Doretta Morrow was an American actress, singer and dancer who appeared in stage and television productions during the 1940s and 1950s.
16 Facts About Doretta Morrow
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Doretta Morrow co-starred in the 1952 Hollywood film Because You're Mine, as Mario Lanza's love interest.
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Doretta Morrow retired from performance in 1960 at the age of 33.
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Doretta Morrow did not speak English until she was a teenager.
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Doretta Morrow remained with the production through its September 1950 closing.
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In March 1951 Doretta Morrow created the role of Tuptim in the original Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I, with Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner.
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Doretta Morrow left the production in late 1951 to film her only Hollywood movie, Because You're Mine, in which she starred opposite Mario Lanza.
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Doretta Morrow portrayed Marsinah in the original West End production of Kismet in 1955.
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Doretta Morrow made her television debut in 1949 on The Ed Sullivan Show.
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Doretta Morrow appeared on that show several more times through 1958.
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Doretta Morrow sang as a guest performer on several other variety programs during the 1950s, including Cavalcade of Stars, The Voice of Firestone, Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue, The Arthur Murray Party, The Steve Allen Show and General Motors 50th Anniversary Show among others.
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Doretta Morrow played Monique DuPont in a 1951 television version of the musical Miss Liberty for the Musical Comedy Time program, and performed the role of Polly Peachum in a 1952 television adaptation of The Beggar's Opera for CBS.
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Doretta Morrow starred in the live television musical specials Once Upon an Eastertime and The Adventures of Marco Polo on Max Liebman Spectaculars.
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Doretta Morrow made her last television appearance in a 1959 episode of The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen.
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On February 28,1968, Doretta Morrow died in London, aged 41, from lymphoma.
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Doretta Morrow was buried in Putney Vale Cemetery in London.