1. Cleo Una Moore was an American actress, usually featured in the role of a blonde bombshell in Hollywood films of the 1950s, including seven films with Hugo Haas.
10 Facts About Cleo Moore
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Cleo Moore was born in in Galvez, Louisiana, and raised in nearby Gonzales.
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Cleo Moore was educated in Gonzales public schools and took a secretarial course at Pope's Commercial College in Baton Rouge.
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Cleo Moore married Palmer Long, the youngest child of Huey Long, the former governor of Louisiana who was assassinated while a Senator for Louisiana, but the marriage ended in six weeks.
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Cleo Moore made her film debut in 1948 in Embraceable You.
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Cleo Moore played the leading lady in the film serial Congo Bill and worked for Warner Brothers briefly in 1950.
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Cleo Moore worked for RKO Radio Pictures from 1950 to 1952, making such films as Hunt the Man Down and Gambling House.
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Cleo Moore first gained attention as a doomed gun moll in Nicholas Ray's film noir On Dangerous Ground in 1952.
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Cleo Moore co-starred in Thy Neighbor's Wife and Bait, both directed by Haas, the latter co-starring John Agar.
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Cleo Moore found success as a businesswoman in real estate after her screen career ended.