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Rhonda Fleming (born Marilyn Louis in Hollywood, California, August 10, 1923), is an American motion picture and television actress. She acted in more than 40 films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, and became renowned as one of the most beautiful and glamorous actresses of her day. She was nicknamed the "Queen of Technicolor" because her fair complexion and flaming red hair photographed exceptionally well in Technicolor. Fleming began working as a film actor while attending Beverly Hills High School, from which she was graduated in 1941. After appearing uncredited in a several films, she received her first substantial role in the thriller Spellbound (1945), produced by David O. Selznick and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. She followed this with supporting roles in another thriller, The Spiral Staircase (1946), directed by Robert Siodmak, the Randolph Scott western Abilene Town (1946), and the film noir classic Out of the Past (1947) with Robert Mitchum. Her first leading role came in Adventure Island (1947), a low-budget action film made in the two-color Cinecolor process and co-starring Rory Calhoun. The actress then co-starred with Bing Crosby in her first Technicolor film, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur`s Court (1949), a musical loosely based on the story by Mark Twain. Fleming exhibited her singing ability, dueting with Crosby on “Once and For Always” and soloing with “When Is Sometime.” She and Crosby recorded these songs for a 78 rpm Decca soundtrack album. In 1953, Fleming portrayed Cleopatra in Serpent of the Nile. That same year she appeared in two films shot in 3-D, Inferno with Robert Ryan and the musical Those Redheads From Seattle with Gene Barry. The following year she starred with Fernando Lamas in Jivaro, her third 3-D release. She has been married 6 times.
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BiographyMeasurementsBust: 37" - Waist: 5-" Hips: 36"Friends and FamilyYvonne DeCarlo [Friend] :: Beryl Davis [Friend] :: Connie Haines [Friend] :: Jane Russell [Friend] :: Effie Graham [Mother] :: John C. Graham [Grandfather] :: Beverly Louis [Sister]Trivia and QuotesQuotes Mine was a very rare and wonderful Cinderella story, a complete Cinderella story that could have only happened during the studio system era.
What I didn`t care for was everything made in those days was black and white, very hard black and white too, there was nothing really pretty about it, even my auburn hair became jet black.
Trivia A member of the Westwood Presbyterian Church. Measurements: 37-25-36 (in 1956), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine). Received the Women's International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award in 1995. In Italy, almost all her films were dubbed by Dhia Cristiani. She was dubbed on occasion by Lidia Simoneschi, Rosetta Calavetta and Tina Lattanzi. Mother of Kent Lane. Attended the same High School as Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic, Nicolas Cage, Lenny Kravitz, David Schwimmer, Jonathan Silverman, Gina Gershon, Jackie Cooper, Rob Reiner, Antonio Sabato Jr., Pauly Shore, Michael Tolkin, Betty White, Corbin Bernsen, Elizabeth Daily, Albert Brooks and Crispin Glover. According to an interview with Ms. Fleming which was featured in an issue of "Films of the Golden Age," writer Paul Phaneuf states that Rhonda`s very first taste of Hollywood came when she was 15 years old. Her mother took some pictures of her in their backyard and sent them to big-time Hollywood producer Jesse Lasky for an upcoming show of his. She lost out in the final audition.
Her mother was a famous Swedish blonde model in New York who made the cover of Harper`s and other major magazines, and later appeared in the Al Jolson show "Dancing Around" at the Wintergarden Theater for two years and progressed from understudy to leading role. Her father was a non-professional (insurance man). Her parents divorced when Rhonda was ten.
Her grandfather on her mother`s side was a well known actor in Utah, John C. Graham. He also owned a theater and was editor of the local newspaper.
A lyric soprano, her early singing idol was Deanna Durbin. She was trained in voice by an aunt and entered singing contests.
Was "discovered" by talent agent Henry Willson while a student at Beverly Hills High.
A one-time Las Vegas showroom singing act at the Tropicana, she also performed at the Hollywood Bowl in a one-woman concert of Cole Porter and Irving Berlin songs. Also did a 10-week tour with Skitch Henderson that focused on the music of George Gershwin. She recorded an album in 1958 for Columbia Records.
She, Jane Russell, Connie Haines and Beryl Davis were once part of a traveling gospel quartet at their church called "The Four Girls" and made an album called "Make a Joyful Noise" that sold over a million copies.
In Italy, almost all her films were dubbed by Dhia Cristiani. She was dubbed on occasion by Lidia Simoneschi, Rosetta Calavetta and Tina Lattanzi.
Attended the same High School as Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic, Nicolas Cage, Lenny Kravitz, David Schwimmer, Jonathan Silverman, Gina Gershon, Jackie Cooper, Rob Reiner, Antonio Sabato Jr., Pauly Shore, Michael Tolkin, Betty White, Corbin Bernsen, Elizabeth Daily, Albert Brooks and Crispin Glover.
A member of the Westwood Presbyterian Church.
Received the Women`s International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award in 1995.
Mother of Kent Lane.
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