The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting the moments and people that connect and inspire us. Today, ...

Sultry screen siren Dorothy Lamour didn’t seem interested in collecting awards in Hollywood — she was too busy collecting stamps. The New Orleans native, who tantalized audiences with her signature ...

During World War II, many Hollywood film stars traveled the country, urging Americans to buy government-issued bonds to help pay for the war effort. One of the first to hit the road was sultry Dorothy ...

There was a pedestrian traffic jam at the corner of Sixth Avenue and 9th Street late last Wednesday afternoon. “There she is – big as life – looking p-r-e-t-t-y good!” exclaimed one male onlooker. A ...

FRANKFURT — Dorothy Lamour breezed into the EC today and bared the news that she will appear before EUCOM troops in her sarong. "Everybody says that's what they want to see me in and I want to make ...

I was initially drawn to Dorothy Lamour because of her long, dark hair, great legs and exotic beauty. She was declared Miss New Orleans in 1931 and soon became a singer. In the film capital, she was ...

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Dorothy Lamour, the sarong-clad sex symbol who provided a sultry comic punch to Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in the famed “road” movie series, died yesterday. She was 81. The cause of death was not ...

Dorothy Lamour, most famous for her Road to ... series of movies with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, never won an Oscar. In her 50-plus-year career as an actress, she never even got nominated. Neither did ...