Ramsay Ames (born Phillips Ames, March 30, 1919 – March 30, 1998) was a leading 1940s American B movie actress, model, dancer, comediene, pin-up girl and host of a television show.She was also the star of the The Mummy's Ghost (1944), where she played the Princess Ananka.She was married to and later divorced Dale Wasserman, award-winning musical writer.She died of lung cancer.
March 30, 1919, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Died
March 30, 1998, Santa Monica, California, United States
Place Of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Profession
Actress, Soundtrack
Spouse
Dale Wasserman (m. ?–1980)
Star Sign
Aries
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Fact
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Leading lady in 40's "B" films.
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According to director William Witney, Republic Studios stuntmen suffered more injuries running on rooftops to get a better look at Ramsay Ames walking across the backlot than were hurt performing dangerous action sequences in the studio's westerns.
Wed to "Man of La Mancha" playwright Dale Wasserman, the couple later lived in a villa called "La Mancha" on the Costa del Sol.
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Of Spanish/English descent, she first was recognized as a dancer/singer before moving into sultry-eyed 40s film roles.
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Athletic in high school, she excelled as a swimmer.
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Took up singing and became a the vocalist with a top rhumba band.
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Attended the Walter Hillhouse School of Dance, specializing in Latin-style dance. She later became part of a dance team under the name "Ramsay Del Rico", and appeared as a model at the Eastman Kodak-sponsored fashion show at the 1939 New York World's Fair. An injury forced her to alter her dance career plans.
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During a trip to California to visit her mother, Ramsay had a chance meeting at the airport with Columbia President Harry Cohn. The meeting resulted in a screen test and then her 1943 movie debut Two Señoritas from Chicago (1943). From there she moved to Universal.
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After her career subsided in the 1940s, she and her husband lived in Spain, where she had her own television interview show and occasionally took on support roles in films produced in Europe.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Una tal Dulcinea
1963
The Running Man
1963
Madge Penderby
At Five in the Afternoon
1961
Americana
Alexander the Great
1956
Drunken Woman (as Ramsey Ames)
The Lie
1954
TV Movie
Marlene
Vicki
1953
Café Photographer (uncredited)
G-Men Never Forget
1948
Frances Blake
The Black Widow
1947
Ruth Dayton
Green Dolphin Street
1947
Corinne (uncredited)
The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West
1947
Betty Winslow
Philo Vance Returns
1947
Virginia Berneaux
The Time, the Place and the Girl
1946
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Beauty and the Bandit
1946
Jeanne Du Bois
Below the Deadline
1946
Lynn Turner
The Gay Cavalier
1946
Pepita Geralda
Too Young to Know
1945
Party Guest
Mildred Pierce
1945
Party Guest (uncredited)
A Wave, a WAC and a Marine
1944
Betty
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
Amina
Ghost Catchers
1944
Minor Role (uncredited)
Follow the Boys
1944
Laura
Hat Check Honey
1944
Mona Mallory
Ladies Courageous
1944
uncredited
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944
Nalu
Calling Dr. Death
1943
Maria Steele
Crazy House
1943
Ramsay Ames (as Ramsay Ames and Her Tropicanans)
Two Señoritas from Chicago
1943
Louise Hotchkiss
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Philo Vance Returns
1947
performer: "Tell Me"
The Gay Cavalier
1946
performer: "One Kiss and Ride", "The Gay Caballero" / writer: "One Kiss and Ride", "The Gay Caballero"
$1.2 Million
