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  DOROTHY MELONE ,AMERICAN ACTRESS, OSCAR WINNER  BORN 1924 JANUARY 29 -  2018 JANUARY 19 Born January 29, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, USA Died January 19, 2018 in Dallas, Texas, USA  (natural causes) Birth Name Mary Maloney Height 5' 6" (1.68 m) Mini Bio (1) The blonde, sultry, dreamy-eyed beauty of Dorothy Malone, who was born Mary Maloney in Chicago on January 29, 1924, took some time before it made an impact with American film-going audiences. But once she did, she played it for all it was worth in her one chance Academy Award-winning "bad girl" performance, a role quite unlike the classy and strait-laced lady herself. Raised in Dallas, she was one of five children born to an accountant father and housewife mother. Two older sisters died of polio. Attending Ursuline Convent and Highland Park High School, she was quite popular (as "School Favorite"). She was also a noted female athlete while there and won several awards for swimming and horseback ...

  DOROTHY LOVETT ,HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS  BORN 1913 FEBRUARY 15 -1998 APRIL 28 Dorothy Lovett is a nice twist on the usual trope – she was a model who became an actress, based mostly on her looks, but before that, she was actually an actress who became an model because she couldn’t find thespian work. Dorothy actually had a pretty decent career in Hollywood, being featured prominently in a popular movie serial of the day, but gave up her career in order to raise family.   Let’s learn more about her! EARLY LIFE Dorothy Elizabeth Lovett was born on February 15, 1913, in Providence, Rhode Island, to William Francis Lovett and Katherine E. Galligan. She was the youngest of three children and the only daughter – her siblings were William, born in 1909, and Thomas, born in 1910. Her father was a letter carrier (postman).  Dorothy grew up in Providence in a happy family unit. had some early stage experience, as this story can attest: Dorothy Lovett made a false start as an ...

DOROTHY LAMOUR ,AMERICAN ACTRESS  BORN 1914 DECEMBER 10, Dorothy Lamour (December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American actress and singer. She is best remembered for appearing 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 to... comedy film, Road to Singapore. The Road to... films were popular during the 1940s. The sixth film in the series, Road to Bali, was released in 1952. By that time, Lamour's screen career began to wane, and she focused on stage and television work. In 1961, Crosby and Hope teamed up for one more, The Road to Hong Kong, but actress Joan Collins was cast as the femal...

DOROTHY LAMOUR ,  THE FASHION ICON OF HOLLYWOOD DIED SEPTEMBER 22,1996 Dorothy Lamour Born December 10, 1914 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA  - Miss New Orleans in 1931 THE FASHION ICON OF HOLLYWOOD Died September 22, 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA (heart attack) Birth Name Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton Nicknames The Beautiful One The Sarong Girl Dottie Height 5' 5" (1.65 m) Mini Bio (2) 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 j...