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Dolores Jean Moran (January 27, 1926 – February 5, 1982) was an American film actress and model.

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Dolores Moran
Moran in Johnny One-Eye (1950)
Born	Dolores Jean Moran[1] (1926-01-27)January 27, 1926 Stockton, California, U.S.
Died	February 5, 1982(1982-02-05) (aged 56) Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1942–1954
Spouse	Benedict Bogeaus (1946–1962)
Children	1

Early years

Moran was born in Stockton, California, and attended elementary and secondary schools there. She won the Northern California Oratorical Contest and starred in school plays.[2]

Film career

In 1942, aged 16, Moran, originally named Jacqueline, the daughter of James G. Moran and his wife, Esther Moran [1] was signed by Warner Bros. to a seven-year contract, with her parents' permission.[3]

Moran's brief career as a film actress began with uncredited roles in such films as Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) as "the Pippirino", with whom George blows off a date to go with Mary). By 1943, she had become a pin-up girl appearing on the cover of such magazines as Yank. She was given supporting roles in films, such as Old Acquaintance (1943) with Bette Davis.^{[citation needed]}

Warner Bros. attempted to increase interest in her, promoting her along with Lauren Bacall as a new screen personality when Bacall was cast alongside Humphrey Bogart in To Have and Have Not (1944). The film made a star of Bacall, but Moran languished, and subsequent films did little to further her career.^{[citation needed]}

The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) gave her a leading role with Jack Benny and Alexis Smith, but her film appearances after this were sporadic, and she suffered ill health that reduced her ability to work. Her film career ended in 1954 with a featured role in the John Payne and Lizabeth Scott western film Silver Lode.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

She married film producer Benedict Bogeaus in Salome, Arizona in 1946. Their son Brett Benedict became a businessman. They divorced in 1962;[4]

Moran had an affair with director Howard Hawks while filming To Have and Have Not, which Hawks undertook mainly as revenge for his rejection by Bacall in favor of Bogart. Bacall chided Bogart in one scene where she copied one of Moran's lines and fluttered her eyes at Bogart to emphasize how corny she thought Moran's acting skills were. [5]

In 1968, Moran was the recipient of bequest valued at $300,000 (worth nearly $2.5 million in 2022 dollars). Anthony Ponce, "a recluse apricot grower", bequeathed the bulk of his estate to her because he appreciated her kindness 20 years earlier when she worked as a carhop at a drive-in.[6] Ponce's will directed that $6,000 go to his nephew and five nieces, with the rest to go to Moran. The nieces and nephew contested the will.[6]

Death

In 1982, Dolores Moran died of cancer, aged 56.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Studio	Director	Notes
1942	Winning Your Wings	Blonde at Dance	War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry	John Huston	Uncredited
	Yankee Doodle Dandy	The Pipperino	Warner Bros.	Michael Curtiz	Uncredited
1943	The Hard Way	Young Blonde	Warner Bros.	Vincent Sherman	Uncredited
	Three Cheers for the Girls	Blonde Chorus Girl	Warner Bros.	Busby Berkeley, Jean Negulesco	(segment "Framing Story"), Uncredited
	Old Acquaintance	Deirdre Drake	Warner Bros.	Vincent Sherman
1944	The Last Ride	Molly Stevens	Warner Bros.	D. Ross Lederman	Uncredited
	To Have and Have Not	Mme. Hellene de Bursac	Warner Bros.	Howard Hawks
	Hollywood Canteen	Herself	Warner Bros.	Delmer Daves
1945	The Horn Blows at Midnight	Violinist / Fran Blackstone	Warner Bros.	Raoul Walsh
	Too Young to Know	Patsy O'Brien	Warner Bros.	Frederick De Cordova
1946	Without Reservations	Herself	RKO	Mervyn LeRoy
1947	The Man I Love	Gloria O'Connor	Warner Bros.	Raoul Walsh
	Christmas Eve	Jean Bradford	United Artists	Edwin L. Marin
1950	Johnny One-Eye	Lily White	United Artists	Robert Florey
1953	Count the Hours	Paula Mitchener	RKO	Don Siegel
1954	Silver Lode	Dolly	RKO	Allan Dwan	(final film role)

References

External links

• Dolores Moran at IMDb

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