Dorothy Lamour
Date of birth: 1914-12-10
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Дороти Ламур, Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton
Biography
Dorothy Lamour (December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American film actress. She is best-remembered for appearing in the Road to... movies, a series of successful comedies co-starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dorothy Lamour, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Road to Morocco
1942-11-10
Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the lus
The Road to Hong Kong
1962-03-29
When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new
Road to Zanzibar
1941-04-11
Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring t
Road to Rio
1947-12-25
Scat Sweeney and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away onboard a ship bound for Rio,
Road to Bali
1952-12-05
Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sig
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952-02-16
To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though t
Road to Singapore
1940-03-22
Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer.
Road to Utopia
1946-02-27
While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had bee
Manhandled
1949-07-21
Merle Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a priva
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976-07-26
A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a stu
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938-02-11
The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical a
Donovan's Reef
1963-06-12
After her great aunt's death, a high-society woman arrives on a Hawaiian island in search of the hei
The Phynx
1970-03-06
A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania
Creepshow 2
1987-05-01
Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wo
Johnny Apollo
1940-04-19
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then tur
My Favorite Brunette
1947-03-19
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective.
The Fleet's In
1942-01-24
Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous
High, Wide and Handsome
1937-07-21
The setting is a small town in 1870s Pennsylvania. Sally Waterson and her father have stopped in tow
Hollywood Handicap
1938-05-28
A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They raise m
On Our Merry Way
1948-02-03
Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where h
Spawn of the North
1938-08-26
Two Alaskan salmon fisherman find their friendship at risk when one aligns with Russian fish pirates
The Hurricane
1937-11-09
A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself a
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942-06-25
A young girl's parents are killed on a tropical island, and the girl is raised and protected by the
Swing High, Swing Low
1937-03-12
In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees
Caught in the Draft
1941-07-04
Don Bolton is a movie star who can't stand loud noises. To evade the draft, he decides to get marrie
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942-03-05
Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son a
They Got Me Covered
1943-03-04
Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. His career i
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988-05-16
Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
Chad Hanna
1940-12-25
Country boy joins a circus in the 1840s and falls in love with the bare-back rider. Later he falls i
A Medal for Benny
1945-04-16
Outcast Benny Martin joined the army to escape public scorn. But when townspeople learn that he is t
Variety Girl
1947-08-29
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business char
The Lucky Stiff
1949-05-26
A lawyer spooks gangsters by faking a framed singer's electrocution.
The Girl from Manhattan
1948-10-01
A small-town girl who's made it big in New York as a fashion model returns home, only to find that h
Aloma of the South Seas
1941-08-27
A young South Seas native boy is sent to the U.S. for his education and returns to his island after
The Jungle Princess
1936-11-27
Christopher Powell is in Malaysia with his fiancée and her father, capturing wild animals. While out
Typhoon
1940-05-16
Two men searching for black pearls are marooned on an island when their crew mutinies. There they ru
Riding High
1943-11-11
No relation to the 1950 Frank Capra film of the same name, the 1943 Technicolor musical Riding High
Tropic Holiday
1938-06-29
A screenwriter falls in love with a Mexican woman while searching for a story line south of the bord
The Last Train from Madrid
1937-06-25
The story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.
Slightly French
1949-02-02
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "Fren
Thrill of a Lifetime
1937-12-03
"Howdy" Nelson believes there is no such think as real love and that romance can be cooked up betwee
Her Jungle Love
1938-04-15
While searching the South Pacific for a missing aviator, Bob Mitchell and Jimmy Wallace are caught i
Man About Town
1939-06-29
Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't t
Moon Over Burma
1940-07-26
The managers of a teak lumber camp in Burma compete for the affections of a beautiful American enter
Rainbow Island
1944-10-05
Three merchant seamen fleeing the Japanese take refuge on a Pacific island, where they come across a
And the Angels Sing
1944-04-25
The singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie, and Patti, aren't interested in performing t
Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer
2003-08-22
His career started in the glory days of vaudeville. More than 70 years later, he is revered as the m
Dixie
1943-06-23
A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he winds up
College Holiday
1936-12-19
College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.
Masquerade in Mexico
1945-12-03
An American singer stranded in Mexico is hired by a banker to distract a Mexican matador who is maki
Duffy's Tavern
1945-09-28
The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces t
St. Louis Blues
1939-02-03
A Broadway musical comedy star tires of the same old grind and flees the city. She runs into the ski
Here Comes the Groom
1951-09-20
Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orpha
Wild Harvest
1947-09-26
Joe is the head of an itinerant combine crew, working the harvests against rival crew boss Alperson.
Lulu Belle
1948-08-15
Lulu Belle is singing in a cheap dive in Natchez, Mississippi in the early 1900's when she meets ris
Disputed Passage
1939-10-25
A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns t
Pajama Party
1964-11-11
A Martian teenager sent to prepare for an invasion falls in love with an Earth girl.
Death at Love House
1976-09-03
Donna and Joel Gregory are staying at the estate of Lorna Love while researching a book about the lo
This Is Bob Hope...
2017-12-29
During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mas
Show-Business at War
1943-05-21
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954-09-28
Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest wo
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014-12-02
Bing Crosby was, without a doubt, the most popular and influential multi-media star of the first hal
Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites
2003-05-27
Ever wonder if celebrity truly dies with the celebrity, if graves really can give up the dead, or if
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969-05-14
Marooned sailors discover a World War II ship haunted by its late captain.
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987-05-18
A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
1991-11-01
American Movie Classics produced this original salute to those celebrities who worked to improve the