* 30.11.1920, St. Louis, USA † 17.01.2005, Thousand Oaks, California, USA

mit 12 Bühnendebüt (mit einem Tourneetheater) * Tänzerin * Auftritte im Varieté * 1941/42 am Broadway in Eddie Cantors Revue Banjo Eyes * 1943 Vertrag mit Samuel Goldwyn & erster Film * 1944 erste Hauptrolle in The Princess and the Pirate * oft Partnerin von Danny Kaye * 1948 Wechsel zu Warner Bros. * in 60er Jahren verstärkt Theaterarbeit (zusammen mit ihrem Ehemann Michael O'Shea) * Genres: Komödie / Western / Musical / Abenteuer / Drama

FILMS

Jack London / The Adventures of Jack London / The Life of Jack London (1943-USA * Alfred Santell / Mamie)
Seven Days Ashore (1944-USA * John H. Auer / Carol)
The Princess and the Pirate (Das Korsarenschiff, 1944-USA * David Butler / Prinzessin Margaret)
Wonder Man (Der Wundermann, 1945-USA * H. Bruce Humberstone / Ellen Shanley)
The Kid from Brooklyn (Der Held des Tages, 1946-USA * Norman Z. McLeod / Polly Pringle)
The Best Years of Our Lives (Die besten Jahre unseres Lebens, 1946-USA * William Wyler / Marie Derry)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Das Doppelleben des Herrn Mitty, 1947-USA * Norman Z. McLeod / Rosalind)
Out of the Blue (1947-USA * Leigh Jason / Deborah Tyler)
A Song Is Born (Die tollkühne Rettung der Gangsterbraut Honey Swanson, 1948-USA * Howard Hawks / Honey)
Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948-USA * Richard Bare / Linda Vickers)
Flaxy Martin (Blondes Gift, 1948-USA * Richard Bare / Flaxy Martin)
Colorado Territory (Vogelfrei, 1948-USA; R: Raoul Walsh, B: John Twist, Edmund H. North, K: Sidney Hickox, M: David Buttolph, D: Joel McCrea, VM-Colorado Carson, Dorothy Malone) 94m-Western (08-11)
The Girl from Jones Beach (Venus am Strand, 1949-USA * Peter Godfrey / Ruth Wilson)
White Heat (Sprung in den Tod, 1949-USA * Raoul Walsh / Verna Jarrett)
Red Light (Rotes Licht, 1949-USA * Roy Del Ruth / Carla North)
Always Leave Them Laughing (Tritt ab, wenn sie lachen, 1949-USA * Roy Del Ruth / Nancy Eagen)
Backfire (Gesetzlos, 1949-USA * Vincent Sherman / Julie Benson)
The Flame and the Arrow (Der Rebell, 1950-USA * Jacques Tourneur / Anne)
West Point Story (1950-USA * Roy Del Ruth / Eve Dillon)
Captain Horatio Hornblower (Des Königs Admiral, 1950-USA * Raoul Walsh / Barbara Wellesley)
Along the Great Divide (Den Hals in der Schlinge, 1951-USA * Raoul Walsh / Ann Keith)
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951-USA * David Butler / Carol)
Starlift (1951-USA * Roy Del Ruth / cameo)
The Iron Mistress (Im Banne des Teufels, 1952-USA * Gordon Douglas / Judalon de Bornay)
She's Working Her Way Through College (1952-USA * H. Bruce Humberstone / Angela Gardner/"Gertie")
She's Back on Broadway (1953-USA * Gordon Douglas / Catherine Terris)
South Sea Woman (Flucht aus Shanghai, 1953-USA * Arthur Lubin / Ginger Martin)
Devil's Canyon (Hölle der Gefangenen, 1953-USA * Alfred L. Werker / Abby Nixon)
King Richard and the Crusaders (Der Talisman, 1954-USA * David Butler / Lady Edith)
The Silver Chalice (Der silberne Kelch, 1954-USA * Victor Saville / Helena)
Pearl of the South Pacific (Piratenblut, 1955-USA * Allan Dwan / Rita)
Great Day in the Morning (Skrupellos, 1955-USA * Jacques Tourneur / Ann Alaine)
The Proud Ones (Die Furchtlosen, 1955-USA * Robert D. Webb / Sally)
Congo Crossing (Blutroter Kongo, 1956-USA * Joseph Pevney / Louise Whitman)
The Big Land (Herrscher über weites Land, 1956-USA * Gordon Douglas / Helen Jagger)
The Story of Mankind (1957-USA * Irwin Allen / Kleopatra)
The Tall Stranger (Der große Fremde, 1957-USA * Thomas Carr / Ellen)
Fort Dobbs (Im Höllentempo nach Fort Dobbs, 1957-USA * Gordon Douglas / Celia Gray)
Westbound (Messer an der Kehle, 1958-USA * Budd Boetticher / Norma Putnam)
Jet over the Atlantic (1958/59-USA * Byron Haskin / Jean Gruney)
La rivolta dei mercenari (Aufstand der Söldner, 1960/61-I/E * Piero Costa / Gräfin Patrizia)
Young Fury (Revolverhelden von Fall River, 1964-USA * Christian Nyby / Sarah McCoy)
Castle of Evil (1966-USA * Francis D. Lyon / "Sable")
Fort Utah (Die gesetzlosen Drei, 1967-USA * Lesley Selander / Linda Lee)
The Haunted (Schrei aus dem Jenseits, 1969-USA * Michael De Gaetano / Michelle)
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (Won Ton Ton, der Hund, der Hollywood rettete, 1975-USA * Michael Winner / cameo als Miss Batley)
French Quarter (Ein mysteriöses Haus, 1977-USA * Dennis Kane / Gräfin Piazza)
Evil Spirits (1990-USA * Gary Graver / Janet Wilson)
The Man Next Door (1997-USA * Rod C. Spence / Lucia)