Arlene Dahl, actress of ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth’ dies at 96

American actress Arlene Dahl has died. He was 96 years old. Glamorous performer of the 1950s, star of the sci-fi blockbuster “Journey to the Center of the Earth”, and later become a successful cosmetics entrepreneur, Dahl passed away on Monday, November 29 in New York. His son, actor Lorenzo Lamas, wrote on Facebook: “My mother was the most positive influence on my life. I will remember her laughter, her joy, her dignity as she navigated the challenges she faced. Never a word. bad on someone crossed her lips. Her ability to forgive left me speechless at times. She was truly a force of nature and as I grew older I leaned more and more to her as my life counselor, because I knew she had lived and loved to the fullest “. Born in Minneapolis on August 11, 1925, Dahl began her career as a model and worked in the theater before arriving in Hollywood in 1946. She was briefly under contract at Warner Bros, then signed with MGM. The actress established herself in the most disparate genres such as in the comedy “Un sudista del Nord” (1948), alongside the comedian Red Skelton, in the detective story as “The deformed hand” (1949), alongside Van Johnson, in the thriller in costume as “Reign of Terror” (1949) and in the musical as “Three Little Words” (1950), biography of composers Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. With his elegant figure, splendid complexion and flamboyant auburn hair, Dahl was a icon of the first Technicolor and distinguished himself among the most beautiful Hollywood stars of the period, reaching the pinnacle of his career in the first half of the 1950s, acting alongside the most popular stars of the time. He was also the protagonist of two westerns, “L’amboscata” (1950) with Robert Taylor and John Hodiak, and “The cursed caravan” (1950) with Joel McCrea and Barry Sullivan, before specializing in adventure and costume films. exotic setting such as “Gold of the Caribbean” (1952) with John Payne, the romantic “Legion of the Sahara” (1953) with Alan Ladd, “Jamaica” (1953) with Ray Milland and “Sangaree” (1953), alongside to Fernando Lamas, with whom he starred again in the film “The King’s Diamond” (1953) and whom he married in 1954.Dahl also starred in Ken Hughes’ detective stories “Love to Kill” (1956), with Herbert Marshall and Philip Carey, and Sidney Gilliat’s “Dangerous Investigation” (1957), opposite Jack Hawkins and Dennis Price. In 1959 he was among the main protagonists of Henry Levin’s “Journey to the Center of the Earth”, a spectacular film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Jules Verne, in which he appeared alongside Pat Boone and James Mason. After this hugely successful film at the box office, the actress thinned out her appearances on the big screen, later starring in a few other films, including the comedy “I Married 40 Million Women” (1964) by Curtis Bernhardt and the western “. Burn him alive! ” (1969) by Nathan Juran. During the sixties and seventies the actress appeared sporadically on the big screen and on television, devoting herself mainly to business and to Arlene Dahl Enterprises, the lingerie and cosmetics brand she founded, and also writing about astrology. She regained some popularity on the small screen in the early 1980s, thanks to her participation in such successful series as “Fantasy Island”, “A Life to Live”, in which she played the role of Lucinda Schenck Wilson, and “Love Boat”. In the 90s she participated in two episodes of the popular crime series “Renegade” (1995-1997), alongside her son Lorenzo, star of the series in the role of Reno Raines.Diva from a busy private life, Arlene Dahl has had six husbands. She married for the first time in 1951 with the actor Lex Barker, famous Tarzan of the screen, from whom she divorced the following year. In 1954 she remarried to the Argentine-born star Fernando Lamas, one of the most famous latin lover of the screen, with whom she had an only son, Lorenzo Lamas, born in 1958 and became a famous television actor. It was a much publicized union and followed by the specialized pink press, with a public separation, a subsequent reconciliation and the ending with the divorce in 1960. Subsequently the actress married four more times: with Christian R. Holmes (1960-1964) , with whom he had his daughter Christina (born in 1961), with Alexis Lichine (1964-1969), with Rounsevelle W. Schaum (1969-1976), with whom he had their son Rousevelle Andreas (born in 1970), and finally with Marc Rosen, married in 1984. Among other marriages, he also had romantic relationships with actors Ron Randell (with whom he planned to marry in 1952), Robert Ryan, Red Buttons, George Nader and Guy Madison.