Dolores Gray

Dolores Gray
Designing Woman film trailer (1957)
Born	Dolores Stein June 7, 1924(1924-06-07) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	June 26, 2002(2002-06-26) (aged 78) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1944–1989
Spouse	Andrew J. Crevolin (1966-1992) (his death)

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).

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).

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 London (1947).^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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."^{[citation needed]}

Marriage

On September 24, 1966, Dolores Gray married Andrew J. Crevolin, a California businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner who won the 1954 Kentucky Derby.^[1] Despite erroneous reports in the media that they divorced, they remained married until his passing in 1992. The union was childless.

Encomium

One theatre critic wrote that Gray's voice sounded like "a freight-train slathered in honey".^{[citation needed]}

Death

Gray died of a heart attack in Manhattan, aged 78.^[2]

Reference

1. ^ Marital data
2. ^ Goldman, Ari L. (2002-06-29). "Dolores Gray, 78, Sultry Star Of Stage and Movie Musicals - Obituary". NYTimes.com. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/29/arts/dolores-gray-78-sultry-star-of-stage-and-movie-musicals.html. Retrieved 2010-07-16. 

External links

Biography portal

• Dolores Gray at the Internet Broadway Database
• Dolores Gray at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Dolores Gray at the Internet Movie Database
• Dolores Gray at Find a Grave
• Dolores Gray Biography
• One of Her Most Beautiful Songs: Here's That Rainy Day

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Name	Gray, Dolores
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Short description
Date of birth	June 7, 1924
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Date of death	June 26, 2002
Place of death	New York City, New York, U.S.