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Dorothy Lamour (1914–1996)

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In addition to being Miss New Orleans in 1931, Dorothy Lamour worked as a Chicago elevator operator; band vocalist for her first husband, band leader Herbie Kaye; and radio performer. In 1936 she donned her soon-to-be-famous sarong for her debut at Paramount, The Jungle Princess, and continued to play female Tarzan-Crusoe-Gauguin-girl-with make-up parts through the war years and beyond... See full bio »

Born:

Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton
in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Died:

(age 81) in Los Angeles, California, USA
Dorothy Lamour and Edna Shotwell 8296-1 Dorothy Lamour, circa 1945. Still of Jon Hall and Dorothy Lamour in The Hurricane Patric Knowles, Dorothy Lamour and Mitchell Leisen Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour and Edna Shotwell
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1987 Creepshow 2
Martha Spruce (segment "Old Chief Wood'nhead")
 
1987 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Mrs. Ellis
– No Accounting for Murder (1987) … Mrs. Ellis
 
1986 Crazy Like a Fox (TV series)
Rosie
– Rosie (1986) … Rosie
 
1984 Hart to Hart (TV series)
Katherine Prince
– Max's Waltz (1984) … Katherine Prince
 
1980 The Love Boat (TV series)
Lil Braddock
– That's My Dad/The Captain's Bird/Captive Audience (1980) … Lil Braddock
 
1976 Death at Love House (TV movie)
Denise Christian
 
1976 Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Visiting Film Star
 
1971 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Mary DeSocio
– Echo from Another World (1971) … Mary DeSocio
 
1970 The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (TV series)
– Episode #1.12 (1970)
 
1970 The Phynx
Dorothy Lamour
 
1970 Love, American Style (TV series)
Holly's Mother (segment "Love and the Pick-Up")
– Love and the Fighting Couple/Love and the Pick-Up/Love and the Proposal (1970) … Holly's Mother (segment "Love and the Pick-Up")
 
1969 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Stella Fisher
– Chains of Command (1969) … Stella Fisher
 
1967 I Spy (TV series)
Halima
– The Honorable Assassins (1967) … Halima
 
1964 Pajama Party
Head Saleslady
 
1964 Burke's Law (TV series)
Flo Romaine / Lovey Harrington
– Who Killed the Surf Broad? (1964) … Flo Romaine
– Who Killed Madison Cooper? (1964) … Lovey Harrington
 
1963 Donovan's Reef
Miss Lafleur
 
1962 The Road to Hong Kong
Dorothy Lamour
 
1957 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
– Episode #2.17 (1957)
 
1955 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Luana
– Episode #5.7 (1955) … Luana
 
1955 Damon Runyon Theater (TV series)
Sally Bracken
– The Mink Doll (1955) … Sally Bracken
 
1953 All Star Revue (TV series)
Guest Actress (Sketch)
– Episode #3.30 (1953) … Guest Actress (Sketch)
 
1952 Hollywood Opening Night (TV series)
– The Singing Years (1952)
 
1952 Road to Bali
Princess Lala
 
1952 The Greatest Show on Earth
Phyllis
 
1951 Here Comes the Groom
Dorothy Lamour (uncredited)
 
1949 Manhandled
Merl Kramer
 
1949 Slightly French
Mary O'Leary aka Rochelle Olivia
 
1949 The Lucky Stiff
Anna Marie St Claire
 
1948 The Girl from Manhattan
Carol Maynard
 
1948 Lulu Belle
Lulu Belle
 
1948 On Our Merry Way
Gloria Manners
 
1947 Road to Rio
Lucia Maria de Andrade
 
1947 Wild Harvest
Fay Rankin
 
1947 Variety Girl
Dorothy Lamour
 
1947 My Favorite Brunette
Carlotta Montay
 
1946 Road to Utopia
Sal Van Hoyden
 
1945 Masquerade in Mexico
Angel O'Reilly
 
1945 Duffy's Tavern
Dorothy Lamour
 
1945 A Medal for Benny
Lolita Sierra
 
1944 Rainbow Island
Lona
 
1944 And the Angels Sing
Nancy Angel
 
1944 Mail Call (short)
Dorothy Lamour (uncredited)
 
1943 Riding High
Ann Castle
 
1943 Dixie
Millie Cook
 
1943 They Got Me Covered
Christina Hill
 
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm
Dorothy Lamour- 'Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang' Number
 
