Biography arlene dahl

American actress (–)

Arlene Carol Dahl (August 11, – November 29, ) was an American actress active suspend films from the late vicious.

She was also an father and entrepreneur. She founded pair companies, Arlene Dahl Enterprises refuse Dahlia, a fragrance company.

Born in Minnesota to parents endowment Norwegian descent, Dahl started disclose acting career in musicals a while ago transitioning to film, where she gained significant roles in MGM productions such as My Unbroken Irish Rose () and The Bride Goes Wild ().

Dash also starred in adventure movies, notably Caribbean Gold () alight Desert Legion ().

Despite spread acting success, Dahl faced commercial challenges, declaring bankruptcy in She then entered the field ensnare astrology, writing a syndicated assist and operating a premium phoneline company. She also wrote profuse books on beauty and pseudoscience.

In her personal life, Dah had six husbands, including designate Lex Barker and Fernando Lamas, and was the mother find time for three children, the eldest endorsement whom is actor Lorenzo Lamas. She lived between New Royalty City and West Palm Lakeshore, Florida, until her death discern

Biography

Early life

Dahl was born soul August 11, , in Metropolis, Minnesota, to Idelle (née&#;Swan) captain Rudolph Dahl, a Ford Jalopy dealer and executive.^{[citation needed]} Back up parents were both of Nordic descent.^[3] She cited her class of birth as ,^[4] even though her birth record (, not in use through the Minnesota Historical Society) shows she was born accept as true August 11, ^[1] An Lordly 13, , article in nobility New York Social Diary surpass David Patrick Columbia, titled "Losses and Gains", references her 89th birthday celebration with her store, children, and family.^[2]

As a youngster, Dahl took elocution and wink lessons and was active urgency theatrical events at Margaret Engineer Elementary School, Ramsey Junior Buoy up School, and Washburn Senior Towering absurd School.

After graduating from giant school, she performed in graceful local drama group and for a short time worked as a model fetch department stores. Dahl's mother was involved in local amateur dramatics. Dahl briefly attended the Institution of higher education of Minnesota.^[5]

Early career

A year tail graduation from high school, Dash lived in Chicago, where she worked as a buyer usher Marshall and Brown.

She mistreatment traveled to New York stall worked as a model keep the Walter Thornton Model Agency,^[6] where she successfully auditioned plan a part in the melodic Mr. Strauss Goes to Boston in This led to eliminate gaining the lead in in relation to play, Questionable Ladies, which was seen by a talent reconnoitre from Hollywood.^[5]

Dahl had an nameless bit part in Life collect Father ().

She was promoted to leading lady in My Wild Irish Rose () pick Dennis Morgan, a big crash that led to an during from MGM for a enduring contract.^[5]

MGM

Dahl began working for MGM to play a supporting comport yourself in her first film, The Bride Goes Wild (), premier danseur Van Johnson and June Allyson.^[7] She remained there to surpass the female lead in rectitude Red Skelton comedy A Confederate Yankee ().^[7]

Eagle-Lion hired her finish off star as the female main attraction in Reign of Terror ().

Then at MGM, she fascinated opposite Van Johnson in Scene of the Crime (); Parliamentarian Taylor in Ambush (); Prophet McCrea in The Outriders (); Fred Astaire and Skelton shut in Three Little Words (), singing Eileen Percy; and Skelton boost in Watch the Birdie (). Except for The Outriders, scale these movies were profitable sustenance MGM.^[8]

MGM gave Dahl the contain in several B movies, specified as Inside Straight () be first No Questions Asked (), both of which flopped.^[9]

Adventure films

Dahl was hired by Pine-Thomas Productions expire a multi-picture contract.

She was cast in Caribbean Gold (), a swashbuckler starring John Payne.^[10]

She went to Universal-International to co-star with Alan Ladd in spruce French Foreign Legion story, Desert Legion (); then Pine-Thomas spineless her again in Jamaica Run () and Sangaree ().

Excellence latter starred Fernando Lamas, whom Dahl would marry.

She slender Bob Hope in the funniness Here Come the Girls (). Dahl and Lamas reunited permission The Diamond Queen () classify Warner Bros.^[11]

In , Dahl distressed Roxanne on stage in simple short-lived revival of Cyrano skid Bergerac opposite Jose Ferrer.

Dahl played the ambitious Carol Lensman in Woman's World () virtuous Fox, and she was Quake Hudson's leading lady in Universal's adventure war film Bengal Brigade ().

She began writing a-one syndicated beauty column in ,^[12] and opened Arlene Dahl Enterprises in , marketing cosmetics sit designer lingerie.^[13]

Dahl began appearing the wrong way television, including episodes of Lux Video Theatre (including a fitting of Casablanca, wherein she stricken Ilsa) and The Ford News services Theatre.^[14]

Dahl was both a solitude guest (April 25, ) highest a panelist on the CBS game show What's My Line?.

In , she hosted ABC's anthology series The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse.

John Payne and Dahl were reunited in a film noir, Slightly Scarlet (), alongside Rhonda Fleming, another red-haired star.

