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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 .
Dorothy Lamour. Actress: Road to Utopia. 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.
1. She Was Between Bob And Bing. Most people know Dorothy Lamour as the third point of a never ending cinematic love triangle with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in the beloved “ Road to… ” movies. The series made stars out of all three actors, but what many people don’t know is Paramount actually made the first “ Road to… ” movie just for Lamour.
May 16, 2024 · Dorothy Lamour (born December 10, 1914, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.—died September 22, 1996, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was an American actress who was best remembered by filmgoers as the sarong-clad object of Bob Hope’s and Bing Crosby’s attention in a series of "Road" pictures.
Dorothy Lamour. Actress: Road to Utopia. 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.
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.
Dorothy Lamour captured the imagination of moviegoers as a sarong-clad beauty in her first major motion picture, The Jungle Princess (1936), and was typecast in a string of island theme movies that followed during the 1930s and 1940s. She reached her zenith as the sultry foil to Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in a zany series of "Road" movies.
Sep 23, 1996 · Dorothy Lamour, whose sarong-draped charms adorned many films of the late 1930's and 40's, especially the ''road'' pictures she made with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, died yesterday at her home in...
D orothy Lamour was a sultry, dark-haired Louisiana beauty known in the 1930s and 1940s for her portrayals of exotic South Sea heroines wrapped in a silk sarong....
Sep 23, 1996 · Lamour was also a seductively sultry singer who introduced several song standards, and became an adept comedienne. Born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton in 1914 in New Orleans, she started performing...
