Dolores Moran

Dolores Moran
Pinup photo of Moran in Yank, the Army Weekly (1944)
Born	January 27, 1924 Stockton, California, U.S.
Died	February 5, 1982 (aged 58) Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Cause of death	lung cancer
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1942–1954
Spouse(s)	Benedict Bogeaus (1946–1962)
Children	Brett Benedict (b. 1948)

Dolores Moran (January 27, 1924 – February 5, 1982) was an American film actress and model.

Film career

Moran's brief career as a film actress began in 1942 with some uncredited roles in such films as Yankee Doodle Dandy (as "the Pippirino", with whom George blows off a date to go with Mary). 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 Hawks' decision to marginalize 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.

Personal life

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 favor of Bogart, and she also had an affair with actor Mickey Rooney in 1943, after he divorced Ava Gardner.

In 1982, Dolores Moran died of cancer. She was survived by her son, sister, and mother.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Studio	Director
1942	Winning Your Wings	Blonde at Dance	Indie	John Huston
	Yankee Doodle Dandy	Girl	WB	Michael Curtiz
1943	The Hard Way	Young Blonde	WB	Vincent Sherman
	Three Cheers for the Girls	Blonde Chorus Girl (segment "Framing Story")	WB	Busby Berkeley, Jean Negulesco
	Old Acquaintance	Deirdre Drake	WB	Vincent Sherman
1944	The Last Ride	Molly Stevens	WB	D. Ross Lederman
	To Have and Have Not	Mme. Hellene de Bursac	WB	Howard Hawks
1945	The Horn Blows at Midnight	Violinist/Fran Blackstone	WB	Raoul Walsh
	Too Young to Know	Patsy O'Brien	WB	Frederick De Cordova
1947	The Man I Love	Gloria O'Connor	WB	Raoul Walsh
	Christmas Eve	Jean Bradford	UA	Edwin L. Marin
1950	Johnny One-Eye	Lily White	UA	Robert Florey
1953	Count the Hours	Paula Mitchener	RKO	Don Siegel
1954	Silver Lode	Dolly	RKO	Allan Dwan

References

External links

• Dolores Moran at the Internet Movie Database
• Dolores Moran at Find a Grave