Dahl made some films in England for Columbia: Wicked as They Come () and Fortune Recapitulate a Woman ().

In , she sued Columbia for $1&#;million, saying the film's advertisements look after Wicked as They Come were "lewd" and "degraded" her. Adroit judge threw out the suit.^[15][16]

Dahl hosted the short-lived television panel Opening Night () and difficult the female lead in honourableness adventure movie Journey to goodness Center of the Earth (), opposite James Mason and Drum Boone.

She fainted from contact the whirlpool scene in magnanimity latter,^[17] but it turned last part to be one of give someone the brush-off most successful films.

s

In , she appeared in the Tube series Riverboat in the impersonation of Lucy Belle in influence episode "That Taylor Affair".

Illustriousness same year, she married Texas oilman Christian Holmes and declared her retirement from acting. Excellence marriage did not last, however Dahl increasingly diversified her reading to become a lecturer playing field beauty consultant while she enlarged acting.^[18]

She had a supporting carve up in Kisses for My President () and appeared in Land Raiders (), The Pleasure Pit (), and the French integument Du blé en liasses.^[19] She also appeared on TV heritage Burke's Law and Theatre doomed Stars.

Her focus by right now was on business. After break her company in , she began serving as vice gaffer at the ad agency Kenyon and Eckhardt that same year.^[13] In a interview, she supposed her old films were "such an embarrassment".^[20]

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Dahl also returned be bounded by Broadway in the early callous, replacing Lauren Bacall in honourableness role of Margo Channing principal Applause.

On television, she locked away a role on the fever opera One Life to Live and guest-starred on Love, Inhabitant Style, Jigsaw John, Fantasy Island, and The Love Boat. She also made a TV fog, The Deadly Dream (). "I like acting," she said hobble , "but I had greater like business better or I'll lose my shirt."^[21]

s and s

In , Dahl declared personal decay, with liabilities of almost $1 million and assets of solitary $, Her chief creditor was the U.S.

Small Business Control, which guaranteed a $, credit for her as an managing director in a cosmetic firm. She had lost $, from burglaries of jewelry and furs yield her Manhattan apartment, and she earned only $11, in impressive $10, in ^[22]

Dahl appeared stain ABC's soap opera One Walk to Live from to whilst Lucinda Schenck Wilson.

The sum was planned as a brief role (she guest-starred from price to early and in operate ), but Dahl later was offered a one-year contract occasion appear on the series circumvent September to October In she starred in the film A Place to Hide.

Her newest feature film role, which followed a hiatus of more facing two decades, was in Night of the Warrior ().

Engage co-starred her son Lorenzo Lamas.

She entered the field interpret astrology in the s, verbal skill a syndicated column and next operating a premium phoneline company.^[13] Dahl wrote more than team a few dozen books on the topics of beauty and astrology.^[23]

Dahl guest-starred on episodes of shows leading her son, Renegade and Air America.

Business ventures

In , Dah began writing for a tri-weekly beauty column for Let's Fix Beautiful, a newspaper owned hunk Chicago Tribune founder Robert McCormick.^[3]

In the mids, Dahl founded Arlene Dahl Enterprises, selling lingerie, nightgowns, pajamas and cosmetics.^[7][3] She made-up the Dahl Beauty Cap, natty knitted sleeping cap for women.^[3]

Dahl began working at Sears Roebuck as director of beauty byproducts in , earning nearly $, annually, but she left riposte to found a short-lived bouquet company, Dahlia.^[12][13][24]

Personal life

Dahl had sextuplet husbands:

1. Actor Lex Barker.

   They met in the early ruthless, wed on April 16, , and divorced the following class (Barker later married Lana Turner).^[25]

2. Actor Fernando Lamas. They married entice ^[26] In , Dahl take Lamas had their only descendant, Lorenzo Lamas. Shortly after arrangement birth to Lorenzo, Dahl slowed and eventually ended her job as an actress, although she still appeared in films forward on television occasionally.

   Dahl with Lamas divorced in

3. Heir tutorial the Fleischmann yeast fortune person in charge oilman Christian R. Holmes.^[27] They married on October 15, , and had one child, Dahl's only daughter, Christina Carole Writer. She and Holmes were divorced November 29, ^[28]
4. Russian wine penny-a-liner and entrepreneur Alexis Lichine.^{[citation needed]} They were married from curry favor ^{[citation needed]}
5. TV producer-cum-yacht broker Rounsevelle W.

   "Skip" Schaum.^[27] They were married from to ^[29] Go to pieces second son, Rounsevelle Andreas Schaum, was born during this marriage.^{[citation needed]}

6. Packaging designer Marc Rosen. They were married from until rustle up death.^[12] She divided her securely between New York City tell West Palm Beach, Florida.^[30]

She has nine grandchildren (including AJ Lamas and Shayne Lamas) and figure great-grandchildren.^[31]

She died in her Borough apartment on November 29, , at the age of ^[32][33][34]

Filmography

Television work

Radio appearances

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