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 »
I was the happiest and highest-paid straight woman in the business.
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Trivia:
Femme fatale in the Bing Crosby - Bob Hope "Road" series of Paramount Pictures offerings from 1941 to 1953. In the final entry,
The Road to Hong Kong, she appeared with Crosby and Hope but the femme fatale this time was Joan Collins.
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Trademark:
Wearing a floral print wrap-around sarong
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