1942 Road to Morocco
Princess Shalmar
 
1942 Beyond the Blue Horizon
Tama
 
1942 The Fleet's In
The Countess
 
1941 Aloma of the South Seas
Aloma
 
1941 Caught in the Draft
Antoinette 'Tony' Fairbanks
 
1941 Road to Zanzibar
Donna Latour
 
1940 Chad Hanna
Albany Yates
 
1940 Moon Over Burma
Arla Dean
 
1940 Typhoon
Dea
 
1940 Johnny Apollo
'Lucky' Dubarry
 
1940 Road to Singapore
Mima
 
1939 Disputed Passage
Audrey, Hilton
 
1939 Man About Town
Diana Wilson
 
1939 St. Louis Blues
Norma Malone
 
1938 Spawn of the North
Nicky Duval
 
1938 Tropic Holiday
Manuela
 
1938 Hollywood Handicap (short)
Dorothy Lamour
 
1938 Her Jungle Love
Tura
 
1938 The Big Broadcast of 1938
Dorothy Wyndham
 
1937 Thrill of a Lifetime
Specialty
 
1937 The Hurricane
Marama
 
1937 High, Wide, and Handsome
Molly Fuller
 
1937 The Last Train from Madrid
Carmelita Castillo
 
1937 Swing High, Swing Low
Anita Alvarez
 
1936 The Jungle Princess
Ulah
 
1936 College Holiday
Dancer (uncredited)
 
1936 The Stars Can't Be Wrong (short)
Dorothy Lamour
 
1933 Footlight Parade
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (34 titles)
1999 Snow Falling on Cedars (performer: "Moon over Burma")
 
1964 Pajama Party (performer: "Where Did I Go Wrong")
 
1962 The Road to Hong Kong (performer: "WARMER THAN A WHISPER", "Personality")
 
1952 Road to Bali (performer: "MOON FLOWERS", "THE MERRY GO RUNAROUND")
 
1952 The Greatest Show on Earth (performer: "Lovely Luawana Lady" 1951)
 
1951 Here Comes the Groom (performer: "MISTO CRISTOFO COLUMBO")
 
1949 Slightly French (performer: "Let's Fall in Love", "Fifi from the Follies Bergere", "Love Masquerade")
 
1949 The Lucky Stiff (performer: "LONELINESS")
 
1948 Lulu Belle (performer: "I Can't Tell Why I Love You, But I Do", "The Ace in the Hole", "Sweetie Pie", "Lulu Belle")
 
1948 On Our Merry Way (performer: "The Queen of the Hollywood Islands" - uncredited)
 
1947 Road to Rio (performer: "EXPERIENCE")
 
1947 Variety Girl (performer: "TALLAHASSEE" / "HARMONY")
 
1947 My Favorite Brunette (performer: "Beside You")
 
1946 Road to Utopia (performer: "Personality" 1946, "Would You?" 1946)
 
1945 Masquerade in Mexico (performer: "Perfidia" - uncredited)
 
1944 Rainbow Island (performer: "BELOVED")
 
1944 And the Angels Sing (performer: "IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU", "FOR THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS", "KNOCKING ON YOUR OWN FRONT DOOR")
 
1942 Road to Morocco (performer: "Constantly" 1942 / "Moonlight Becomes You" 1942)
 
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm (performer: "A Sweater, a Sarong and a Peek-a-Boo Bang")
 
1942 The Fleet's In (performer: "I Remember You" - uncredited, "Not Mine" - uncredited, "When You Hear the Time Signal" - uncredited)
 
1941 Aloma of the South Seas (performer: "THE WHITE BLOSSOMS OF TAH-NI")
 
1941 Road to Zanzibar (performer: "YOU'RE DANGEROUS" / "IT'S ALWAYS YOU")
 
1940 Johnny Apollo (performer: "This Is the Beginning of the End" 1940, "Dancing for Nickels and Dimes" 1940, "Your Kiss" 1940 - uncredited)
 
1940 Road to Singapore (performer: "Too Romantic" 1940, "Sweet Potato Piper" 1940, "The Moon and the Willow Tree" 1940, "Captain Custard" 1940)
 
1940 Moon Over Burma (performer: "MOON OVER BURMA")
 
1940 Typhoon (performer: "PALMS OF PARADISE")
 
1939 Man About Town (performer: "THAT SENTIMENTAL SANDWICH", "STRANGE ENCHANTMENT")
 
1939 St. Louis Blues (performer: "JUNIOR", "BLUE NIGHTFALL", "I GO FOR THAT", "LET'S DREAM IN THE MOONLIGHT")
 
1938 Her Jungle Love (performer: "COFFEE AND KISSES", "JUNGLE LOVE", "LOVELIGHT IN THE STARLIGHT")
 
1938 The Big Broadcast of 1938 (performer: "YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY HEART" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1937 Swing High, Swing Low (performer: "Panamania" 1937 - uncredited / "I Hear a Call to Arms" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1937 Thrill of a Lifetime (performer: "Thrill of a Lifetime")
 
1937 High, Wide, and Handsome (performer: "The Things I Want", "Allegheny Al")
 
1936 Paramount Headliner: The Star Reporter in Hollywood No. 1 (short) (performer: "Love Is Like a Cigarette")
 
Show ShowSelf (53 titles)
1995 Bob Hope: Memories of World War II (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1994 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
Herself
 
1994 Entertaining the Troops (documentary)
Herself
 
1993 Bob Hope: The First 90 Years (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1993 Reflections on the Silver Screen (TV series)
Herself
– Dorothy Lamour (1993) … Herself
 
1993 Vicki! (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 10 May 1993 (1993) … Herself
 
1991 Bob Hope & Friends: Making New Memories (TV movie)
Herself
 
1991 Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1990 The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1989 The 61st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Coconut Grove number
 
