Rhonda Fleming
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Rhonda Fleming is an American film 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
.
, 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. She also sang on NBC
's Colgate Comedy Hour during the same live telecast that featured Errol Flynn
, on September 30, 1951, from the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood.
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.
Among Fleming’s subsequent cinematic credits are Fritz Lang
’s While the City Sleeps (1956), co-starring Dana Andrews
; Allan Dwan
’s Slightly Scarlet, co-starring John Payne
and Arlene Dahl
; John Sturges
’s Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) co-starring Burt Lancaster
and Kirk Douglas
and the Irwin Allen
/ Joseph M. Newman
production of The Big Circus
(1959), co-starring Victor Mature
and Vincent Price
. Her most recent film was Waiting for the Wind (1990).
During the 1950s and into the 1960s, Fleming frequently appeared on television with guest-starring roles on The Red Skelton Show
, The Best of Broadway
, The Investigators, Shower of Stars
, The Dick Powell Show
, Death Valley Days
, Wagon Train
, Burke's Law
, The Virginian
, McMillan & Wife, Police Woman
, Kung Fu
, Ellery Queen
, and The Love Boat
. On March 4, 1962, Fleming appeared in one of the last segments of ABC
's Follow the Sun
in a role opposite Gary Lockwood
, who was nearly 14 years her junior. She played a Marine in the episode "Marine of the Month".
In 1958, Fleming again displayed her singing talent when she recorded her only LP
, entitled simply Rhonda. In this album, she blended then current songs like "Around The World
" with standards such as "Love Me Or Leave Me
" and "I've Got You Under My Skin
".
In retirement, Fleming has worked for several charities, especially in the field of cancer care, and has served on the committees of many related organizations. In 1991, she and her late husband, Ted Mann
, set up the Rhonda Fleming Mann Clinic For Women's Comprehensive Care at the UCLA
Medical Center.
Fleming has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
.
She is a devout Presbyterian.
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
Technicolor
Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952...
.
Career
Fleming began working as a film actress while attending Beverly Hills High SchoolBeverly Hills High School
Beverly Hills High School is the only major public high school in Beverly Hills, California. Beverly is part of the Beverly Hills Unified School District and located on on the west side of Beverly Hills, at the...
, from which she was graduated in 1941. After appearing uncredited in a several films, she received her first substantial role in the thriller Spellbound
Spellbound (1945 film)
Spellbound is a psychological mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1945. It tells the story of the new head of a mental asylum who turns out not to be what he claims. The film stars Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov and Leo G. Carroll. It is an adaptation by Angus...
(1945), produced by David O. Selznick
David O. Selznick
David O. Selznick was an American film producer. He is best known for having produced Gone with the Wind and Rebecca , both of which earned him an Oscar for Best Picture.-Early years:...
and directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...
. She followed this with supporting roles in another thriller, The Spiral Staircase (1946), directed by Robert Siodmak
Robert Siodmak
Robert Siodmak was a German born American film director. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for the series of Hollywood film noirs he made in the 1940s.-Early life:...
, the Randolph Scott
Randolph Scott
Randolph Scott was an American film actor whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962. As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career, Scott appeared in a variety of genres, including social dramas, crime dramas, comedies, musicals , adventure tales, war films, and even a few...
western Abilene Town
Abilene Town
Abilene Town was a 1946 western film directed by Edwin L. Marin. The film starred Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Lloyd Bridges, Rhonda Fleming, and Edgar Buchanan....
(1946), and the film noir
Film noir
Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s...
classic Out of the Past
Out of the Past
Out of the Past is a 1947 film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas. The film was adapted by Daniel Mainwaring , with uncredited revisions by Frank Fenton and James M...
(1947) with Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum
Robert Charles Durman Mitchum was an American film actor, author, composer and singer and is #23 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time...
