American actress and singer Dorothy Lamour passed away on September 22, 1996, having been born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton on December 10, 1914. Dorothy Lamour was a native of New Orleans. John Watson Slaton and Carmen Louise were both waitresses and were her parents. Lamour has ancestors from France, England, Spain, and Ireland.

Lamour dropped out of school at age 14. She enrolled in a business course and started working as a secretary to support herself and her mother. After beginning to compete in beauty contests and winning Miss New Orleans in 1931, she decided to enter the Galveston Pageant of Pulchritude.

She rose to fame thanks to her role in The Road to, a popular comedy series starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. Dorothy Lamour relocated to Hollywood in 1936. The couple moved to Los Angeles after Carmen wed Ollie Castleberry, who would subsequently become her third husband. She participated in a screen test for Paramount Pictures that year, where she subsequently accepted a contract.

In the 1936 movie College Holiday, Dorothy Lamour makes her Paramount debut. She performs a small, uncredited dancing role. Lamour was a popular draw in dinner theatre and plays like Anything Goes in the 1970s.

Dorothy Làmour Net Worth At Death

At the time of her passing, the well-known actress Dorothy Lamour amassed a $61 million fortune.

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