Dorothy Lamour
Birth Name: Mary Leta Slaton
Date of Birth: December 10, 1914
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Date of Death: September 22, 1996
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: English, French, other
Dorothy Lamour was an American actress and singer.
She was the daughter of Carmen Louise (LaPorte) and John Wilson/Watson Slaton. She was married to U.S. Air Force captain and advertising executive, William Ross Howard III, until his death, with whom she had two children.
Dorothy is sometimes stated to have had Spanish ancestry. It is not clear if this is accurate.
Dorothy’s paternal grandfather was Samuel Watson “Watt” Slayden/Slaton (the son of James Arthur Slayden/Slaton and Mary Ann Watson). Samuel was born in Alabama. James was the son of Joseph Slayden and Mary “Polly” Lowe.
Dorothy’s paternal grandmother was named Mary Leta Wilson.
Dorothy’s maternal grandfather was Jean/John Laporte (the son of Jean Laporte and Sarah Browne). Dorothy’s grandfather Jean was born in Louisiana, to a French father.
Dorothy’s maternal grandmother was Marie Francoise/Louise Julie De Vaquet/Vaqué/Vaquier (the daughter of Jean Vaquet/Vaqué and Madeline Genevieve). Marie Francoise was French.
Sources: Genealogy of Dorothy Lamour – https://www.findagrave.com
Birth record of Dorothy Lamour – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Dorothy Lamour (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Dorothy’s mother on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Dorothy’s mother on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
She was also part Spanish
Wrong!!! There is no such thing as “Spanish”. Spanish is the language of SPAIN, also spoken “south of the border”, and Spaniards are Whites! Dorothy Lamour was NO Spaniard!!! (The proper noun for the inhabitants of Spain.) She evidently was a beautiful mulatto (had Black) and there’s nothing wrong with that, but there is something way wrong with misappropriating others’ ethnicities, as if they were better than her real one, while concealing one’s real ethnicity (yours/hers).
Ethnic, is there a picture, please?
no sorry