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The Star Who Fooled Hollywood 

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Dona Drake was a gifted and fiery triple threat of the 1940s and 50s. But behind her elegant stage alias lay more than just an ordinary name that studio heads wanted audiences to forget. After all, most Hollywood starlets of the time changed their names. Dona Drake was different, and it killed her.
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@neideparente1449
@neideparente1449 2 месяца назад
She was exceptionally beautiful and talented, a truly gifted dancer. That should be what mattered.
@jarredf30
@jarredf30 19 дней назад
Unfortunately that wasn't all that mattered back then. Fredi Washington dealt with alot of the same in hollywood but she turned down alot more money and fame cause she refused to lie and say she was white. She choose to be honest and tell everyone she was Black even though,like Drake, she was beautiful and didn't look African American.
@lishkat1167
@lishkat1167 2 месяца назад
She was so gorgeous
@fred3467
@fred3467 2 месяца назад
I remember her as Bette Davis' maid in Beyond The Forest. Thank you for posting this intriguing post,about one of Hollywoods forgotten actress.
@esmith712
@esmith712 2 месяца назад
Systemic Racism cost so many people so much! How much untapped potential has been lost, it's heartbreaking.
@minervamclitchie3667
@minervamclitchie3667 2 месяца назад
Merle Oberon went through this as well. She was Eurasian Anglo-Indian.
@ParkerGabriel
@ParkerGabriel 8 часов назад
And Michael Korda's "roman a clef" novel "Queenie" dealt with that element; to a degree, Korda, son of the movie mogul Alexander Korda, modeled that novel's main character, who called herself "Dawn Avalon," on Oberon.
@smorgasbroad1132
@smorgasbroad1132 2 месяца назад
I've watched many an old movie (I'm almost 70) and never heard of her, she doesn't even look familiar. Interesting and fresh Hollywood & entertainment information. 👍🏻
@loopylyn6548
@loopylyn6548 2 месяца назад
Same here, I'm 71 and I have never heard of her!
@smorgasbroad1132
@smorgasbroad1132 2 месяца назад
@@loopylyn6548 It almost doesn't seem possible. Even with the name changes (Rita Rio) nothing about her career and life has ever been told to me before. Lots of nights while I was a kid-watching those old late, late, late movies on tv. You'ld think I would have remembered some of those gowns or dance scenes at least. I wonder if her movies were purposely shelved, as they don't seem familiar either. I also wonder how she learned to play all those musical instruments, natural talent? 🤷🏼
@carriereaves719
@carriereaves719 2 месяца назад
Not sure ​@@loopylyn6548not surprised whatever the studios told you
@barbaramollmann5990
@barbaramollmann5990 2 месяца назад
68 and watched many old movies, love them. Never heard of her
@user-nq7de7il5j
@user-nq7de7il5j 2 месяца назад
Same here. I'm 78 and never heard of her.
@afquan9211
@afquan9211 2 месяца назад
I appreciate all your videos but I especially love these videos where you focus on a lesser known person with all their struggles. You really flesh out what these people were like. THANK YOU.
@Factinate
@Factinate 2 месяца назад
Thanks for the feedback! So glad you're a fan.
@arundhatighosh2897
@arundhatighosh2897 2 месяца назад
I agree! That is the main reason why I love watching your videos
@shadowlouise
@shadowlouise 2 месяца назад
Excellent! Very engaging story, but I would like to know more. When and how did the truth finally come out? I thought about her parents as well, and wondered if she was able to have any relationship with them. Like most parents, they put their child first, and made a great sacrifice so she could have the successful life she would have been denied as a Black woman. This makes me wonder how many other successful celebrities had the same secret. She was a very beautiful woman, with such a sad story.
@annsidbrant7616
@annsidbrant7616 2 месяца назад
It's horrible to think that Dona Drake was stopped from getting the career that she deserved because she was black. Of course, she didn't look black, which makes the laws from back then doubly reprehensible. It was apartheid politics.
@rebeccalee1065
@rebeccalee1065 2 месяца назад
It's Ridiculous To Say She Was "Black" Based On Someone's Interpretation Of What Is Black. After All, Isn't Race A Social Construct? If That's The Case...How Was She "Black"?
