Jacqueline Dalya (August 3, 1918November 25, 1980) was an American film and stage actress who began her career in the 1940s, appearing in films and on
Broadway
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Biography
Early life
Dalya was born August 3, 1918
[ in New York City.
]
Career
She appeared in numerous films in the 1940s, including ''Viva Cisco Kid
''Viva Cisco Kid'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Norman Foster, written by Samuel G. Engel and Hal Long, and starring Cesar Romero, Jean Rogers, Chris-Pin Martin, Minor Watson, Stanley Fields and Nigel De Brulier. It was release ...
'', '' Primrose Path'', ''One Million B.C.
''One Million B.C.'' is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. It is also known by the titles ''Cave Man'', ''Man and His Mate'' and ''Tumak''.
The film stars Victor Mature as protagonist ...
'', '' The Gay Caballero'', ''Sky Raiders
''Sky Raiders'' is a 12-episode 1941 Universal film serial. The serial was directed by Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor. ''Sky Raiders'' stars Donald Woods, Billy Halop, Robert Armstrong and Eduardo Ciannelli. ''Sky Raiders'' has little in common wi ...
'', ''Lady from Louisiana
''Lady from Louisiana'' is a 1941 American Western film starring John Wayne and Ona Munson. It was produced and directed by Bernard Vorhaus.
The Louisiana State Lottery Company organizes a lottery in 1890s New Orleans, with lottery funds used ...
'', '' Blood and Sand'', ''Charlie Chan in Rio
''Charlie Chan in Rio'' is a 1941 film featuring the Asian detective Charlie Chan. It was the tenth film to feature Sidney Toler as the title character, who is called upon to investigate the death of a suspected murderer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ...
'', ''A Tragedy at Midnight
''A Tragedy at Midnight'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and written by Isabel Dawn. The film stars John Howard, Margaret Lindsay, Roscoe Karns, Mona Barrie, Keye Luke and Hobart Cavanaugh. The film was released on ...
'', ''I Married an Angel
''I Married An Angel'' is a 1938 musical comedy by Rodgers and Hart. It was adapted from a play by Hungarian playwright János Vaszary, entitled ''Angyalt Vettem Felesegul''. The book was by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, with music by Rodger ...
'', '' The Secret Code'', ''Submarine Base
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Examples of present-day submarine bases include HMNB Clyde, Île Longue (the base for France's Force océanique stratégique), Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Na ...
'', ''So's Your Uncle
''So's Your Uncle'' is 1943 comedy film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring Billie Burke and Donald Woods. The screenplay concerns a man who impersonates his uncle and runs into trouble with his girlfriend's aunt.
Cast
* Billie Burke as Aun ...
'', '' Crazy House'', ''Flesh and Fantasy
''Flesh and Fantasy'' is a 1943 American anthology film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Edward G. Robinson, Charles Boyer, Robert Cummings, and Barbara Stanwyck. The making of this film was inspired by the success of Duvivier's previous ...
'', ''Mystery of the 13th Guest
''The Mystery of the 13th Guest'' is a 1943 American crime film, crime/mystery film directed by William Beaudine and released by Monogram Pictures. It is based on Armitage Trail's 1929 novel ''The 13th Guest'' and is an updated version of the 1932 ...
'', ''Voice in the Wind
''Voice in the Wind'' is a 1944 American film noir directed by Arthur Ripley and written by Friedrich Torberg, based on a story written by Arthur Ripley. The drama features Francis Lederer, Sigrid Gurie and J. Edward Bromberg.
Plot
Jan Foley (L ...
'', ''Bathing Beauty
''Bathing Beauty'' is a 1944 musical film starring Red Skelton, Basil Rathbone, and Esther Williams, and directed by George Sidney.
Although this was not Williams' screen debut, it was her first Technicolor musical. The film was initially to be ...
'', ''Song of Mexico
''Song of Mexico'' is a 1945 American musical film written and directed by James A. FitzPatrick and starring Adele Mara, Edgar Barrier, George J. Lewis, Jacqueline Dalya, José Pulido and Raquel De Alva. It was released on December 28, 1945, by ...
'', ''Queen of Burlesque
''Queen of Burlesque'' is a 1946 American mystery thriller film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Evelyn Ankers, Carleton G. Young and Marion Martin. The film was distributed by the low-budget Producers Releasing Corporation. Rose La Rose, w ...
'', ''Adventures of Casanova
''Adventures of Casanova'' is a 1948 American-Mexican historical adventure film directed by Roberto Gavaldón and starring Arturo de Córdova Lucille Bremer and Turhan Bey. It portrays a fictional version of the story of Casanova, and was inten ...
'', ''Mystery in Mexico
''Mystery in Mexico'' is a 1948 American crime thriller film directed by Robert Wise. It stars William Lundigan, Jacqueline White and Ricardo Cortez. The film centers around the search for an insurance investigator who went to Mexico to check on ...
'', and ''Smugglers' Cove
''Smuggler's Cove'' is a 1948 comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on October 10, 1948 by Monogram Pictures and is the eleventh film in the series.
Plot
Young amateur sleuth Terence "Slip" Mahoney works cleaning offices in ...
''.[
On Broadway, Dalya appeared in ''The French Touch'' (1945) and ''Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep'' (1950).]skull fracture
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.
Her film credits from the 1950s include '' Wabash Avenue'' and '' Mystery Submarine''. She later appeared in ''Blood Mania
''Blood Mania'' is a 1970 American horror film written by Peter Carpenter and Tony Crechales and directed by Robert Vincent O'Neil, and starring Carpenter, Maria De Aragon, Vicki Peters, Reagan Wilson, Jacqueline Dalya, and Alex Rocco. The film s ...
'' (1970) before making her final film appearance in 1972's ''Miss Melody Jones''.
Marriages
Dalya married screenwriter William Conselman
William Marien Conselman (July 10, 1896 – May 25, 1940) was an American screenwriter who also wrote newspaper comic strips under his Bill Conselman byline and sometimes under the pseudonym Frank Smiley.
Biography
Born in Brooklyn, New York, C ...
in January 1941 in Las Vegas, Nevada
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. They were divorced in 1944. She wed lyricist Bob Hilliard
Bob Hilliard (born Hilliard Goldsmith; January 28, 1918 – February 1, 1971) was an American lyricist. He wrote the words for the songs: " Alice in Wonderland", "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning", " Any Day Now", "Dear Hearts and Gentle ...
in 1949, and they remained married until his death in 1971.
Death
Dalya died on November 25, 1980, in Los Angeles
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, California.[
]
Filmography
References
External links
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1918 births
1980 deaths
20th-century American actresses
Actresses from New York City
American film actresses
American stage actresses
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