1988 Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (TV movie)
Herself
 
1987 Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1986 The 46th Annual Golden Apple Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1985 All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (TV movie)
Herself
 
1985 The Holywood Reporter Salutes Radie Harris (TV movie)
Herself
 
1985 Family Feud (TV series)
Herself
– Hollywood Walk of Fame Special 1 (1985) … Herself
– Hollywood Walk of Fame Special 2 (1985) … Herself
 
1983 The Legends of the Screen (TV movie)
Herself
 
1982 Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (TV movie)
Herself
 
1980-1982 The John Davidson Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 26 February 1982 (1982) … Herself
– Episode dated 20 July 1980 (1980) … Herself
 
1980-1981 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 5 May 1981 (1981) … Herself
– Episode dated 4 May 1980 (1980) … Herself
 
1980 Good Morning America (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 13 May 1980 (1980) … Herself
 
1978 Happy Birthday, Bob (TV special)
Herself
 
1967-1976 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 5 January 1976 (1976) … Herself
– Episode dated 6 October 1969 (1969) … Herself
– Episode #1.228 (1967) … Herself
– Episode #1.227 (1967) … Herself
– Episode #1.226 (1967) … Herself
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1974 The Annual National Sports Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1971-1973 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 19 April 1973 (1973) … Herself
– Episode dated 7 November 1972 (1972) … Herself
– Episode dated 14 April 1971 (1971) … Herself
 
1954-1970 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
Herself
– The Bob Hope Christmas Special: 1970 (1970) … Herself
– Episode dated 28 September 1966 (1966) … Herself
– Episode dated 25 March 1962 (1962) … Herself
– Episode dated 17 June 1956 (1956) … Herself
– Episode #4.8 (1954) … Herself
 
1970 The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 4 December 1970 (1970) … Herself
 
1969 The Linkletter Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 28 August 1969 (1969) … Herself
 
1967-1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.91 (1968) … Herself
– Episode #2.25 (1967) … Herself
– Episode #1.42 (1967) … Herself
 
1967 Dateline: Hollywood (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 23 June 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1966 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Herself - Singer / Sketch Actor
– Episode #4.10 (1966) … Herself - Singer/Sketch Actor
 
1965 The Match Game (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 10 March 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1964 The Celebrity Game (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 6 September 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1963 The New Steve Allen Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 28 November 1963 (1963) … Herself
 
1963 Candid Camera (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 14 September 1963 (1963) … Herself
 
1963 To Tell the Truth (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 22 February 1963 (1963) … Herself
 
1960 Play Your Hunch (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 11 August 1960 (1960) … Herself
 
1960 The Arthur Murray Special for Bob Hope (TV movie)
Herself
 
1958 New American Bandstand 1965 (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 8 August 1958 (1958) … Herself
 
1955-1958 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 13 July 1958 (1958) … Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 20 February 1955 (1955) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1957 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Herself - Singer
– Episode #3.4 (1957) … Herself - Singer
 
1955 The Jimmy Durante Show (TV series)
Herself - Actress
– Episode #1.14 (1955) … Herself - Actress
 
1955 Screen Snapshots Series 34, No. 6: Hollywood Shower of Stars (short)
Herself
 
1953-1954 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
– Dorothy Lamour (1954) … Herself
– Mary Healy (1953) … Herself
 
1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere (TV short)
Herself
 
1952-1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself - Actress / Singer
– Episode #4.49 (1954) … Herself - Actress
– Episode #3.2 (1952) … Herself - Actress
– Episode #2.22 (1952) … Herself - Actress/Singer
 
1953-1954 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #7.22 (1954) … Herself
– Episode #6.35 (1953) … Herself
 
1951-1952 All Star Revue (TV series)
Herself - Guest Actress / Herself
– Episode #3.14 (1952) … Herself - Guest Actress
– Episode dated 11 November 1952 (1952) … Herself
– Episode #2.10 (1951) … Herself - Guest Actress
 
1947/I Unusual Occupations (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1947 KTLA Premiere (TV movie)
Herself
 
1943 Show-Business at War (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1940 Meet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival (documentary short)
Herself
 
1936 Paramount Headliner: The Star Reporter in Hollywood No. 1 (short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (13 titles)
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2000 Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (video documentary)
 
1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself (Memorial Tribute)
 
1996 Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star (video documentary)
Herself
 
1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1984 Remington Steele (TV series)
 
1977 Texaco Presents Bob Hope in a Very Special Special: On the Road with Bing (TV movie)
 
1969 The Extraordinary Seaman
Dorothy Lamour (uncredited)
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Herself
 
1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1950 Moments in Music (documentary short)
Dorothy Lamour - edited from: Road to Rio (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1942) Magazine ad: Woodbury cold cream. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | 6 Articles  | 54 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I made 60 motion pictures and only wore the sarong in about six pictures, but it did become a kind of trademark. See more »

Trivia:

Her famous "Road" co-stars Bing Crosby and Bob Hope are seen watching her from the audience as she performs in Cecil B. DeMille's circus drama "The Greatest Show on Earth.". See more »

Trademark:

Wearing a floral print wrap-around sarong See more »

Nickname:

The beautiful one See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius