Dorothy Lamour on Mike Douglas Show 1972

Movie legend Dorothy Lamour sings and discusses her career in this television appearance from 1972.

[@exposingliars9824]

I was about 6 years old. We were at the "Boscov's" department store and she was signing autographs. My father said, "She is really famous, go get her autograph". I had no idea, but glad he told me to go talk to her. She was very nice!

[@elizabethgalligan1805]

She's so classy 😍

[@sherlockhemlock1246]

What you see is what you get with Dottie Lamour: Down-to-earth, humble, classy, interesting, and so beautiful and talented! Thanks for posting!

[@bennyjazzful]

WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 From a mad keen 75yo Aussie fan. What a lovely lady & a great performer. Wonderful interview....

[@manypearls7193]

I love her too and have been a fan-colllector for 40 years. I hope to find some more rare video on her to add.

[@otrfan84128]

Miss Lamour paid Mike such a nice compliment, with which I certainly agree. This brings back memories of when the big stars were gracious and classy. Mike's audiences were three generations: you could watch with your parents and grandparents. So different from the screaming, 3-ring circuses on the air now. Interesting conversations and great guests, like Miss Lamour. She was Hollywood Royalty.

[@lizevans2576]

Dorothy Lamour and my grandmother were friends. They went to beauty school together here in New Orleans.

[@alison2649]

What ethnicity was your grandmother?

[@lizevans2576]

My grandmother was Sicilian/Irish. They grew up in the same neighborhood.

[@gingerlord4983]

​@@alison2649Why do you care so much about people's race? Who cares?

[@alison2649]

@@gingerlord4983 because I’m very fascinated by the many articles and videos I’ve come across that claim Dorothy Lamour was “passing”. Super interesting to me. Is that okay with you?

[@113dmg9]

I loved watching Mike Douglas (which I believe used to be on at 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday). Wow. It is amazing how obviously different things were back then.

[@normanmathews]

Thanks so much for this. I was a dancer in the Dorothy Lamour national tour of Hello, Dolly! (though not, however, in the Las Vegas run). Lamour was a joy to work with. For those interested, there's a 5-minute audiobook excerpt on KZbin of my time with her, taken from my autobiography, The Wrong Side of the Room: A Life in Music Theater, in which there is an entire chapter devoted to the tour. Here is the link to the excerpt: www.youtube.com/@normanmathews

[@rhythmfield]

She was a great singer

[@michaelmcgee8543]

She was a good actress and singer.

[@cattillman7705]

DOROTHY LAMOUR!!!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY ANGEL. MY QUEEN. I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD WE LOVE YOU. JESUS WE LOVE YOU. MY 36 ANGELS I LOVE YOU.

[@heartpursuer]

"This is the beginning of the end." A sad and sublime song she sang in Johnny Apollo.

[@lillinablue]

Really amazing🤣💞Don't ya⁉️

[@antoniod]

She was only 58 then!

[@cassdaley2652]

Any chance that you have the interview with Cass Daley on the Mike Douglas Show?

[@JasonFerguson1283]

Obviously, Wayne, pre-personal assistant.

[@Moonstar-jb4ow]

Dorthy lamour was cteole from new Orleans she was black

[@user-hu4gr1bo5g]

All humans are one Family. Ask your doctor.

[@alison2649]

Ya she was definitely passing.

[@WarBrer]

No

[@gingerlord4983]

She was definitely Creole BUT not Black! I get so sick of Black obsession.Good grief.Creole People are mixed with a lot of Races.And really,who cares?

[@gingerlord4983]

​@@alison2649Passing.WTH.Stop talking like a BIGOT LIBERAL DEMOCRAT! She did NOT have to "pass".ALL TALENT!!!!!!

[@MrRodrigues4]

homophobic

[@gingerlord4983]

What?