. Her first leading role came in Adventure Island (1947), a low-budget action film made in the two-color Cinecolor
Cinecolor
Cinecolor was an early subtractive color-model two color film process, based upon the Prizma system of the 1910s and 1920s and the Multicolor system of the late 1920s and 1930s. It was developed by William T. Crispinel and Alan M...
process and co-starring Rory Calhoun
Rory Calhoun
Rory Calhoun was an American television and film actor, screenwriter and producer, best known for his roles in Westerns.-Early life:...
.
The actress then co-starred with Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation....
in her first Technicolor film, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled A Yankee in King Arthur's Court...
(1949), a musical
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
loosely based on the story by Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
. 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
Decca Records
Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
soundtrack album. She also sang on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's Colgate Comedy Hour during the same live telecast that featured Errol Flynn
Errol Flynn
Errol Leslie Flynn was an Australian-born actor. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films, being a legend and his flamboyant lifestyle.-Early life:...
, on September 30, 1951, from the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood.
In 1953, Fleming portrayed Cleopatra in Serpent of the Nile
Serpent of the Nile (film)
Serpent of the Nile is a 1953 low budget Technicolor historical adventure film produced by Sam Katzman and directed by William Castle. The film starred Rhonda Fleming, Raymond Burr, William Lundigan and Michael Ansara...
. That same year she appeared in two films shot in 3-D
3-D film
A 3-D film or S3D film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception...
, Inferno
Inferno (1953 film)
Inferno is a 1953 American film noir drama/thriller directed by Roy Ward Baker, shot in Technicolor and shown in 3-D Dimension and stereophonic sound on prints for the few theaters equipped for that sound system in 1953.-Plot:...
with Robert Ryan
Robert Ryan
Robert Bushnell Ryan was an American actor who often played hardened cops and ruthless villains.-Early life and career:...
and the musical Those Redheads From Seattle with Gene Barry
Gene Barry
Gene Barry was an American stage, screen, and television actor. Barry is best remembered for his leading roles in the films The Atomic City and The War of The Worlds and for his portrayal of the title character in the TV series Bat Masterson, among many roles.-Personal life:Barry was born...
. The following year
1954 in film
The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones.-Events:*May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda...
she starred with Fernando Lamas
Fernando Lamas
Fernando Álvaro Lamas was an Argentine-born actor and director, and the father of actor Lorenzo Lamas.-Early life and career:...
in Jivaro, her third 3-D release.
Among Fleming’s subsequent cinematic credits are Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...
’s While the City Sleeps (1956), co-starring Dana Andrews
Dana Andrews
Dana Andrews was an American film actor. He was one of Hollywood's major stars of the 1940s, and continued acting, though generally in less prestigious roles, into the 1980s.-Early life:...
; Allan Dwan
Allan Dwan
Allan Dwan was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer and screenwriter.-Early life:...
’s Slightly Scarlet, co-starring John Payne
John Payne (actor)
John Payne was an American film actor who is mainly remembered as a singer in 20th Century Fox musical films, and for his leading roles in Miracle on 34th Street and the NBC western television series The Restless Gun.-Background:Payne was born in Roanoke, Virginia...
and Arlene Dahl
Arlene Dahl
Arlene Carol Dahl is an American actress and former MGM contract star, who achieved notability during the 1950s. She is the mother of actor Lorenzo Lamas.-Early years:...
; John Sturges
John Sturges
John Eliot Sturges was an American film director. His movies include Bad Day at Black Rock , Gunfight at the O.K. Corral , The Magnificent Seven , The Great Escape and Ice Station Zebra .-Career:He started his career in Hollywood as an editor in 1932...
’s Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) co-starring Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster
Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique and distinctive smile...
and Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas is an American stage and film actor, film producer and author. His popular films include Out of the Past , Champion , Ace in the Hole , The Bad and the Beautiful , Lust for Life , Paths of Glory , Gunfight at the O.K...
and the Irwin Allen
Irwin Allen
Irwin Allen was a television and film director and producer nicknamed "The Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film genre. He was also notable for creating a number of television series.- Biography :...
