Personal Info
Birth date
1914-12-10 (110 Years)
Day of death
1996-09-22
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also known as
Дороти Ламур
Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton
Dorothy Lamour
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.
Filmography
The Merv Griffin Show
5.75
Overview:
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
Overview:
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.Love, American Style
6.056
Overview:
An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.The Colgate Comedy Hour
6.8
Overview:
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.The Name of the Game
6.8
Overview:
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.Murder, She Wrote
7.514
Overview:
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.What's My Line?
6.9
Overview:
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.Crazy like a Fox
7.1
Overview:
Crazy Like a Fox is an American television series set in San Francisco, California, that aired on CBS from December 30, 1984 to May 3, 1986.Hart to Hart
6.838
Overview:
Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives.The Love Boat
6.262
Overview:
Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.Remington Steele
7.102
Overview:
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.This Is Your Life
6.417
Overview:
This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience, including special guest appearances by colleagues, friends and family. Edwards revived the show in 1971-72, while Joseph Campanella hosted a version in 1983. Edwards returned for some specials in the late 1980s, before his death in 2005. The show originated as a radio show on NBC Radio airing from 1948 to 1952.The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
Overview:
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.The Jimmy Durante Show
NYR
Overview:
The Jimmy Durante Show is a 51-episode half-hour comedy/variety television program presented live on NBC from October 2, 1954 to June 23, 1956.The Hollywood Palace
4.5
Overview:
The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970. Originally titled The Saturday Night Hollywood Palace, it began as a mid-season replacement for The Jerry Lewis Show, another variety show which had lasted only three months. It was staged in Hollywood at the former Hollywood Playhouse on Vine Street, which was renamed The Hollywood Palace during the show's duration and is today known as Avalon Hollywood. A little-known starlet named Raquel Welch was cast during the first season as the "Billboard Girl", who placed the names of the acts on a placard.Burke's Law
6
Overview:
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.American Bandstand
8.4
Overview:
American Bandstand was an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer. The show featured teenagers dancing to Top 40 music introduced by Clark; at least one popular musical act—over the decades, running the gamut from Jerry Lee Lewis to Run DMC—would usually appear in person to lip-sync one of their latest singles. Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon holds the record for most appearances at 110. The show's popularity helped Dick Clark become an American media mogul and inspired similar long-running music programs, such as Soul Train and Top of the Pops. Clark eventually assumed ownership of the program through his Dick Clark Productions company.Creepshow 2
6.256
Overview:
Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.Donovan's Reef
6.2
Overview:
After her great aunt's death, a high-society woman arrives on a Hawaiian island in search of the heir - the father she has never met.Swing High, Swing Low
5.1
Overview:
In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees to a date to celebrate. The two become involved in a nightclub brawl which causes Maggie to miss her ship back to the States. Now stranded, she's forced to move in with Skid and his pal Harry. She soon falls in love with Skid. Skid gets a job playing the trumpet at a local club and becomes a big success. Fame and fortune go to his head which eventually destroys his relationship with Maggie and his career.The Greatest Show on Earth
6.317
Overview:
To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.Road to Bali
6.3
Overview:
Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the way to Bali where they vie with each other for the favours of Princess Lala. The hazardous dive produces a chest of priceless jewels which arouses the less romantic interest of some shady locals.The Hurricane
