Dorothy Lamour

Birth Name:

Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton

Birth Place:

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

In 1948, she received a Golden Apple Award for Most Cooperative Actress
Was nominated for a 1988 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
After working as an elevator operator, she earned a degree from Spence Business College
Got her big break when bandleader Herbie Kay noticed her performing in a Chicago talent show
Quote: "I made 60 motion pictures and only wore the sarong in about six pictures, but it did become a kind of trademark․"
Quote: "[on "road" comedies] "I was the happiest and highest-paid straight woman in the business․""
Frequently worked on the "Road to․․․" films with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby
In the 1930s and 1940s, she often portrayed exotic heroines from the South Sea wrapped in silk sarongs
During World War II, she worked as a volunteer selling war bonds
Entering beauty pageants at a young age, she was crowned Miss New Orleans in 1931

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