Dolores Moran

Dolores Moran

Born: January 27, 1924
Died: February 5, 1982
in Stockton, California, USA
Dolores Moran (January 27, 1924 – February 5, 1982) was an American film actress and model.

Moran's brief career as a film actress began in 1942 with some uncredited roles in such films as Yankee Doodle Dandy. By 1943 she had become a popular pin-up girl and appeared on the cover of such magazines as Yank. She was given supporting roles in films such as Old Acquaintance (1943) with Bette Davis and Warner Bros. attempted to increase interest in her, promoting her along with Lauren Bacall as a new screen personality when they co-starred with Humphrey Bogart in To Have and Have Not (1944). The film made a star of Bacall, but Moran languished and her subsequent films did little to further her career, this probably had something to do with Howard Hawk's decision to marginalise Moran in order to boost the screen presence of Bacall, excising some of Moran's scenes.

The Horn Blows at Midnight gave her a leading role with Jack Benny and Alexis Smith but her film appearances after this were sporadic, and she suffered ill health that reduced her ability to work. Her film career ended in 1954 with a featured role in the John Payne and Lizabeth Scott western film Silver Lode.

She was married to the film producer Benedict E. Bogeaus in Salome, Arizona, in 1946. Their son, Brett Benedict, born August 30, 1948, in Hollywood, later became a successful businessman. They divorced in 1962, he died of a heart attack in 1968. Moran had an affair with director Howard Hawks while filming To Have and Have Not, which Hawks undertook mainly as revenge for his rejection by Bacall in favour of Bogart.

In 1982, Dolores Moran died of cancer. She was survived by her son, sister, and mother.

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Silver Lode
Title: Silver Lode
Character: Dolly
Released: July 23, 1954
Type: Movie
Dan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of Silver Lode, has his wedding interrupted by four men led by Ned McCarty, an old acquaintance who, as a US Marshal, arrests Ballard for the murder of his brother and the theft of $20,000. Ballard seeks to stall McCarty while tracking down evidence that will prove his innocence.
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Count the Hours!
Title: Count the Hours!
Character: Paula Mitchener
Released: April 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A lawyer defends a migrant worker in a sensational murder trial.
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Title: Mr. & Mrs. North
Released: October 3, 1952
Type: TV
Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1952 to May 25, 1954. The series centers on Jerry North, a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective, and his wife, Pamela, as they solve crimes in New York City.
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Title: Dangerous Assignment
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: TV
A U.S. government agent travels the world on undercover missions in this 1950s series. Star Brian Donlevy originated the role on radio in the '40s.
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Johnny One-Eye
Title: Johnny One-Eye
Character: Lily White
Released: May 5, 1950
Type: Movie
Johnny One-Eye was adapted from one of Damon Runyon's lesser-known stories. Martin Martin and Dane Cory were former partners in crime who have long since split up. When a new district attorney puts the heat on, Cory, anxious to save his own hide, accuses Martin of an unsolved murder. Holed up in abandoned house, Martin is befriended by a little girl and her dog. It so happens that the girl is the daughter of the crusading DA, and thereby hangs the rest of this tale.
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Christmas Eve
Title: Christmas Eve
Character: Jean Bradford
Released: October 31, 1947
Type: Movie
The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth, but she will be saved if her three long-lost adopted sons appear for a Christmas Eve reunion. Separate stories reveal Michael as a bankrupt playboy loved by loyal Ann; Mario as a seemingly shady character tangling with a Nazi war criminal in South America; Jonathan as a hard-drinking rodeo rider intent on a flirtatious social worker. Is there hope for Matilda?
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The Man I Love
Title: The Man I Love
Character: Gloria O'Connor
Released: December 26, 1946
Type: Movie
Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother, and the neighbor's wife are involved in various ways with shady nightclub owner Nicky Toresca. Petey has what it takes to handle Nicky, but then she meets San Thomas, formerly great jazz pianist now on the skids, and falls for him hard.
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Without Reservations
Title: Without Reservations
Character: Dolores Moran (uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1946
Type: Movie
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.
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Mr. Noisy
Title: Mr. Noisy
Character: Nurse Shapely (uncredited)
Released: March 22, 1946
Type: Movie
This All-Star Comedy (production number 7437, and a remake of 1940's "The Heckler" with Charley Chase) has Shemp Howard, noise-maker and heckler deluxe, hired by two gamblers to rattle a ball team while the gamblers bet on the opponents. The gamblers are more than a little bit vexed when Shemp loses his voice.
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Too Young to Know
Title: Too Young to Know
Character: Patsy O'Brien
Released: December 1, 1945
Type: Movie
A returning GI searches for the wife who left him and gave away their son.
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The Horn Blows at Midnight
Title: The Horn Blows at Midnight
Character: Violinist / Fran Blackstone
Released: April 28, 1945
Type: Movie
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
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To Have and Have Not
Title: To Have and Have Not
Character: Mme. Hellene de Bursac
Released: January 20, 1945
Type: Movie
A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
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Hollywood Canteen
Title: Hollywood Canteen
Character: Self
Released: December 15, 1944
Type: Movie
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
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Old Acquaintance
Title: Old Acquaintance
Character: Deirdre Drake
Released: November 27, 1943
Type: Movie
Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.
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Three Cheers for the Girls
Title: Three Cheers for the Girls
Character: Blonde Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Released: May 8, 1943
Type: Movie
This short film showcases six production numbers from various Warner Bros. musicals.
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The Hard Way
Title: The Hard Way
Character: Young Blonde (Uncredited)
Released: January 13, 1943
Type: Movie
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
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Yankee Doodle Dandy
Title: Yankee Doodle Dandy
Character: The Pippirino (uncredited)
Released: May 29, 1942
Type: Movie
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
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The Ghost Breakers
Title: The Ghost Breakers
Character: Las Palmas Patron (uncredited)
Released: June 21, 1940
Type: Movie
After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk—wise-cracking Larry Lawrence, a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate.