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Dona Drake is a Actor American born on 15 november 1914 at Miami (USA)

Dona Drake

Dona Drake
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Birth name Eunice Westmoreland
Nationality USA
Birth 15 november 1914 at Miami (USA)
Death 20 june 1989 (at 74 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Dona Drake (born Eunice Westmoreland; November 15, 1914 – June 20, 1989) was an American singer, dancer and film actress in the 1930s and 1940s. She also toured in an all-girl orchestra in the early 1940s.

Biography

In 1936, Drake was questioned by the FBI about the murder of her then-boyfriend and known mobster, Louis Amberg. She claimed to only know him as "Mr. Cohen" and had no idea what he did for a living.

Drake married fashion designer William Travilla August 19, 1944. They were married until her death and had one daughter, Nia (b. August 16, 1951). William Travilla appeared on the 24 March 1960 episode of "You Bet Your Life", hosted by Groucho Marx; he introduced his elegantly-dressed wife, Dona, to the audience.

Usually with

Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
(5 films)
Bob Hope
Bob Hope
(5 films)
Edith Head
Edith Head
(5 films)
Lee Van Cleef
Lee Van Cleef
(4 films)
Michael Ansara
Michael Ansara
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dona Drake (22 films)

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Actress

Princess of the Nile
Princess of the Nile (1954)
, 1h11
Directed by Harmon Jones
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Actors Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Dona Drake, Michael Ansara, Jack Elam
Roles Mirva
Rating62% 3.1019953.1019953.1019953.1019953.101995
Egypt, 1249: The father of Princess Shalimar has fallen under the spell of the sinister Shaman, who drugs him and tries to keep daughter Shalimar a prisoner. She knows a secret passage, however, and slips away at night to entertain the oppressed villagers of Hanwan by disguising herself as Taura, a popular dancer in the Tambourine Tavern.
The Bandits of Corsica
The Bandits of Corsica (1953)
, 1h21
Directed by Ray Nazarro
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Richard Greene, Raymond Burr, Paula Raymond, Dona Drake, Raymond Greenleaf, Lee Van Cleef
Roles Zelda
Rating55% 2.7758152.7758152.7758152.7758152.775815
In the eighteenth century a pair of twin brothers overthrow a sadistic aristocrat. It is also known by the alternative title The Return of the Corsican Brothers
Kansas City Confidential
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
, 1h39
Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Actors John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef, Jack Elam
Roles Teresa
Rating72% 3.647023.647023.647023.647023.64702
A nameless, ruthless man (Preston Foster) who identifies himself as Mr. Big is timing to the minute the arrival of two trucks. One is an armored car routinely picking up bags containing lots of money from a bank. The other truck delivers to a flower shop next door. The man’s timing shows that, for a very few minutes, the schedule of both trucks coincidentally parks them next to each other. He is casing the armored car. He needs a gang to help him rob it. He selects three men for the gang -- the addictive gambler Peter Harris (Jack Elam) wanted for murder, gum-chewing thug Boyd Kane (Neville Brand) and the womaniziing Tony Romano (Lee Van Cleef). When interviewing them, he wears a mask so they cannot identify him. He has selected them because each has a reason for fleeing the US. They will fit perfectly into Mr. Big’s complex plan, which appears to be an ordinary robbery but is much more.
Valentino
Valentino (1951)
, 1h42
Directed by Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors Anthony Dexter, Dona Drake, Eleanor Parker, Richard Carlson, Otto Kruger, Patricia Medina
Roles Maria Torres
Rating58% 2.901362.901362.901362.901362.90136
Rudolph Valentino arrives in America and becomes a movie star. He falls in love with an actress and dies an early death.
Fortunes of Captain Blood
Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
, 1h31
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, George Macready, Curt Bois, Dona Drake, Lowell Gilmore
Roles Pepita
Rating57% 2.857452.857452.857452.857452.85745
