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American actress (1919–1998)
Ramsay Ames
Ames in 1945
Born
Ramsay Phillips
(1919-03-30 ) March 30, 1919Died March 30, 1998(1998-03-30) (aged 79 ) Occupation(s ) Actress, model Years active 1943–1963 Spouse
(divorced)
Ramsay Ames (born Ramsay Phillips ,[1] B movie actress,[2] [3] [4] pin-up girl and television hostess. As a dancer, she was billed as Ramsay D'el Rico .
She is also credited as Ramsey Ames .[5]
Of Spanish/English descent,[1] [6] [7] [8]
Ames became part of a dance team under the name Ramsay D'el Rico[1] Eastman Kodak -sponsored fashion show at the 1939 New York World's Fair . An injury forced her to alter her dance career plans. She took up singing and became the vocalist with a top rhumba band.[9]
During a trip to California to visit her mother, Ramsay had a chance meeting at the airport with Columbia Pictures President Harry Cohn . The meeting resulted in a screen test and then her movie debut in Two Señoritas from Chicago (1943).[9] I
From there, she moved to Universal Pictures ,[10] Calling Dr. Death Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves [11] The Mummy's Ghost Monogram Pictures drama, Below the Deadline Republic serials including The Black Widow (1947) and G-Men Never Forget [9]
After her career subsided in the 1940s, Ames and her husband lived in Spain, where she had her own television interview show and occasionally took on support roles in films produced in Europe.[12]
According to director William Witney , some of Republic Pictures ' stuntmen suffered more injuries running on rooftops to get a better look at Ramsay Ames walking across the backlot than were hurt performing dangerous action sequences in the studio's westerns.[13]
Personal life [ edit ]
Ames was wed to Man of La Mancha Dale Wasserman , a Tony Award-winning musical writer .,[14] [14] [15]
Selected filmography [ edit ]
Crazy House
Calling Dr. Death
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Ladies Courageous
Hat Check Honey
Follow the Boys
Ghost Catchers
The Mummy's Ghost
A Wave, a WAC and a Marine
Mildred Pierce
Too Young to Know
The Gay Cavalier
Below the Deadline
Beauty and the Bandit
The Time, the Place and the Girl
Philo Vance Returns
The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West
Green Dolphin Street
The Black Widow
G-Men Never Forget
Vicki
The Lie
Alexander the Great
At Five O'Clock in the Afternoon
The Running Man
Una tal Dulcinea
Soundtrack (5 credits)
Archive footage (5 credits)
Pictorials
Yank
Yank (USA) 20 April 1945
Yank (USA) 4 May 1945
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "Inside Perelman" . Pittsburgh Post Gazette . June 12, 1944. p. 24 . Retrieved July 20, 2009 .[dead link
^ "Hollywood Sights and Sounds" . Prescott Evening Courier . June 26, 1943. p. 3 . Retrieved July 20, 2009 .
^ "AFI|Catalog" . catalog.afi.com . Retrieved November 13, 2023 .
^ Fanning, Win (February 24, 1956). "Actress Ramsay Ames Finds Her Shangri-La in Spain" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . p. 14 . Retrieved January 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Rainey, Buck (2005). Serial Film Stars: A Biographical Dictionary, 1912-1956 ISBN 978-0-7864-2010-0
^ Reeder, Thomas (October 6, 2019). Stop Yellin' - Ben Pivar and the Horror, Mystery, and Action-Adventure Films of His Universal B Unit
^ a b c "Ramsay Ames | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos" . AllMovie .
^ "This Is the Story of Ramsay Ames -- Who's No Gentleman" . The Des Moines Register . December 29, 1943. p. 51 . Retrieved January 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Ramsay Ames" . BFI . Archived from the original on March 12, 2016.
^ Kiser, Brett (October 2, 2013). The Pin-Up Girls of World War II
^ filesofjerryblake (November 16, 2013). "The Vigilante" . The Files of Jerry Blake . Retrieved November 13, 2023 .
^ a b "Dale Wasserman: Playwright who adapted 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's" . The Independent . January 7, 2009.
^ "Dale Wasserman: Playwright who adapted 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's" . The Independent . January 7, 2009. Retrieved November 13, 2023 .
Further reading [ edit ]
Screen Sirens Scream (USA)2000, pg. 3-11, by: Paul Parla/Charles P. Mitchell "Reminiscences Of The Doomed Ananka"
Filmfax (USA)July 1998, Iss. 67, pg. 46-49, by: Paul Parla/Charles P. Mitchell, "Bride Of The Mummy"
Fantastyka (France)July 1998, Iss. 16, pg. 36-38, by: Paul Parla/Charles P. Mitchell, "Souvenirs D'Ananka La Mandite"
Movie Collectors World (USA)28 November 1997, Iss. 539, pg. 86-88, by: Paul Parla/Charles P. Mitchell, "Reminiscences Of The Doomed Ananka"
Scary Monsters Magazine (USA)June 1997, Iss. 23, pg. 47-50, by: Paul Parla, "I Shall Make You Immortal"
Classic Images (USA)June 1996, Iss. 252, pg. 28-29, by: Paul Parla, "Ramsay Ames-Sultry Latin Beauty"
External links [ edit ]
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