Dorothy Lamour Bio, Age, Measurements, Quotes, Death And Bob Hope

Dorothy Lamour Bio

Dorothy Lamour was born on December 10, 1914, as Mary Leta Dorothy Lamour and died on September 22, 1996. she 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.

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 female lead. Lamour made a brief appearance and sang a song near the end of that film. In the 1970s, Lamour revived her nightclub act and, in 1980, released her autobiography My Side of the Road. She made her final onscreen appearance in 1987.

Lamour married her second husband, William Ross Howard III, in 1943. They had two sons and remained married until Howard’s death in 1978. Lamour died at her home in 1996, at the age of 81.

Dorothy Lamour Age/Old & Nationality

Dorothy Lamour was 81 years old when she died. born and died (1914–1996).  her nationality is American.

Dorothy Lamour Height And Measurements

Dorothy Lamour   height was 5 ft 5 in / 165 cm, she weighed 126 lb / 57 kg, her Breast/Bust size 31 in / 81 cm, her waist size was 24 in / 63 cm, her hips size was 33 in / 86 cm, bra size 36B (US) / 80B (EU), Eye Color was hazel and Hair Color Black.

Dorothy Lamour Photo

Dorothy Lamour Sons

Lamour married her second husband, William Ross Howard III, in 1943. They had two sons(Richard Thomson Howard and John Ridgely Howard) and remained married until Howard’s death in 1978.

Dorothy Lamour Quotes

♦Glamor is just sex that got civilized. A pretty girl, tastefully posed in a scant costume, is even a sort of cultural achievement.♦
♦It’s a treat to be kissed, even goodbye.♦

♦Glamour is just sex that got civilized.♦
♦I was the happiest and highest paid straight woman in the business.♦
♦I don’t like San Francisco. I love it!♦
♦I made 60 motion pictures and only wore the sarong in about six pictures, but it did become a kind of trademark.♦

Dorothy Lamour Death

Lamour died at her home in North Hollywood on September 22, 1996, at the age of 81. Her funeral was held at St. Charles Catholic Church in North Hollywood, California, where she was a member. She was interred in the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Dorothy Lamour Find A Grave

DOROTHY LAMOUR;

ORIGINAL NAME
Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton

BIRTH
10 Dec 1914
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
DEATH
22 Sep 1996 (aged 81)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA

BURIAL
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Show Map

PLOT
Enduring Faith, Lot 387, Space 2
MEMORIAL ID 1728 ·

Dorothy Lamour Net Worth

Dorothy Lamour Net Worth: $300 Millions as of 2019 is Per Year: $10 Million and her Salary should be $833,333.33 Per Month if she were alive.

Dorothy Lamour Songs

1. the moon of manakoora
2.moonlight and shadow
3.panamania
4.moon over Burma

5.palms of paradise
6.tonight will live
7.you took the words right out of my heart
8.that sentimental sandwich
9.mexican magic

10. little lady make-believe
11.on a topic
12.the moon and the willow tree
13. too romantic
14. true confession

15.im all a tremble over you
16. this is the beginning of the end
17.lovelight in the starlight
18. personality
19. my heart keeps cryin
20. lovely hula hands

21. I remember you
22. I can’t tell why I love you
23.you took me out of this world
24. my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii
25.i gotta right to sing the blues

26.im getting sentimental over you
27.did you ever see a dream walk-in
28. perfidia
29. kind’ a lonesome
30. the one rose that’s left in my heart
31. Hawaiian hospitality

Dorothy Lamour Jungle Princess

PLOT

The Jungle Princess is a 1936 American adventure film directed by Wilhelm Thiele starring Dorothy Lamour and Ray Milland. Christopher Powell is in Malaya with his fiancée and her father, capturing wild animals. While out hunting, he is attacked by a tiger, and his native guides run away, leaving him for dead.

But the tiger is the pet of Ulah, a beautiful young woman who grew up by herself in the jungle. She rescues Chris and takes him back to her cave, where she nurses him to health and falls in love with him. When he eventually returns to camp, she follows. His fiancée is jealous, and the natives do not like Ulah or her pet tiger either, all of which leads to a lot of trouble. Starring Dorothy Lamour.

Dorothy Lamour Hart To Hart

This is a list of episodes for the television series Hart to Hart. This series consists of a 2-hour pilot, five seasons of episodes, and eight TV-movies. Dorothy Lamour appeared as Katherine Prince.

Dorothy Lamour Bob Hope

Road to … is a series of seven comedy films starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. They are also often referred to as the “Road” pictures or the “Road” series.

The movies were a combination of adventure, comedy, romance, and music. The minimal plot often took a back seat to gags, many of them reportedly ad-libbed by Crosby and Hope during filming.

Dorothy Lamour House (Death At Love House)

Death at Love House (a.k.a. The Shrine of Lorna Love) is a 1976 American made-for-television horror film directed by E.W. Swackhamer starring Robert Wagner and Kate Jackson.

The film aired as the ABC Movie of the Week on September 3, 1976. Dorothy Lamour plays as Denise Christian, Lorna’s only rival in film land.

Dorothy Lamour Creepshow 2

Creepshow 2 is a 1987 American comedy horror anthology film directed by Michael Gornick, and the sequel to Creepshow. Gornick was previously the cinematographer of the first film, and the screenplay was written by Romero who was the director of the original film. It was once again based upon stories by Stephen King and features three more horror segments consisting of Old Chief Wooden Head, The Raft and The Hitchhiker.

Unlike the first film, Creepshow 2 only contains three stories instead of five. Originally, two additional stories, Pinfall, and Cat from Hell were set to appear in the film, but were scrapped due to budgetary reasons; however, the latter has been filmed for Tales from the Darkside: The Movie. The film was Dorothy Lamour’s final film before her death in 1996. Dorothy Lamour starred in the movie.

Dorothy Lamour, I Remember You