Dorothy Lamour (Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton)
Photos with Dorothy Lamour
Biography
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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 (1936), and continued to play female Tarzan-Crusoe-Gauguin-girl-with make-up parts through the war years and beyond. The most famous of these was in the popular Bob Hope/Bing Crosby "Road" pictures - a strange combination of adventure, slapstick, ad-libs and Hollywood inside jokes. Of these she said, "I was the happiest and highest-paid straight woman in the business. Read more... "she aged, however, the quality of her films dropped. Among her serious films were Johnny Apollo (1940) and A Medal for Benny (1945).
Actor

Character:
Chorus Girl
Footlight Parade 1933
11

Character:
Ulah
The Jungle Princess 1936
1

Character:
Dancer
College Holiday 1936
6

Character:
Anita Alvarez
Swing High, Swing Low 1937
9

Character:
Marama
The Hurricane 1937
3

Character:
Molly Fuller
High, Wide, and Handsome 1937
6

Character:
Dorothy Wyndham
The Big Broadcast of 1938 1938
13

Character:
Nicky Duval
Spawn of the North 1938
5

Character:
Diana Wilson
Man About Town 1939
6

Character:
Mima
Road to Singapore 1940
5

Character:
'Lucky' Dubarry
Johnny Apollo 1940
5

Character:
Dea
Typhoon 1940
1

Character:
Arla Dean
Moon Over Burma 1940
2

Character:
Donna Latour
Road to Zanzibar 1941
9

Character:
Antoinette 'Tony' Fairbanks
Caught in the Draft 1941
1

Character:
Aloma
Aloma of the South Seas 1941
2

Character:
Princess Shalmar
Road to Morocco 1942
5

Character:
Dorothy Lamour- 'Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang' Number
Star Spangled Rhythm 1942
7

Character:
The Countess
The Fleet's In 1942
12

Character:
Christina Hill
They Got Me Covered 1943
3

Character:
Ann Castle
Riding High 1943
2

Character:
Millie Cook
Dixie 1943
15

Character:
Herself
Show-Business at War 1943
5

Character:
Nancy Angel
And the Angels Sing 1944
8

Character:
Lona
Rainbow Island 1944
1

Character:
Sal Van Hoyden
Road to Utopia 1945
9

Character:
Dorothy Lamour
Duffy's Tavern 1945
4

Character:
Carlotta Montay
My Favorite Brunette 1947
3

Character:
Dorothy Lamour
Variety Girl 1947
9

Character:
Lucia Maria de Andrade
Road to Rio 1947
10

Character:
Mary O'Leary aka Rochelle Olivia
Slightly French 1949
3

Character:
Anna Marie St Claire
The Lucky Stiff 1949
1

Character:
Phyllis
The Greatest Show on Earth 1952
22

Character:
Princess Lala
Road to Bali 1952
6

Character:
Dorothy Lamour
The Road to Hong Kong 1962
5

Character:
Miss Lafleur
Donovan's Reef 1963
2

Character:
Head Saleslady
Pajama Party 1964
7

Character:
Herself
The Love Goddesses 1965
17

Character:
Dorothy Lamour
The Extraordinary Seaman 1969
3

Character:
Herself
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 1994
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0

Character:
Herself
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me 2009
60

Character:
Halima
I Spy 1965
0

Character:
Mary DeSocio
Marcus Welby, M.D. 1969
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Character:
Lolita Sierra
A Medal for Benny 1945
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Character:
Dorothy Lamour
Here Comes the Groom 1951
5

Character:
Martha Spruce
Creepshow 2 1987
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Character:
Katherine Prince
Hart to Hart 1979
1

Character:
Herself - Actress
The Colgate Comedy Hour 1950
0

Character:
Herself
Family Feud 1976
1

Character:
Flo Romaine
Burke's Law 1963
0
0

Character:
Herself
Bob Hope: The First 90 Years 1993
0

Character:
Herself
The 69th Annual Academy Awards 1997
11

Character:
Rosie
Crazy Like a Fox 1984
0

Character:
Actress 'Chad Hanna'
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda 1978
4

Character:
Herself
Hollywood and the Stars 1963
0

Character:
Actress 'Road to Bali'
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter 1982
5

Character:
Herself
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood 1987
0

Character:
Herself
The John Davidson Show 1980
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