Biography
A striking, red-headed leading lady of the 1940s and 50s, Rhonda Fleming was dubbed the "Queen of Technicolor" because of her highly photogenic green eyes and flaming auburn hair. She was signed by David O. Selznick directly out of high school and, after appearing in bit parts, was cast in her breakthrough role (her first in color and her first musical) opposite Bing Crosby in "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1949). Featured …
Career Milestones
1940 | Spotted on the street by an agent while she was a 17-year-old high school senior; signed to a contract by producer David O Selznick who changed her name to Rhonda Fleming |
1943 | Film debut (in bit part), "In Old Oklahoma" |
1945 | First film role, as a nymphomaniac in "Spellbound" |
1973 | Broadway debut, "The Women" |
1976 | Starred in the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera revival of "Kismet" |
1980 | Final movie before "retirement", "The Nude Bomb" |
1991 | Made first TV appearance in almost 20 years as Robert Mitchum's wife in the TV-movie "Waiting for the Wind" |
1991 | With husband Ted Mann founded the Rhonda Fleming Mann Clinic for Women's Comprehensive Care at UCLA |