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Arlene Dahl
Born	August 11 1928 (1928-08-11) (age 79) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Marc Rosen Rounsevelle W. Schaum Alexis Lichine Chris Holmes Fernando Lamas Lex Barker

Arlene Dahl (born August 11, 1928)^[1] is an American movie actress who achieved notability during the 1950s. She is the mother of actor Lorenzo Lamas.

1 Early years
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Television
5 Filmography
6 Television Work
7 Writing
8 References
9 External links

Early years

Dahl was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is of Norwegian descent. After graduating from Washburn High School, she held various jobs, including performing in a local drama group and briefly working as a model for department stores.

Career

In 1946, Dahl was voted the Rheingold Beer Girl of 1946. She began her acting career in 1947, at the age of 19. Her acting career gradually picked up steam, and she reached the peak of her popularity and success in the 1950s. Some of her best films include: Reign of Terror (1949), Three Little Words (1950), Woman's World (1954), Slightly Scarlet (1956), and Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959).

Personal life

Dahl met actor Lex Barker in the early 1950s, and on April 16, 1951, Dahl and Barker wed. A year later she and Barker divorced, and Dahl would go on to marry another matinee idol, Fernando Lamas. In 1958 Dahl and Lamas had their only son, Lorenzo Lamas (who also grew up to become an actor). Shortly after giving birth to her son, Dahl slowed and eventually ended her career as an actress, although she still appeared in movies and on television occasionally. Dahl would go on to work as a beauty columnist and as a writer. She also founded her own business, Arlene Dahl Enterprises, which marketed lingerie and cosmetics. She eventually became an astrologer and wrote a syndicated column on the subject.^[2] Dahl and Lamas divorced in 1960, and Dahl later remarried. She has had two children from other marriages. Dahl had a relationship with John F. Kennedy before both she and Kennedy were married. She posed seminude for Playboy magazine in December 1962. She has 6 grandchildren: 1. A.J. Lamas (born 1983) 2. Shayne Lamas (born 1985) 3. Paton Ashbrook (born 1988) 4. Alexandra Lamas (born 1997) 5. Victoria Lamas (born 1999) 6. Isabella Lamas (born 2001) Is older than her husband, Mark Rosen, by 19 years.

Television

She appeared on the ABC television network's soap opera One Life to Live as Lucinda Schenck Wilson from 1981 to 1984. Lucinda was planned to be a short-termed role, but she was later offered a one-year contract to appear on the show. The last movie she appeared in was the 1991 film Night of the Warrior, starring her son, Lorenzo. Before that, the last movie she had appeared in had been in the 1960s. She also appeared as a Mystery Guest on an episode of What's My Line? in 1974.