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ACTOR

Rhonda Fleming

Known for
Spellbound (1945), The Spiral Staircase (1946)

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Rhonda Fleming is an actor best known for Spellbound and The Spiral Staircase.

12 Interesting Facts About Rhonda Fleming

  1. #001

    Rhonda Fleming appeared in four films with Ronald Reagan: The Last Outpost (1951), Hong Kong (1952), Tropic Zone (1953) and Tennessee's Partner (1955).

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    Fleming was discovered by talent agent Henry Willson while she was a student at Beverly Hills High School.

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    Fleming established the Rhonda Fleming Mann Women's Comprehensive Care Clinic at the UCLA Medical Center (1993).

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    She signed her first contract with 20th Century-Fox under the professional name Marilyn Lane, but it was later changed to Rhonda on David O. Selznick's suggestion.

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    A member of the Westwood Presbyterian Church, Fleming received the Women's International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award in 1995.

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    In her youth her idol was Deanna Durbin: when Durbin gave up her role in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) in favor of retirement (at age 27), Fleming took her place in the film.

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    After her death she was buried at Hillside Memorial Park in Culver City, California.

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  8. #015

    Fleming was a graduate of the Stella Adler Acting Studio.

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  9. #017

    She supported Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.

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  10. #018

    Her first professional name, Marilyn Lane, was set aside because it wrongly associated her with the famous film sisters Lola Lane, Priscilla Lane and Rosemary Lane, with Rosemary Lane seen as a possibility. Agent Henry Willson then suggested (seemingly arbitrarily) Ronda Fleming: when studio head David O. Selznick signed Fleming with 20th Century-Fox, he decided that Ronda would be spelled Rhonda.

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    In Italy, almost all of her films were dubbed by Dhia Cristiani. She was occasionally dubbed by Lydia Simoneschi, Rosetta Calavetta and Tina Lattanzi.

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  12. #020

    Despite her death in October 2020, Rhonda Fleming was able to vote for Donald Trump by absentee ballot in that year's presidential election.

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