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name: "Dorothy Lamour"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 December 1914"
died: "22 September 1996"
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average_as: "actor"
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# Dorothy Lamour

Actor. Born 10 December 1914 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Died 22 September 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 December 1914, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- **Died:** 22 September 1996
- **Also known as:** Дороти Ламур, Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Lamour, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q166420, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0483787/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83400

## Biography

Dorothy Lamour was an American actress and singer. Born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton on 10 December 1914 in New Orleans, Louisiana, she died on 22 September 1996 in Los Angeles, California. She began her career as a singer after winning the 1931 Miss New Orleans contest, performing in nightclubs and on radio before moving to Hollywood.

She made her film debut in *The Jungle Princess* (1936) and appeared in the series of *Road to...* comedies with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, beginning with *Road to Singapore* (1940). Other credits include *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1952) as Phyllis, *Donovan's Reef* (1963) as Miss Lafleur, and guest roles in television series such as *Murder, She Wrote* and *The Love Boat*. She also toured in stage productions and published an autobiography in 1980.

*Sources: britannica.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1952), Fi1m 56, as Phyllis — [page](https://film.one/film/the-greatest-show-on-earth.md)

## Complete filmography (64)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites* (2003), as (archive footage)
- *Creepshow 2* (1987), as Martha Spruce
- *Crazy like a Fox* (1984), series, as Rosie
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Mrs. Ellis
- *Remington Steele* (1982), series, as Dorothy Lamour
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, Actor
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Lil Braddock
- *Death at Love House* (1976), as Denise Christian
- *Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood* (1976), as Visiting Film Star
- *The Phynx* (1970), as Dorothy Lamour
- *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as Holly's Mother
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Stella Fisher
- *Pajama Party* (1964), as Head Saleslady
- *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as Lovey Harrington, Flo Romaine
- *Donovan's Reef* (1963), as Miss Lafleur
- *The Road to Hong Kong* (1962), as Dorothy Lamour
- *Road to Bali* (1952), as Princess Lala
- *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1952), as Phyllis — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-greatest-show-on-earth.md)
- *Here Comes the Groom* (1951), as Dorothy Lamour (uncredited)
- *Manhandled* (1949), as Merl Kramer
- *The Lucky Stiff* (1949), as Anna Marie St Claire
- *Slightly French* (1949), as Mary O'Leary aka Rochelle Olivia
- *The Girl from Manhattan* (1948), as Carol Maynard
- *Lulu Belle* (1948), as Lulu Belle
- *On Our Merry Way* (1948), as Gloria Manners
- *Road to Rio* (1947), as Lucia Maria de Andrade
- *Wild Harvest* (1947), as Fay Rankin
- *Variety Girl* (1947), as Dorothy Lamour
- *My Favorite Brunette* (1947), as Baroness Carlotta Montay
- *Road to Utopia* (1946), as Sal van Hoyden
- *Masquerade in Mexico* (1945), as Angel O'Reilly
- *Duffy's Tavern* (1945), as Dorothy Lamour
- *A Medal for Benny* (1945), as Lolita Sierra
- *Rainbow Island* (1944), as Lona
- *And the Angels Sing* (1944), as Nancy Angel
- *Riding High* (1943), as Ann Castle
- *Dixie* (1943), as Millie Cook
- *They Got Me Covered* (1943), as Christina Hill
- *Road to Morocco* (1942), as Princess Shalmar
- *Beyond the Blue Horizon* (1942), as Tama
- *Star Spangled Rhythm* (1942), as Dorothy Lamour
- *The Fleet's In* (1942), as The Countess
- *Aloma of the South Seas* (1941), as Aloma
- *Caught in the Draft* (1941), as Antoinette 'Tony' Fairbanks
- *Road to Zanzibar* (1941), as Donna Latour
- *Chad Hanna* (1940), as Albany Yates / Lady Lillian
- *Moon Over Burma* (1940), as Arla Dean
- *Typhoon* (1940), as Dea
- *Johnny Apollo* (1940), as 'Lucky' Dubarry
- *Road to Singapore* (1940), as Mima
- *Disputed Passage* (1939), as Audrey Hilton
- *Man About Town* (1939), as Diana Wilson
- *St. Louis Blues* (1939), as Norma Malone
- *Spawn of the North* (1938), as Nicky Duval
- *Tropic Holiday* (1938), as Manuela
- *Her Jungle Love* (1938), as Tura
- *The Big Broadcast of 1938* (1938), as Dorothy Wyndham
- *Thrill of a Lifetime* (1937), as Dorothy Lamour
- *The Hurricane* (1937), as Marama
- *High, Wide and Handsome* (1937), as Molly Fuller
- *The Last Train from Madrid* (1937), as Carmelita Castillo
- *Swing High, Swing Low* (1937), as Anita Alvarez
- *College Holiday* (1936), as Dancer
- *The Jungle Princess* (1936), as Ulah

## Gallery

- ![Dorothy Lamour](https://film.one/media/person/1237200/gallery-1f1d0c7fd53a.jpg) Dorothy Lamour — Paramount Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Dorothy-Lamour-still.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Publicity photo of Dorothy Lamour, 1937.](https://film.one/media/person/1237200/gallery-9ac01e53db27.png) Publicity photo of Dorothy Lamour, 1937. — Paramount Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Dorothy_Lamour_-_Studio_portrait_%281937%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dorothy Lamour in Swing High, Swing Low](https://film.one/media/person/1237200/gallery-2903aa072f8c.jpg) Dorothy Lamour in Swing High, Swing Low — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Dorothy_Lamour_-_Swing_High%2C_Swing_Low_%281937%29_%2854220368971%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Actress Dorothy Lamour (1945)](https://film.one/media/person/1237200/gallery-6ff85fae1095.jpg) Actress Dorothy Lamour (1945) — Studio Publicity, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/DOROTHYLamour.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dorothy Lamour](https://film.one/media/person/1237200/gallery-2cad6b7ab19e.jpg) Dorothy Lamour — Image via TMDB
- ![Dorothy Lamour](https://film.one/media/person/1237200/gallery-b9ea97fbda29.jpg) Dorothy Lamour — Image via TMDB

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