/ Joseph M. Newman
Joseph M. Newman
Joseph M. Newman was an American film director most famous for his 1955 film This Island Earth. His credits include episodes of The Twilight Zone and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour....
production of The Big Circus
The Big Circus
The Big Circus is a 1959 film starring Victor Mature as a circus owner struggling with financial trouble and a murderous unknown saboteur.-Cast:*Victor Mature as Henry Jasper 'Hank' Whirling*Red Buttons as Randy Sherman*Rhonda Fleming as Helen Harrison...
(1959), co-starring Victor Mature
Victor Mature
Victor John Mature was an American stage, film and television actor.-Early life:Mature was born in Louisville, Kentucky to an Italian-speaking father from the town Pinzolo, in the Italian part of the former County of Tyrol , Marcello Gelindo Maturi, later Marcellus George Mature, a cutler,...
and Vincent Price
Vincent Price
Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. was an American actor, well known for his distinctive voice and serio-comic attitude in a series of horror films made in the latter part of his career.-Early life and career:Price was born in St...
. Her most recent film was Waiting for the Wind (1990).
During the 1950s and into the 1960s, Fleming frequently appeared on television with guest-starring roles on The Red Skelton Show
The Red Skelton Show
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as...
, The Best of Broadway
The Best of Broadway
The Best of Broadway is a 60-minute television anthology series telecast on CBS from 1954 to 1955 for a total of 9 episodes.*Episode 1: The Royal Family *Episode 2: The Man Who Came to Dinner...
, The Investigators, Shower of Stars
Shower of Stars
Shower of Stars is an American variety television series broadcast in the United States from 1954 to 1958 by CBS. The series was also known as Chrysler Shower of Stars. Unusually at the time for CBS, the series was telecast in color.-Overview:...
, The Dick Powell Show
The Dick Powell Show
The Dick Powell Show is an American anthology series that ran on NBC from 1961- 1963, primarily sponsored by the Reynolds Metals Company. It was hosted by longtime film star Dick Powell until his death from lymphatic cancer on January 2, 1963, then by a series of guest hosts until the series ended...
, Death Valley Days
Death Valley Days
Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was broadcast on radio until 1945. It continued from 1952 to 1975 as a syndicated television series...
, Wagon Train
Wagon Train
Wagon Train is an American Western series that ran on NBC from 1957–62 and then on ABC from 1962–65...
, Burke's Law
Burke's Law
Burke's Law is a detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud...
, The Virginian
The Virginian (TV series)
The Virginian is an American Western television series starring James Drury and Doug McClure, which aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971 for a total of 249 episodes. Filmed in color, The Virginian became television's first 90-minute western series...
, McMillan & Wife, Police Woman
Police Woman (TV series)
Police Woman is an American television police drama starring Angie Dickinson that ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974, to March 29, 1978.-Synopsis:...
, Kung Fu
Kung Fu (TV series)
Kung Fu is an American television series that starred David Carradine. It was created by Ed Spielman, directed and produced by Jerry Thorpe, and developed by Herman Miller, who was also a writer for, and co-producer of, the series...
, Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen is both a fictional character and a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn, New York: Daniel Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay and Manford Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee , to write, edit, and anthologize detective fiction.The fictional Ellery Queen created by...
, and The Love Boat
The Love Boat
The Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24,1977, until May 24,1986.The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain...
. On March 4, 1962, Fleming appeared in one of the last segments of ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's Follow the Sun
Follow the Sun (TV series)
Follow the Sun is an American drama series which ran for thirty episodes on the ABC television network from September 17, 1961, through April 8, 1962.-Synopsis:...
in a role opposite Gary Lockwood
Gary Lockwood
Gary Lockwood is an American actor probably best known for his iconic 1968 role as the astronaut Dr. Frank Poole in 2001: A Space Odyssey.-Early life:...
, who was nearly 14 years her junior. She played a Marine in the episode "Marine of the Month".
