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Dorothy Lamour

Dorothy Lamour

Dorothy Lamour was a motion picture actress, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, died in Hollywood, California.

Lamour's birth name was Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton; Lamour came from the name of her step-father. After winning the title of Miss New Orleans in a beauty pageant she moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1931, hoping to become a professional singer. She got a job singing with the band of Herbie Kay, who became her first husband. She also sang on the popular Rudy Vallee radio show.

In 1936 she moved to Hollywood and began appearing regularly in films for Paramount Pictures, first in bit parts. The role that made her a star was Ulah (a sort of female Tarzan) in The Jungle Princess (1936). She wore a sarong, which would become associated with her, and captivated many viewers with her sensuous exotic attractive appearance. While she first achieved stardom as a sex symbol, Lamour also showed talent as both a comic and dramatic actress.

She appeared in a series of Road pictures with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in the 1940s and 1950s.

Some of Dorothy Lamour's other notable films include The Hurricane (1937), Disputed Passage (1939), Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942), Dixie (1943), and On Our Merry Way (1948).

Dororthy Lamour died at her home in North Hollywood, California at the age of 81. She is interred in the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.


Note: This profile was written in or before 2004.

Dorothy Lamour Facts

Birth NameMary Leta Dorothy Slaton
OccupationActress
BirthdayDecember 10, 1914
SignSagittarius
BirthplaceNew Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Date of deathSeptember 22, 1996 (age 81)
Height5' 5" (1m65)  How tall is Dorothy Lamour compared to you?

Selected Filmography

My Favorite Brunette
Donovan's Reef
Road To Bali
Tyrone Power Matinee Idol Collection
Wartime Comedies 8-Movie Collection
The Greatest Show on Earth
Bob Hope Classic Comedy Collection- Give Me a Sailor / Thanks for the Memory / Never Say Die / The Cat and the Canary / The Ghost Breakers / Caught in the Draft / Nothing But the Truth / My Favorite Blonde / The Paleface /Sorrowful Jones
The Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Road to Comedy Collection
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