamour (December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American film actress. She is best-remembered for appearing in the Road to... movies, a series of successful comedies co-starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dorothy Lamour, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- This Is Bob Hope... — Self (archive footage)2017
- The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive)2017
- Bing Crosby: Rediscovered — Self (archive footage)2014
- Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer — Self (archive footage)2003
- Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites — (archive footage)2003
- Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II — Self1991
- Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC — Self1988
- Creepshow 2 — Martha Spruce1987
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood — Self1987
- Murder, She Wrote — Mrs. Ellis1984
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1914
- Active to
- 1996
Discography
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- Listeners
- 11,308
- Total plays
- 46,408
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Dorothy Lamour (Born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton in New Orleans, Louisiana, December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American film actress and singer. She starred in a number of movie musicals and sang in many of her comedies and dramatic films as well. She introduced a number of standards, including "The Moon of Manakoora", "I Remember You", "It Could Happen to You", "Personality", and "But Beautiful". She is best remembered for appearing in the Road to... movies, a series of successful com
Key facts
- Born
- Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton , ( 1914-12-10 ) December 10, 1914, New Orleans , Louisiana , U.S.
- Died
- September 22, 1996 (1996-09-22) (aged 81), Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Occupations
- Actress singer
- Years active
- 1933–1995
- Known for
- The Jungle Princess Road to Singapore High, Wide and Handsome The Hurricane Road to Bali Disputed Passage
- Spouses
- Herbie Kay ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1935 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1939 ) William Ross Howard III ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1943 ; died 1978 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dorothy
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Orleans
- Place of death
- Hollywood
- Occupation
- elevator operator
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Dorothy-Lamour-still.JPG
- Number of children
- 2
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- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Commons category
- Dorothy Lamour
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1914-12-10
- date of death
- 1996-09-22
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Dorothy Lamour
- start of work period
- 1933-00-00
- birth name
- Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton
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- Allium strictum
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Encyclopedic overview
Dorothy Lamour (born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton; New Orleans, December 10, 1914 – Los Angeles, September 22, 1996) was an American actress and singer. She is best remembered for having appeared in the Road to... movies, a series of successful comedies starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.
Lamour began her career in the 1930s as a big band singer. In 1936, she moved to Hollywood, where she signed with Paramount Pictures. Her appearance as Ulah in The Jungle Princess (1936) brought her fame and marked the beginning of her image as the "Sarong Queen".
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