In 1958, Fleming again displayed her singing talent when she recorded her only LP
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
, entitled simply Rhonda. In this album, she blended then current songs like "Around The World
Around the World (1956 song)
"Around the World" was the theme tune from the 1956 movie Around the World in 80 Days It never actually featured with the lyrics in the Around the World in Eighty Days film, but it is the vocal version which has by far become the better known...
" with standards such as "Love Me Or Leave Me
Love Me or Leave Me (song)
"Love Me or Leave Me" is a U.S. popular song from the 1920s.The music was written by Walter Donaldson and the lyrics by Gus Kahn. The song was introduced in the Broadway play, Whoopee!, which opened in December 1928...
" and "I've Got You Under My Skin
I've Got You Under My Skin (song)
"I've Got You Under My Skin" is a song written by Cole Porter. It became a signature song for Frank Sinatra and, in 1966, became a top 10 hit for The Four Seasons...
".
In retirement, Fleming has worked for several charities, especially in the field of cancer care, and has served on the committees of many related organizations. In 1991, she and her late husband, Ted Mann
Ted Mann
Ted Mann was an American businessman, involved in the film industry, and head of Mann Theatres. He famously changed the name of Grauman's Chinese Theater to Mann's Chinese Theater when he purchased the National General Theatre chain that owned it in 1973...
, set up the Rhonda Fleming Mann Clinic For Women's Comprehensive Care at the UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
Medical Center.
Fleming has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...
.
Personal life
Rhonda Fleming has been married to:- Darol Wayne Carlson (2003–present)
- Ted MannTed MannTed Mann was an American businessman, involved in the film industry, and head of Mann Theatres. He famously changed the name of Grauman's Chinese Theater to Mann's Chinese Theater when he purchased the National General Theatre chain that owned it in 1973...
, producer, (March 11, 1978 - January 15, 2001) till his death, January 15, 2001 - Hall BartlettHall BartlettHall Bartlett was an American film producer, director, and screen writer.-Early life:Born in Kansas City, Missouri, he graduated from Yale University Phi Beta Kappa, and was a Rhodes Scholar nominee...
, producer, (March 27, 1966–1972) (divorced), he died September 7, 1993 - Lang Jeffries, actor, (April 3, 1960 - January 11, 1962) (divorced), he died February 12, 1987
- Dr. Lew Morrell (July 11, 1952–1958) (divorced)
- Thomas Lane (? - 1948) (divorced) had 1 son
She is a devout Presbyterian.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1943 | In Old Oklahoma In Old Oklahoma In Old Oklahoma is a 1943 American film starring John Wayne, Martha Scott, Albert Dekker, Gabby Hayes, Marjorie Rambeau, and Dale Evans. The movie was directed by Albert S. Rogell and is usually shown under the title War of the Wildcats... |
Dance-hall girl |
| 1944 | Since You Went Away Since You Went Away Since You Went Away is a 1944 film distributed by United Artists, a big-budget epic about the American home front during World War II. It was directed by John Cromwell and adapted and produced by David O. Selznick from the novel Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from His Wife by Margaret... |
Girl at Dance |
| When Strangers Marry | Girl on train | |
| 1945 | Spellbound Spellbound (1945 film) Spellbound is a psychological mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1945. It tells the story of the new head of a mental asylum who turns out not to be what he claims. The film stars Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov and Leo G. Carroll. It is an adaptation by Angus... |
Mary Carmichael |
| The Spiral Staircase | Blanche | |
| 1946 | Abilene Town Abilene Town Abilene Town was a 1946 western film directed by Edwin L. Marin. The film starred Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Lloyd Bridges, Rhonda Fleming, and Edgar Buchanan.... |
Sherry Balder |
