Dorthy Lamour was born on December 10, 1914 in New Orleans,
Louisiana. On September 22, 1996 Dorthy Lamour passed away
in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack.
Lamour's birthname is Mary Leta Dorthy Slaton. She went
by the nicknames The beautiful one, The sarong girl and Dottie.
Derived her acting name Dorthy Lamour from her step-father,
who was surnamed Lambour.
Dorthy Lamour has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Her Motion Picture star is located at 6332 Hollywood Blvd.,
while while her radio star is located at 6240 Hollywood Blvd.
Best known for Wearing a floral print wrap-around sarong
this quickly became Dorthy Lamour trademark.
Before Dorthy Lamour became an actress she was a vocalist
in the Herbie Kay band.
CREEPSHOW 2 was Dorthy Lamour last movie, she played a housewife
who gets murdered.
In 1931 Dorthy Lamour was crowned Miss New Orleans.
The ever famous sarong was actually only worn in six of Dorthy
Lamour's 59 pictures but it was to define her career. The
six films were THE HURRICANE (1937), TYPHOON (1940), BEYOND
THE BLUE HORIZON (1942), THE ROAD TO SINGAPORE, THE ROAD TO
TO UTOPIA and THE ROAD TO ZANZIBAR.
THE JUNGLE PRINCESS in 1936 was the first time the famous
sarong was worn in Dorthy Lamour debut at Paramount, she
continued to play a female Tarzan-Crusoe Gauguin-girl-with
make-up through the war years and beyond.
Dorthy Lamour's other notable credits include...
CREEPSHOW 2 (1987)
WON TON TONM THE DOG WHO SAVED HOLLYWOOD (1976)
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (1952)
MANHANDLED (1949)
ROAD TO RIO (1947)
JOHNNY APPOLLO (1940)
SWING HIGH, SWING LOW (1937)
