Dorothy Lamour

Biography

Dorothy Lamour was an American actress and singer born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton on December 10, 1914, in New Orleans. She rose to fame as the "Sarong Queen" with her starring role in The Jungle Princess (1936) and later became synonymous with the Road to... movies, a series of successful comedies co-starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Her screen career waned by the 1950s, but she continued to perform on stage and television, releasing an autobiography in 1980.