Dorothy Dell

Dorothy Dell was interred in Metairie Cemetery, in New Orleans, Louisana. Other film appearances include The Night They Raided Minsky's, Get Carter and The Wicker Man. Dell was killed instantly and Wagner died several hours later. She appeared in the 1974 James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun. On their way to Pasadena their vehicle was involved in an accident. She later had a much-publicised romance with "bad-boy" rock star Rod Stewart, and in 1984 she married rock musician, Slim Jim Phantom, who was almost twenty years her junior; they also divorced. In 1934 she attended a party in Altadena, California with Dr Carl Wagner, to whom she was reported to have become engaged. Britt Ekland became famous as a result of her whirlwind romance with British actor and comedian, Peter Sellers, who proposed after seeing her photograph in the paper; they had one daughter, Victoria, before divorcing.

Paramount scheduled her to play opposite Gary Cooper and Shirley Temple in Now and Forever in what was to have been her first major starring role as a romantic lead. Britt Ekland (born October 6, 1942) is a Swedish actress, born in Stockholm. Her next film Shoot the Works led to comparisons with Mae West, and her rendition of the ballad "With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming" in the film became a hit record. Her most important and substantial role followed in the Shirley Temple film Little Miss Marker. The film was a success and the reviews for Dell were favourable; Paramount began to consider her as a potential star.

She won her first film role over such established contenders as Mae Clarke and Isabel Jewell and made her debut in Wharf Angel (1934). She moved to Hollywood in 1933 and was signed to a contract by Paramount Studios. During this time she was closely associated with Russ Colombo and her celebrity status was elevated by the media attention she received while denying rumours of an impending marriage. In 1931 she moved to New York to appear on Broadway in the Ziegfeld Follies, and followed this success with her role in the production of Tattle Tales in 1933.

With this success she established a successful vaudeville act. She began entering and winning beauty pageants and at the age of fifteen won the title of "Miss New Orleans". Born Dorothy Dell Goff in Hattiesburg, Mississippi to entertainers, she spent much of her childhood in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dorothy Dell (January 30, 1915 – June 8, 1934) was an American film actress.

Lamour also won the title of "Miss New Orleans" in 1931, succeeding her friend Dell who had won the title the previous year. Dorothy Lamour, a childhood friend of Dell, credited Dell as the person responsible for the beginning of her own film career. Her final role in "Now and Forever" was taken by Carole Lombard, and provided Lombard with one of her earliest significant successes.