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Title
Notables enjoy the fights
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1955
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Mamie Van Doren was born Joan Lucille Olander in Rowena, South Dakota on February 6, 1931. She is an American actress, model, singer, and sex symbol. Ray Anthony was born Raymond Antonini in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania on January 20, 1922. He is an American band leader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor. He is currently the last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Van Doren and Ray were married briefly, from 1955 to 1961. They have one child.
Photograph caption dated January 26, 1955 reads "Ray Anthony, the band leader, and Mamie Van Doren, glamorous Universal-International actress, were ringsiders who immensely enjoyed the fights as a Valley Garden twosome last night." The Valley Garden Arena is in North Hollywood.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00136747
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d043_f38_i24
CARL0005641315
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/66656
Subject
Van Doren, Mamie
Anthony, Ray,--1922-
Valley Garden Arena (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Men--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Couples--California--Los Angeles
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Band directors--United States
Singers--California--Los Angeles
Musicians--California--Los Angeles
Pointing (Gesture)--California--Los Angeles
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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