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Birth Name: Dolores Stein

Born: 7 June 1924 Died: 26 June 2002

Country of origin: United States

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Andrew J. Crevolin

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Description: Dolores Gray (June 7, 1924 – June 26, 2002) was an American stage and film actress. During her successful music career, she sang Marilyn Monroe's part on the Decca Records soundtrack album of There's No Business Like Show Business (1954). Her parents divorced when she was aged two; her father died when she was seven, and her mother took her to Hollywood. She was performing as a singer in local clubs when she was fourteen, and, within a year, she was 'discovered' by Rudy Vallee, who gave her a guest spot on his nationwide radio show. Born as Dolores Stein to Barbara Gray and Henry Stein[citation needed] in Chicago, Dolore Dolores Gray (June 7, 1924 – June 26, 2002) was an American stage and film actress. During her successful music career, she sang Marilyn Monroe's part on the Decca Records soundtrack album of There's No Business Like Show Business (1954).

Her parents divorced when she was aged two; her father died when she was seven, and her mother took her to Hollywood. She was performing as a singer in local clubs when she was fourteen, and, within a year, she was 'discovered' by Rudy Vallee, who gave her a guest spot on his nationwide radio show.

Born as Dolores Stein to Barbara Gray and Henry Stein[citation needed] in Chicago, Dolores Gray was briefly signed with MGM, appearing in Kismet (1955) and It's Always Fair Weather (1955).

Her career commenced as a cabaret artiste in restaurants and supper clubs in San Francisco. In 1945 she appeared in her own radio program. While she was appearing in Annie Get Your Gun in London (1947 – 1950), she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1948. As a fundraiser to help rebuild the RADA theatre, she appeared as Nell Gwynne in In Good King Charles's Golden Days at Drury Lane Theatre (Oct 1948). She appeared at the London Palladium in 1958 while doing a concert tour of Europe and in cabaret at The Talk of the Town in February 1963.

Among her many stage roles, she appeared in Two on the Aisle (1951), Carnival In Flanders (1953); Destry Rides Again (1959); Sherry! (1967); and 42nd Street (1986). She also performed the lead role in Annie Get Your Gun in its first London production (1947).

Gray earned the Tony Award for her role in Carnival in Flanders, even though this Broadway musical, with a script by Preston Sturges, ran for only six performances. She therefore holds a record that is unlikely to be broken: briefest run in a performance which still earned a Tony.

Portraying a singing and dancing stage actress, she appeared with Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall in the highly successful film Designing Woman (1957), as his former mistress.

She was best known for her theatre roles. She recalled once, "What a gift that would be to have more of a permanent record. A stage performance is just that, then it's lost. When I see movies on TV, I think, 'How great to have that.' But why look back? The decisions I made, I made. I can't change that."

On September 24, 1966, Dolores Gray married Andrew J. Crevolin, a California businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner who won the 1954 Kentucky Derby. Despite erroneous reports in the media that they divorced, they remained married until his death in 1992. The union was childless.

Gray died of a heart attack in Manhattan, aged 78. ... (more)