Effective immediately we are no longer allowing the use of the image. Dona drake, 1951 wearing joseff of hollywood jewelry. Glamour girls of the silver screen the private lives and times of some of the most glamorous actresses and starlets of the forties, fifties and sixties. Sylvia sidney was an american actress of stage, screen and film, with a career spanning over 70 years, who first rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles. Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through timesmachine. November 15, 1914 june 20, 1989 was an american singer, dancer and film actress in the 1930s and 1940s. She had her first and only child in 1951 and named her nia novella travilla.
Vivacious, volatile mexicoborn singeractress dona drake first gained fame as a. Upcoming, new, and past dona drake movies, tv shows, tv movies, appearances, specials, and more plus, a biography, news, awards, and nominations. Since 1979, he authored and coauthored more than a hundred books, and published many more anthologies and short stories. Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. Mar 9, 2020 offbeat leading lady and character actress. In 1944, travilla met and married starlet dona drake, who at the time was more. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Entering show business in the 1930s, she used the names una velon, rita rio and rita shaw. Macros from the early 1930s to the late 1950s, exotic beauty dona drake changed her name several times to rita rio, among other aliases, started an allgirl orchestra, and seamlessly moved from stage to screen. Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle.
The fascinating career of dona drake eunice westmoreland, 19141989 is a story of resourceful subterfuge and a talent so great that no such misdirection should have been required at all. Job year rating number of ratings genre keyword jump to. The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. Dona drake was a black actress, singer, and dancer who was famous in the and however, publicly, her fans would not learn of her african ancestry until years later after studio. Reproduction of any kind of the dona drake images without consent is forbidden.
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Glamour girls of the silver screen the private lives and times of some of the most glamorous actresses and starlets of. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. In 1935 dona changed her name to rita rio to emphasize her ethnicity and spiced up her image even further when she earned a featured spot in eddie cantor s film strike me pink 1936. However, publicly, her fans would not learn of her african ancestry until years later after studio publicity inaccurately claimed that she was born rita novella in 1920 in mexico city, giving the impression that she was of mexican heritage. I thought i was on my way to becoming a film actress.
Dona drake 19141989 transitioned from a successful career as a nightclub singer and dancer to hollywood actressbut, oddly most often as a nonwhite role. Photographs of dona drake this site and its contents are for private use only. At paramount in the early 40s, drake appeared opposite bob hope in the road to morocco 1942 and took. Earl carroll spotted her on stage one night and cast her in his. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. But you cant make a screen career out of combing dorothy lamours hair or chasing bob hope in one picture after another. The fascinating career of dona drake eunice westmoreland. She settled on the stage name dona drake in the early 1940s. Dona drake nude featuring blond dona nude in the sauna. Drake surname dona given name actresses from the united states born in the 1910s. Bubbus and the railway rescue by joan drake and a great selection of related books.
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Vivacious dona drake born rita novella was a singer with an allgirl band, the girl friends, prior to entering films in 1935 under the name of rita rio. Dona drake was a black actress, singer, and dancer who was famous. Fem ale movie stars from the 40s, 50s, 60s and more so many to pick fromhow many of these stars do you recall. Other broadway credits include woman of the year, the wind in the willows, its so nice to be civilized, the 1940s radio hour, and sophisticated ladies. Vivacious, volatile mexicoborn singer actress dona drake first gained fame as a band singer. At paramount in the early 40s, drake appeared opposite bob hope in the road to morocco 1942 and took part in the allstar extravaganza star spangled. This page is here to honor her memory and celebrate her. Alfonso bedoya in fortunes of captain blood trailer.
This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Dona drake, gorgeous, talented african american actress who had to pass in order to work in the mainstream. In 1953, she received the academy award for best supporting actress for her performance as lorene burke in the war drama from here to eternity. Dona drake went by many stage names in the 1930s and 1940s, she was a successful dancer, singer and also a film actress, and she was beautiful.
We found 117 people that match in the united states. Because of her features and dark curly hair, film makers often cast her. While it did not lead to more film work, it did enable her to form her own glitzy and glamorous allgirl band, rita rio and her rhythm girls aka the girlfriends, which toured. Drake was threequarters african american, yet she generally gave out that she was of mexican parentage in hopes that it would help her leverage white. Donna reed was an american film, television actress, and producer. Jessica drake is a renaissance woman of the porno industry. Dona drake was a black actress, singer, and dancer who was famous in the 30s, 40s, and 50s. Ryan is most widely known for her portrayal of daisy may granny moses, the motherinlaw of buddy ebsens character jed clampett on the longrunning tv series the beverly hillbillies 19621971, for which she was.
Sep 30, 2019 dona freelanced in without reservations 1946, costarred with kent taylor in dangerous millions 1946 and was featured in another part of the forest 1948 as a girlfriend to weaselly dan duryea, beyond the forest 1949 as bette davis indian maid, the girl from jones beach 1949 as eddie bracken s paramour and as the golddigging second lead in so this is new york 1948. Beyond the forest 1949 rosa moline nonusa format, pal, reg. Donna drake directorchoreographeractress was an original cast member of broadways a chorus line. Bubbus and the railway rescue by joan drake and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Dona drake biography, movie highlights and photos allmovie. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article.
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A gifted child musically, her father moved his family and later opened a restaurant in philadelphia. Donna leigh drake celebrity profile check out the latest donna leigh drake photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Media in category dona drake the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Joseph cotten, bette davis, david brian, ruth roman, minor watson, dona drake, regis toomey, sarah selby, king vidor, beyond the forest 1949 rosa moline, beyond the forest 1949, rosa moline, king vidor, joseph cotten, bette davis, david brian, ruth roman, beyond. See more ideas about dona drake, drake and actresses. In addition to being called dona drake, she was also called una velon, rita rio and rita shaw. Reed is known for her work in television, notably as donna stone, a middleclass american mother and housew. See more ideas about betty field, actresses and john wayne movies. Drakes heritage and background drakes talents as an actor, musician and artist how drake got his start in acting.
Dona drake 19141989, aka rita rio, is an american actress. October 17, 1902 april 26, 1973 was an american actress who found success in vaudeville, radio, film, television, and broadway. She also toured in an allgirl orchestra in the early 1940s. Her career spanned more than 40 years, with performances in more than 40 films. On august 19, 1944 he married actress dona drake november 15, 1914june 20, 1989. Dona drake was an american singer, dancer and film actress in the 1930s and 1940s. Donna drake is known for her work on live it up 2016, the sweet life 2003 and mad wolf 1998. Dona was born eunice nicknamed una westmoreland in jacksonville some references say miami, florida, on november 15, 1914, of africanamerican parents joseph andrew westmoreland and novella smith westmoreland.
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