Arlene Dahl

Arlene Dahl

1925-08-11 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 42 Credits

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...

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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Acting

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

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne

2014

as Self

7.3
Acting

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

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

2009

as Self

Acting

A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s.

Elvis & Pat Boone Rockin' Rivals

Elvis & Pat Boone Rockin' Rivals

2008

as Self

Acting

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

Acting

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

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003

as Self

7.0
Acting

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

Glorious Technicolor

1998

as Self

6.7
Acting

The history of color photography in motion pictures, in particular the Technicolor company's work.

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

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

Night of the Warrior

1991

as Edie Keane

4.6
Acting

A kickboxer has an accounting problem with the mobster (Anthony Geary) who lent him money for a nightclub.

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

as Self

5.7
Acting

A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.

That's Dancing!

That's Dancing!

1985

as From 'Three Little Words' (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

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

Night of 100 Stars

1982

as Self

6.7
Acting

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!

That's Entertainment!

1974

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

The Deadly Dream

The Deadly Dream

1971

as Connie

6.0
Acting

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

Katmandu

1969

as Laureen

4.6
Acting

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

Land Raiders

1969

as Martha Carden

5.1
Acting

An outlaw committing a string of robberies and murders manages to blame the crimes on Apaches, bringing about an Indian war.

The Ponies

The Ponies

1967

as Shoura Cassidy

4.2
Acting

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

Kisses for My President

1964

as Doris Reid Weaver

7.0
Acting

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

Journey to the Center of the Earth

1959

as Carla Göteborg

6.9
Acting

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

Fortune Is a Woman

1957

as Sarah Moreton Branwell

6.8
Acting

An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.

Wicked as They Come

Wicked as They Come

1956

as Kathleen 'Kathy' Allen, nee Alanborg

5.2
Acting

A ruthless woman takes advantage of gullible men to climb up the social ladder.

Slightly Scarlet

Slightly Scarlet

1956

as Dorothy Lyons

6.2
Acting

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

Bengal Brigade

1954

as Vivian Morrow

5.3
Acting

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

Woman's World

1954

as Carol Talbot

7.1
Acting

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

The Diamond Queen

1953

as Queen Maya

Acting

A French jeweler travels to India in search of a fabulous diamond.

Here Come the Girls

Here Come the Girls

1953

as Irene Bailey

4.4
Acting

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

Sangaree

1953

as Nancy Darby

6.4
Acting

Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War.

Desert Legion

Desert Legion

1953

as Morjana

6.0
Acting

A commander in the Foreign Legion romances a mysterious and exotic princess.

Jamaica Run

Jamaica Run

1953

as Ena Dacey

5.0
Acting

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

Caribbean

1952

as Christine Barclay McAllister

5.8
Acting

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

No Questions Asked

1951

as Ellen Sayburn Jessman

6.0
Acting

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

Inside Straight

1951

as Lily Douvane

4.2
Acting

A tycoon rises to the top in 19th-century San Francisco through greed and corruption.

Watch the Birdie

Watch the Birdie

1950

as Lucia Corlane

5.3
Acting

A photographer falls for a rich girl and gets mixed up with crooks.

Three Little Words

Three Little Words

1950

as Eileen Percy

5.9
Acting

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

The Outriders

1950

as Jen Gort

6.9
Acting

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

Ambush

1950

as Ann Duverall

5.1
Acting

A Westerner searches for a white woman held by the Apaches.

Reign of Terror

Reign of Terror

1949

as Madeleine

6.9
Acting

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

Scene of the Crime

1949

as Gloria Conovan

6.3
Acting

A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.

A Southern Yankee

A Southern Yankee

1948

as Sallyann Weatharby

5.2
Acting

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

The Bride Goes Wild

1948

as Tillie Smith Oliver

6.0
Acting

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

My Wild Irish Rose

1947

as Rose Donovan

6.0
Acting

Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.

Life with Father

Life with Father

1947

as Girl at Delmonico's (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.