Dorothy Lamour (born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton; December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American actress and singer. She is best remembered for having appeared in the Road to... movies, a series of successful comedies starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.[1]
Lamour began her career in the 1930s as a big band singer. In 1936, she moved to Hollywood, where she signed with Paramount Pictures. Her appearance as Ulah in The Jungle Princess (1936) brought her fame and marked the beginning of her image as the "Sarong Queen".
In 1940, Lamour made her first Road series comedy film Road to Singapore. The Road series films were popular during the 1940s. The sixth film in the series, Road to Bali, was released in 1952. By this time, Lamour's screen career began to wane, and she focused on stage and television work. In 1961, Crosby and Hope teamed for The Road to Hong Kong, but actress Joan Collins was cast as the female lead. Lamour made a brief appearance and sang a song near the end of that film.
In the 1970s, Lamour revived her nightclub act, and in 1980, released her autobiography My Side of the Road. She made her final movie appearance in 1987.
Lamour married her second husband, William Ross Howard III, in 1943. They had two sons and remained married until Howard's death in 1978. Lamour died at her home in 1996 at the age of 81.
^Severo, Richard (September 23, 1996). "Dorothy Lamour, 81, Sultry Sidekick in Road Films, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
DorothyLamour (born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton; December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American actress and singer. She is best remembered for having...
film directed by Hal Walker and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and DorothyLamour. Released by Paramount Pictures on November 19, 1952, the film is the...
the original film. The film's stars were Lois Chiles, George Kennedy, DorothyLamour, and Tom Savini. It was once again based upon stories by Stephen King...
circuit, because she believed it would enable her to help her friend DorothyLamour rise to fame, a promise she had made shortly before winning the Miss...
comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Bing Crosby, DorothyLamour and Bob Hope. Based on a story by Harry Hervey, the film is about two...
Bob Hope, as well as Joan Collins, with an extended cameo featuring DorothyLamour in the setting of Hong Kong under British Rule. This was the seventh...
(with Bing Crosby and DorothyLamour) as Orville 'Turkey' Jackson / Aunt Lucy They Got Me Covered (1943) (with DorothyLamour) as Robert Kittredge Let's...
artist at Paramount Pictures in 1923. She won acclaim for her design of DorothyLamour’s trademark sarong in the 1936 film The Jungle Princess, and became a...
film directed by Hal Walker and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and DorothyLamour. Filmed in 1943 but not released until 1946, Road to Utopia is the fourth...
Sing is a 1944 musical film directed by George Marshall and starring DorothyLamour, Fred MacMurray, and Betty Hutton. Released by Paramount Pictures, it...
popular song "Blue Hawaii", as was Her Jungle Love in 1938, starring DorothyLamour. During a time when overseas civilian China Clipper air travel was still...
directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and DorothyLamour. Written by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose, the film is about two inept...
a 1936 American adventure film directed by Wilhelm Thiele starring DorothyLamour and Ray Milland. Christopher Powell is in Malaya with his fiancée and...
Pacific". Hollywood's South Seas and the Pacific War: Searching for DorothyLamour. Palmgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137090676. Retrieved 19 October 2020...
lead role in The Jungle Princess (also 1936) alongside new starlet DorothyLamour. The film was quite successful, and raised both to stardom. Milland...
Lamour may refer to: DorothyLamour (1914–1996), American film actress Jean-François Lamour (born 1956), French politician and former fencer Marguerite...
Morocco is a 1942 American comedy film starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and DorothyLamour, and featuring Anthony Quinn and Dona Drake. Written by Frank Butler...
comedy thriller film directed by David Butler and starring Bob Hope and DorothyLamour. Otto Preminger appears in a supporting role. It also known by the alternative...
film noir parody, directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Bob Hope and DorothyLamour. Written by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose, the film is about a baby photographer...
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