Yolande Donlan

Yolande Donlan

Yolande Donlan (born June 2, 1920 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American actress who has worked extensively in the United Kingdom. She is the daughter of James Donlan, who was a hard working character actor in Hollywood films of the 1930s. It is thought that she had some uncredited roles in films including Pennies From Heaven and Love Finds Andy Hardy immediately following her father's death in 1938, but these have not been confirmed. Her early credited roles include Frenchy the maid in the horror film The Devil Bat in 1940 and she followed this up with several small roles, generally as similar French-accented maid characters. A notable stage success as Billie Dawn in a Boston production of Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin was the start of bigger things for Donlan. The production transferred to London's West End for a long run. Donlan was initially denied a work permit to star in the lead in Peter Pan due to complaints from Actors Equity who felt that a British star should have the lead. After it ended, Donlan remained in the United Kingdom and began accepting film work. After Traveller's Joy in 1949, Donlan worked for the director Val Guest in several films including Mister Drake's Duck, Penny Princess (in the title role) and The Body Said No. Donlan married Guest in 1954 and afterwards her film work included many of her husband's films such as Expresso Bongo and 80,000 Suspects, as well as a small number of films for other directors. In 1955 she penned the autobiographical travelogue, Sand in my Mink an amusing tale of adventures taken with her husband, across Europe, which makes a light hearted read of how travel used to be. A further stage success came in 1959 in Jack Popplewell's And Suddenly It's Spring opposite Margaret Lockwood. Her most recent film credit is Seven Nights in Japan from 1976. The same year saw publication of her autobiography, Shake the Stars Down, which concentrates on her childhood years growing up in the Hollywood of the 1930s. Guest retired from directing in 1985 and the couple moved back to the United States of America in the late 1980s, where they resided in Palm Springs until his death in 2006. Donlan now lives in Belgravia, London.

  • titulus: Yolande Donlan
  • popularis: 3.228
  • notum enim: Acting
  • dies natalis: 1920-06-02
  • Locus Natus: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
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Yolande Donlan Domum Movies Venatus

  • 1940
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    The Devil Bat

    The Devil Bat

    5.3 1940 HD

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  • 1952
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    Penny Princess

    Penny Princess

    6.4 1952 HD

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  • 1957
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    Tarzan and the Lost Safari

    Tarzan and the Lost Safari

    4.9 1957 HD

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  • 1962
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    Jigsaw

    Jigsaw

    7.3 1962 HD

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  • 1955
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    They Can't Hang Me

    They Can't Hang Me

    6 1955 HD

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  • 1959
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    Expresso Bongo

    Expresso Bongo

    5.4 1959 HD

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  • 1951
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    Mr. Drake's Duck

    Mr. Drake's Duck

    5 1951 HD

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  • 1950
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    Traveller's Joy

    Traveller's Joy

    5.7 1950 HD

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  • 1963
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    80,000 Suspects

    80,000 Suspects

    6.5 1963 HD

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  • 1976
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    Seven Nights in Japan

    Seven Nights in Japan

    6.5 1976 HD

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  • 1940
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    Turnabout

    Turnabout

    6 1940 HD

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  • 1941
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    Under Age

    Under Age

    6 1941 HD

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  • 1949
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    Miss Pilgrim's Progress

    Miss Pilgrim's Progress

    6 1949 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Body Said No!

    The Body Said No!

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1940
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    Cross-Country Romance

    Cross-Country Romance

    6.4 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Dark Streets of Cairo

    Dark Streets of Cairo

    6 1940 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Adventurers

    The Adventurers

    4.5 1970 HD

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