The film follows the standard story about Captain Blood. An Irishman banished for his treatment on a wounded rebel during the Monmouth Rebellion, Dr. Peter Blood has become a feared buccaneer on the high seas. King Charles II of Spain (Curt Bois) thus calls upon the Marquis de Riconete to capture the evasive Captain Blood and end his attacks upon Spanish ships. Blood is safe until he docks to resupply his crew; while his men are out they are betrayed by their supplier, the slave trader George Fairfax. Once captured, the pirates are tortured by the Marquis to find Blood's whereabouts.
Beyond the Forest
Beyond the Forest (1949)
, 1h37
Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Melodrama
Actors Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman, Minor Watson, Dona Drake
Roles Jenny
Rating67% 3.3976253.3976253.3976253.3976253.397625
Rosa Moline is the neglected wife of a small-town Wisconsin doctor. She grows bored and becomes infatuated with a visiting Chicago businessman. She extorts money from her husband's patients and uses the cash to flee to Chicago, but the businessman does not welcome her. She returns home and becomes pregnant by her husband. The businessman has a change of heart and follows her to Wisconsin. He wants her back, but not her baby, so she attempts to abort by throwing herself down a hill, gets peritonitis and dies.
The Girl from Jones Beach
The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)
, 1h18
Directed by Peter Godfrey, Peter Godfrey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Lola Albright, Eddie Bracken, Dona Drake, Henry Travers
Roles Connie Martin
Rating61% 3.097953.097953.097953.097953.09795
Chuck Donovan is a not so successful agent in New York who is hired by some television producers for a special job. He is to find the real identity of the woman who modeled for commercial sketch artist Bob Randolph as he created the famous "Randolph Girl". No one besides Randolph, not even the artist's secretary, Miss Brooks, has ever met the woman.
Another Part of the Forest
Another Part of the Forest (1948)
, 1h47
Directed by Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Dan Duryea, Edmond O'Brien, Ann Blyth, John Dall
Roles Laurette Sincee
Rating72% 3.635233.635233.635233.635233.63523
Set in the fictional town of Bowden, Alabama in June 1880, the plot focuses on the wealthy, ruthless, and innately evil Hubbard family and their rise to prominence. Patriarch Marcus Hubbard was born into poverty and toiled at menial labor while teaching himself Greek philosophy and the basics of business acumen. He ultimately made his fortune by exploiting his fellow Southerners during the American Civil War. Shrewd, amoral elder son Benjamin is plotting to usurp his father's power and steal his money by revealing a dark secret from his days as a war profiteer. Younger son Oscar, a Ku Klux Klan supporter, lusts for whore Laurette Sincee rather than penniless neighbor Birdie Bagtry, who desperately is looking for a loan on her family's valuable land, a situation Benjamin hopes to exploit. Regina is the sexually active daughter who wants to live in Chicago with Birdie's brother, former Confederate officer John Bagtry, a move discouraged by her father, who has a disturbingly unnatural closeness to the girl. When all his offspring turn on Marcus in one way or another, their mother Lavinia - the only one in the household with any sense of morality - tells her vicious children she hopes never to see them again.
Without Reservations
Without Reservations (1946)
, 1h47
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Claudette Colbert, John Wayne, Don DeFore, Anne Triola, Phil Brown, Frank Puglia
Roles Dolores Ortega
Rating64% 3.2476453.2476453.2476453.2476453.247645
Successful author Christopher "Kit" Madden (Claudette Colbert) travels to Los Angeles to work on the film adaptation of her best-selling book Here is Tomorrow. It is supposed to star Cary Grant as the hero Mark Winston and Lana Turner, but Grant has just dropped out and the producer thinks they need an unknown actor to play Winston. On a train to Hollywood Kit meets two Marines, Captain "Rusty" Thomas (John Wayne) and 1st Lieutenant "Dink" Watson (Don DeFore). She considers Rusty the best choice to play Mark Winston, but he is dismissive of her book: she wrote a political allegory and he does not believe Cary Grant would refuse Lana Turner for 400 pages. Unsure how he will react if he discovers she is a famous writer, she keeps her identity secret (saying her name is "Kitty Kloch"). During their journey across the country on trains, the trio end up in various comedic and dramatic situations. When Rusty finally learns the truth, he thinks that she has been using him just so he would be in the motion picture. Nonetheless, after a number of missteps, the couple eventually are able to resolve their differences.