
Actor
Dolores Gray
Born June 7, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died June 26, 20027 films
Dolores Gray (June 7, 1924 – June 26, 2002) was an American stage and film actress. During her successful music career, she sang Marilyn Monroe's part on the Decca records soundtrack album of There's No Business Like Show Business (1954).
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Born as Dolores Stein to Barbara Gray and Henry Stein in Chicago, Dolores Gray was briefly signed with MGM, appearing in Kismet (1955) and It's Always Fair Weather(1955).
Among her many stage roles, she appeared in Two on the Aisle (1951), Carnival In Flanders (1953); Destry Rides Again (1959); Sherry! (1967); and 42nd Street (1986). She also performed the lead role in Annie Get Your Gun in London (1947).
Gray earned the Tony Award for her role in Carnival in Flanders even though this Broadway musical, with a script by Preston Sturges, ran for only six performances. She therefore holds a record that is unlikely to be broken: briefest run in a performance which still earned a Tony.
She was best-known for her theatre roles. She recalled once "What a gift that would be to have more of a permanent record. A stage performance is just that, then it's lost. When I see movies on TV, I think, 'How great to have that.' But why look back? The decisions I made, I made. I can't change that."
On September 24, 1966, Dolores Gray married Andrew J. Crevolin, a California businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner who won the 1954 Kentucky Derby. Despite erroneous reports in the media that they divorced, they remained married until his passing in 1992.
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First watchIt's Always Fair Weather19557.0as Madeline BradvilleThree World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown.View filmEssential films
Ranked by acclaim and reachFilmography
7 films as actor- 1988Doctor Who: Silver NemesisMrs Remington
- 1957Designing WomanLori Shannon
- 1956The Opposite SexSylvia Fowler
- 1955KismetLalume
- 1955It's Always Fair WeatherMadeline Bradville
- 1944Mr. SkeffingtonNightclub Singer (uncredited)
- 1942Lady for a NightDolores, a Singer (uncredited)

