Dorothy Lamour

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BIRTHDAY

December 10, 1914

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

DIED

September 22, 1996

RECENT CREDITS

Road to Zanzibar (FILM) Jan. 1, 2001

Star Spangled Rhythm (FILM) Jan. 1, 2001

Road to Morocco (FILM) Jan. 1, 2000

Snow Falling on Cedars (FILM) Dec. 22, 1999

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV) Nov. 24, 1994

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BIOGRAPHY

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Engaging, alluring female lead and singer, a beauty contest winner ("Miss New Orleans" of 1931) who became an instant star at Paramount with her debut appearance in "The Jungle Princess" (1936). With her dusky, sensuous beauty, Lamour was often typed in exotic roles requiring her to wear a sarong ("Aloma of the South Seas" 1941, "Beyond the Blue Horizon" 1942, John Ford's superior "The Hurricane" 1937). Despite her typically sultry, sometimes deadpan expression, though, she generally approached her roles in a good-natured, slightly self-mocking way. Most often cast in musicals or comedies, Lamour performed well in occasional change-of-pace dramatic films such as "Spawn of the North" (1938), "Johnny Apollo" (1940), "A Medal for Benny" (1945) and "Wild Harvest" (1947). She is perhaps best remembered as the glamorous romantic cornerstone of the seven "road" comedies she made with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, beginning with "Road to Singapore" in 1940. After her starring career petered out in the early 1950s, Lamour later appeared very occasionally on stage and TV and played a handful of character roles in films including John Ford's "Donovan's Reef" (1963) and the horror sequel "Creepshow 2" (1987).

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