Biography
Arlene Carol Dahl (August 11, 1925 – November 29, 2021) was an American actress active in films from the late 1940s. She was one of the last surviving stars from the Classical Hollywood cinema era. She was also an author and entrepreneur. She founded two companies, Arlene Dahl Enterprises and Dahlia, a fragrance company. Born in Minnesota to parents of Norwegian descent, Dahl started her acting career in musicals before transitioning to film, where she gained significant roles in MGM production...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who ...
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
2014
as Self
TCM host Robert Osborne discusses his life and career with guest interviewer Alec Baldwin in commemoration of Osborne's 20 years with the network.
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
as Self
A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s.
Elvis & Pat Boone Rockin' Rivals
2008
as Self
Elvis Presley & Pat Boone were two of the hottest forces on the early rock ‘n’ roll music scene in the 1950’s. In this toe-tapping documentary, the go...
Three Little Words: Two Swell Guys
2006
as Self
A short documentary on the lives of songwriters Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby and the making of the film, Three Little Words.
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award...
Glorious Technicolor
1998
as Self
The history of color photography in motion pictures, in particular the Technicolor company's work.
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to G...
Night of the Warrior
1991
as Edie Keane
A kickboxer has an accounting problem with the mobster (Anthony Geary) who lent him money for a nightclub.
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.
That's Dancing!
1985
as From 'Three Little Words' (archive footage)
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30...
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City ...
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
The Deadly Dream
1971
as Connie
A scientist keeps having dreams that he is marked for murder by a mysterious tribunal for something that he's not aware that he's done, and that his w...
Katmandu
1969
as Laureen
A rebellious socially-conscious man travels to Nepal to find his dead-beat dad. There, he meets Jane, a beautiful hippie girl hooked on drugs. He's fo...
Land Raiders
1969
as Martha Carden
An outlaw committing a string of robberies and murders manages to blame the crimes on Apaches, bringing about an Indian war.
The Ponies
1967
as Shoura Cassidy
The rise and fall of a journalist, named Max Torp, who runs a youth magazine, a private club, a tour agency and a pirate radio.
Kisses for My President
1964
as Doris Reid Weaver
A hapless husband takes a back seat to his wife, the first female president of the United States.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959
as Carla Göteborg
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
Fortune Is a Woman
1957
as Sarah Moreton Branwell
An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.
Wicked as They Come
1956
as Kathleen 'Kathy' Allen, nee Alanborg
A ruthless woman takes advantage of gullible men to climb up the social ladder.
Slightly Scarlet
1956
as Dorothy Lyons
Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to "reform" politician Frank Jansen. Ben Grace, assoc...
Bengal Brigade
1954
as Vivian Morrow
Year 1856, British India. Capt. Jeffrey Claybourne is severely punished after disobeying an order. Feeling unworthy of his fiancée Vivian Morrow, the ...
Woman's World
1954
as Carol Talbot
Needing to fill the position of general manager of his company, and believing that an executive's wife is crucial to her husband's success, auto indus...
The Diamond Queen
1953
as Queen Maya
A French jeweler travels to India in search of a fabulous diamond.
Here Come the Girls
1953
as Irene Bailey
Bob Hope stars as an inept member of the chorus boy in a turn of the century stage show. After being fired, he finds himself starring acting as a deco...
Sangaree
1953
as Nancy Darby
Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War.
Desert Legion
1953
as Morjana
A commander in the Foreign Legion romances a mysterious and exotic princess.
Jamaica Run
1953
as Ena Dacey
Promoter William Montague wants to buy the estate owned by the Daceys, Mrs. Dacey and her daughter Ena and son Todd, in order to build a resort hotel....
Caribbean
1952
as Christine Barclay McAllister
Francis Barclay, a former member of the British Admiralty, who was captured in the early 1700s, and sold into slavery, by Andrew McAllister, and force...
No Questions Asked
1951
as Ellen Sayburn Jessman
With the help of some seedy gangsters, young attorney Steve Keiver makes some quick cash by bending the law, and in the process, he impresses the mobs...
Inside Straight
1951
as Lily Douvane
A tycoon rises to the top in 19th-century San Francisco through greed and corruption.
Watch the Birdie
1950
as Lucia Corlane
A photographer falls for a rich girl and gets mixed up with crooks.
Three Little Words
1950
as Eileen Percy
Song-and-dance man Bert Kalmar can't continue his stage career after an injury, so he has to earn his money as a lyricist. By chance, he meets compose...
The Outriders
1950
as Jen Gort
Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raider...
Ambush
1950
as Ann Duverall
A Westerner searches for a white woman held by the Apaches.
Reign of Terror
1949
as Madeleine
The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacobin Party to overthrow Maximilian Robespierre, who,...
Scene of the Crime
1949
as Gloria Conovan
A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.
A Southern Yankee
1948
as Sallyann Weatharby
Red Skelton plays Aubrey Filmore, a feather-brained but lovable bellboy who dreams of becoming an agent for the Union's secret service during the Civi...
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
as Tillie Smith Oliver
McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately, Greg, who is Uncle Bump, tends to drink too much and ha...
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
as Rose Donovan
Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.
Life with Father
1947
as Girl at Delmonico's (uncredited)
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.