| 1947 | Adventure Island Adventure Island (film) Adventure Island is a 1947 American action/adventure film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Rory Calhoun and Rhonda Fleming. The film is a remake of the 1937 film Ebb Tide, based on the novel of the same name.- Cast :*Rory Calhoun as Mr. Herrick... |
Faith Wishart |
| Out of the Past Out of the Past Out of the Past is a 1947 film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas. The film was adapted by Daniel Mainwaring , with uncredited revisions by Frank Fenton and James M... |
Meta Carson | |
| 1949 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949 film) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a 1949 musical comedy film adaptation of the Mark Twain novel of the same name that was distributed by Paramount Pictures.-Plot:... |
Alisande La Carteloise |
| The Great Lover The Great Lover (1949 film) The Great Lover is a 1949 comedy film starring Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, and Roland Young. A scout leader takes his troop on an ocean cruise, pursues a beautiful duchess and is stalked by a murderer.-Cast:*Bob Hope as Freddie Hunter... |
Duchess Alexandria | |
| 1950 | The Eagle and the Hawk | Mrs. Madeline Danzeeger |
| 1951 | Cry Danger Cry Danger Cry Danger is a 1951 film noir thriller shot in twenty-two days in Los Angeles, including the Bunker Hill section of the city. The film was directed by Robert Parrish, a former child star and later editor in his debut as a director.-Plot:... |
Nancy Morgan |
| The Redhead and the Cowboy The Redhead and the Cowboy The Redhead and the Cowboy is a 1951 western movie starring Glenn Ford. Directed by Leslie Fenton.- Synopsis :Gil Kyle finds himself caught up in the politics and unrest of the American Civil War and soon gets himself framed for a murder... |
Candace Bronson | |
| The Last Outpost | Julie McQuade | |
| Little Egypt | Izora | |
| Crosswinds | Katherine Shelley | |
| 1952 | Hong Kong | Victoria Evans |
| The Golden Hawk | Captain Rouge | |
| 1953 | Tropic Zone | Flanders White |
| Serpent of the Nile | Cleopatra | |
| Pony Express Pony Express (film) Pony Express is a 1953 American western film directed by Jerry Hopper and starring Charlton Heston as Buffalo Bill, Forrest Tucker as Wild Bill Hickok, Jan Sterling as a Calamity Jane type characterand Rhonda Fleming that was filmed in Kanab, Utah... |
Evelyn Hastings | |
| Inferno Inferno (1953 film) Inferno is a 1953 American film noir drama/thriller directed by Roy Ward Baker, shot in Technicolor and shown in 3-D Dimension and stereophonic sound on prints for the few theaters equipped for that sound system in 1953.-Plot:... |
Geraldine Carson | |
| Those Redheads from Seattle | Kathie Edmonds | |
| 1954 | Jivaro | Alice Parker |
| Yankee Pasha Yankee Pasha Yankee Pasha is a 1954 romantic adventure film starring Jeff Chandler and Rhonda Fleming, and featured Mamie Van Doren. The movie was released by Universal Pictures.-Cast:*Jeff Chandler as Jason Starbuck*Rhonda Fleming as Roxana Reil... |
Roxana Reil | |
| 1955 | Queen of Babylon Queen of Babylon Queen of Babylon is a 1954 film set in the Neo-Babylonian Empire in the year 600 BC.This film was directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia.-Cast:*Rhonda Fleming as "Semiramis"*Ricardo Montalban as "Amal"*Roldano Lupi as "Assur"*Carlo Ninchi as "Sibari"... |
Semiramis |
| Tennessee's Partner Tennessee's Partner Tennessee's Partner is a Western film starring Ronald Reagan in what Peter Bogdanovich calls his "most likeable performance." It co-starred John Payne as Tennessee.... |
Elizabeth "Duchess" Farnham | |
| 1956 | Slightly Scarlet | June Lyons |
| The Killer Is Loose The Killer Is Loose The Killer Is Loose is a 1956 crime film noir directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming and Wendell Corey.-Plot:An employee for a savings and loan desperate for cash plans and successfully robs a bank as an inside job... |
Lila Wagner | |
| While the City Sleeps | Dorothy Kyne | |
