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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

18

Gender

Female

Birthday

1924-01-27

Day of Death

1982-02-05 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Stockton, California, USA

Also Known As

Jaqueline Moran

Dolores Moran

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dolores Moran, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

To Have and Have Not

1945

To Have and Have Not

as

Mme. Hellene de Bursac

The Man I Love

1946

The Man I Love

as

Gloria O'Connor

Count the Hours!

1953

Count the Hours!

as

Paula Mitchener

Silver Lode

1954

Silver Lode

as

Dolly

The Horn Blows at Midnight

1945

The Horn Blows at Midnight

as

Violinist / Fran Blackstone

Johnny One-Eye

1950

Johnny One-Eye

as

Lily White

Old Acquaintance

1943

Old Acquaintance

as

Deirdre Drake

Christmas Eve

1947

Christmas Eve

as

Jean Bradford

The Hard Way

1943

The Hard Way

as

Young Blonde (Uncredited)

Mr. Noisy

1946

Mr. Noisy

as

Nurse Shapely (uncredited)

The Ghost Breakers

1940

The Ghost Breakers

as

Las Palmas Patron (uncredited)

Too Young to Know

1945

Too Young to Know

as

Patsy O'Brien

Three Cheers for the Girls

1943

Three Cheers for the Girls

as

Blonde Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942

Yankee Doodle Dandy

as

The Pippirino (uncredited)

Without Reservations

1946

Without Reservations

as

Dolores Moran (uncredited)

Production

Crew

Directing