6.6
Overview:
A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself against a colonial bully. Members of the community petition the governor for clemency but all pretense of law and order are soon shattered by an incoming tropical storm.Road to Singapore
6.453
Overview:
Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer.Chad Hanna
6
Overview:
Country boy joins a circus in the 1840s and falls in love with the bare-back rider. Later he falls in love with another circus runaway.The Road to Hong Kong
5.7
Overview:
When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, he and Harry are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands.My Favorite Brunette
6.639
Overview:
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.Acting
2017This Is Bob Hope... as Self (archive footage)
2014Bing Crosby: Rediscovered as Self (archive footage)
2003Biography: Bob Hope: America's Entertainer as Self (archive footage)
2003Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites as (archive footage)
1991Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II as Self
1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self
1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
1987Creepshow 2 as Martha Spruce
1984Crazy like a Fox (1 Episode) as Rosie
1984Murder, She Wrote (1 Episode) as Mrs. Ellis
1982Remington Steele (1 Episode) as Dorothy Lamour
1979Hart to Hart (1 Episode) as Unknown
1977The Love Boat (1 Episode) as Lil Braddock
1976Death at Love House as Denise Christian
1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Visiting Film Star
1970The Phynx as Dorothy Lamour
1969Love, American Style (1 Episode) as Holly's Mother
1969The Extraordinary Seaman as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1968The Name of the Game (1 Episode) as Stella Fisher
1964Pajama Party as Head Saleslady
1964The Hollywood Palace (1 Episode) as Self
1963Burke's Law (1, 1 Episode) as Lovey Harrington, Flo Romaine
1963Donovan's Reef as Miss Lafleur
1962The Merv Griffin Show (1 Episode) as Self
1962The Road to Hong Kong as Dorothy Lamour
1961The Mike Douglas Show (1 Episode) as Self - Co-Host
1957American Bandstand (1 Episode) as Self
1956The Steve Allen Show (2 Episodes) as Self - Guest
1954The Jimmy Durante Show (1 Episode) as Self
1954A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
1953Road to Bali as Princess Lala
1952This Is Your Life (1 Episode) as Self
1952The Greatest Show on Earth as Phyllis
1951Here Comes the Groom as Dorothy Lamour (uncredited)
1950The Colgate Comedy Hour (2 Episodes) as Self
1950What's My Line? (2 Episodes) as Self - Mystery Guest
1949Manhandled as Merl Kramer
1949The Lucky Stiff as Anna Marie St Claire
1949Slightly French as Mary O'Leary aka Rochelle Olivia
1948The Girl from Manhattan as Carol Maynard
1948Lulu Belle as Lulu Belle
1948The Ed Sullivan Show (2 Episodes) as Self
1948On Our Merry Way as Gloria Manners
1947Road to Rio as Lucia Maria de Andrade
1947Wild Harvest as Fay Rankin
1947Variety Girl as Dorothy Lamour
1947My Favorite Brunette as Baroness Carlotta Montay
1946Road to Utopia as Sal Van Hoyden
1945Masquerade in Mexico as Angel O'Reilly
1945Duffy's Tavern as Dorothy Lamour
1945A Medal for Benny as Lolita Sierra
1944Rainbow Island as Lona
1944And the Angels Sing as Nancy Angel
1943Riding High as Ann Castle
1943Dixie as Millie Cook
1943Show-Business at War as Self
1943They Got Me Covered as Christina Hill
1942Road to Morocco as Princess Shalmar
1942Beyond the Blue Horizon as Tama
1942Star Spangled Rhythm as Dorothy Lamour
1942The Fleet's In as The Countess
1941Aloma of the South Seas as Aloma
1941Caught in the Draft as Antoinette 'Tony' Fairbanks
1941Road to Zanzibar as Donna Latour
1940Chad Hanna as Albany Yates / Lady Lillian
1940Moon Over Burma as Arla Dean
1940Typhoon as Dea
1940Johnny Apollo as 'Lucky' Dubarry
1940Road to Singapore as Mima
1939Disputed Passage as Audrey Hilton
1939Man About Town as Diana Wilson
1939St. Louis Blues as Norma Malone
1938Spawn of the North as Nicky Duval
1938Tropic Holiday as Manuela
1938Hollywood Handicap as Herself
1938Her Jungle Love as Tura
1938The Big Broadcast of 1938 as Dorothy Wyndham
1937Thrill of a Lifetime as Dorothy Lamour
1937The Hurricane as Marama
1937High, Wide and Handsome as Molly Fuller
1937The Last Train from Madrid as Carmelita Castillo
1937Swing High, Swing Low as Anita Alvarez
1936College Holiday as Dancer
1936The Jungle Princess as Ulah