| Odongo Odongo Odongo is a 1956 British drama film directed by John Gilling and starring Rhonda Fleming, Macdonald Carey and Juma. In Kenya a hunter falls in love with a vet.-Partial cast:* Rhonda Fleming - Pamela Muir* Macdonald Carey - Steve Stratton* Juma - Odongo... |
Pamela Muir | |
| 1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957 film) The film was based on a real event which took place on October 26, 1881. It was directed by John Sturges and featuring a screenplay written by novelist Leon Uris, and the movie's supporting cast included Rhonda Fleming, John Ireland, Jo Van Fleet, Martin Milner, Dennis Hopper, Jack Elam, Lee Van... |
Laura Denbow |
| The Buster Keaton Story | Peggy Courtney | |
| Gun Glory | Jo | |
| 1958 | Bullwhip | Cheyenne |
| Home Before Dark | Joan Carlisle | |
| 1959 | Alias Jesse James Alias Jesse James Alias Jesse James is a Bob Hope western comedy movie. A highlight for fans of Westerns of that era happens during the gun fight climax at the end of the movie that features a number of cameos by movie and television personalities Alias Jesse James (1959) is a Bob Hope western comedy movie. A... |
Cora Lee Collins |
| The Big Circus The Big Circus The Big Circus is a 1959 film starring Victor Mature as a circus owner struggling with financial trouble and a murderous unknown saboteur.-Cast:*Victor Mature as Henry Jasper 'Hank' Whirling*Red Buttons as Randy Sherman*Rhonda Fleming as Helen Harrison... |
Helen Harrison | |
| 1960 | The Crowded Sky | Cheryl "Charro" Heath |
| La Rivolta degli schiavi | Fabiola Saint Fabiola Saint Fabiola was a Roman matron of rank of the company of noble Roman women who, under the influence of the Church father St. Jerome, gave up all earthly pleasures and devoted themselves to the practice of Christian asceticism and to charitable work.... |
|
| 1964 | Pão de Açúcar | |
| The Patsy | Herself | |
| 1965 | Una Moglie americana | Nyta |
| 1969 | Backtrack! | Carmelita Flanagan |
| 1976 | Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood is a 1976 film directed by Michael Winner and starring Madeline Kahn, Bruce Dern, Teri Garr, and Art Carney... |
Rhoda Flaming |
| 1980 | The Nude Bomb The Nude Bomb The Nude Bomb is a 1980 comedy film based on the television series Get Smart. It starred Don Adams as Maxwell Smart, Agent 86, and was directed by Clive Donner... |
Edith Von Secondberg |
| 1990 | Waiting for the Wind |
Television
- Colgate Comedy Hour (1951) (guest with Abbott and CostelloAbbott and CostelloWilliam "Bud" Abbott and Lou Costello performed together as Abbott and Costello, an American comedy duo whose work on stage, radio, film and television made them the most popular comedy team during the 1940s and 1950s...
and Errol FlynnErrol FlynnErrol Leslie Flynn was an Australian-born actor. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films, being a legend and his flamboyant lifestyle.-Early life:...
) - What's My Line?What's My Line?What's My Line? is a panel game show which originally ran in the United States on the CBS Television Network from 1950 to 1967, with several international versions and subsequent U.S. revivals. The game tasked celebrity panelists with questioning contestants in order to determine their occupations....
(1955) (celebrity mystery guest) - The Red Skelton ShowThe Red Skelton ShowThe Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as...
(1955) (as Phyllis in "Freddy's Romance") - Here's HollywoodHere's HollywoodHere's Hollywood is an American celebrity interview program which aired on weekday afternoons on NBC at 4:30 Eastern time from September 26, 1960, to December 28, 1962.-Overview:...
(1961) (celebrity guest with third husband, Lang JeffriesLang JeffriesLang Jeffries was a Canadian-American actor of television and film who was married to actress Rhonda Fleming from 1960-1962....
) - The Love BoatThe Love BoatThe Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24,1977, until May 24,1986.The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain...
(1978) (celebrity guest)
External links
.- Rhonda Fleming official site.
- Rhonda Fleming photos.
- Rhonda Fleming photographs.
- Rhonda Fleming images of films.