@mysteryelysian
@mysteryelysian 2 месяца назад
She looked "Black" to me, around :42 I became suspicious of her "race". She looks like many of my relatives on my Mother's side of the family.
@jelsner5077
@jelsner5077 2 месяца назад
I am a big fan of Old Hollywood but was unaware of Dona Drake's sad story. I remember seeing her in Beyond the Forest where she played Bette Davis' Indigenous American maid. It looked like they darkened her skin with makeup for the role. So there's another race she portrayed.
@mysteryelysian
@mysteryelysian 2 месяца назад
Indigenous Anericans are the people who were here before the Native American arrived here by crossing the Bering Straits. These Tribes because the.looked simular to the Africans (except the hair and even that depends on the African Tribe) were forced from their land and made to change their race to "Colored " thereby (for centuries) erasing their history, their original names, and putting them amongst the Slaves, creating the lie they were Slaves from Africa (when in reality the slaves were brought from Europe, African, the Bahamas, etc and of course here Turtle Island aka USA.)
@watchmagichappen83smith38
@watchmagichappen83smith38 Месяц назад
She kinda looks like the rapper Latto when she smiles big
@deadwalking100
@deadwalking100 2 месяца назад
It is indeed horrendous to have to hide your origins; and yet still such struggles continue. I found that she had a very interesting and at times challenging life. Stardom comes at a high price it seems. Thank you for this excellent presentation of her life. I will now seek out her films.
@danielthoman7324
@danielthoman7324 2 месяца назад
Very interesting video. I had never heard of Dona Drake. Even though she is dead now, I feel bad for her.😢
@deniseedodson1938
@deniseedodson1938 2 месяца назад
I'm 75 - I also can't recall seeing her - I'll keep searching - thought I knew all the old stars- sure don't know any stars of this generation.🤣
@herminepursch2470
@herminepursch2470 2 месяца назад
​@@deniseedodson1938same here and I'm 74
@carinwiseman4309
@carinwiseman4309 2 месяца назад
Very thorough. I would add that Drake was clearly as much white as she was black.
@elizabethblackwell6242
@elizabethblackwell6242 2 месяца назад
Americans are obsessed with race.
@rebeccalee1065
@rebeccalee1065 2 месяца назад
Compared To Those Colors...How About Neither?
@user-fq8rs7rz3i
@user-fq8rs7rz3i 2 месяца назад
@@rebeccalee1065Ok, what would you call her?
@dawnemile7499
@dawnemile7499 2 месяца назад
She was as little black as her ancestry. Being described as black is just a Jim Crow designation that was horribly racist.
@voyaristika5673
@voyaristika5673 2 месяца назад
Black is a stretch. She had blue eyes.
@mitzicrowder2186
@mitzicrowder2186 2 месяца назад
I love your shows. Its like reading a biography
@Factinate
@Factinate 2 месяца назад
Thanks so much. We're glad you like them!
@marsh443
@marsh443 2 месяца назад
💐 So sad. Were I in her place, I'd probably do the same thing. A girl' gotta work... RIP
@mysteryelysian
@mysteryelysian 2 месяца назад
Many, many people did. It was called "passing" by other Black people and it still happens, and no one is the wiser about the truth (except another Black person maysuspect. but they won't tell anyone)
@joegausch
@joegausch 2 месяца назад
Shes positively gorgeous. She reminds me of Vanessa Williams. People are assholes being closed minded bigots. I would date her without thinking twice about it. Theres definitely no shame to her game!!! Quite beautiful .
@SEJ3333
@SEJ3333 2 месяца назад
Yes! Quite beautiful. I see the Vanessa Williams similarity, and I'd add that she also reminds me very much of Gene Tierney! Even one of her costumes is reminiscent of one worn by Gene Tierney, who I always thought was one of the top most beautiful actresses....
@nwicconsultants6640
@nwicconsultants6640 2 месяца назад
lol....might not want to tell your wife that.🤣
@joegausch
@joegausch 2 месяца назад
@@nwicconsultants6640 no worries Unless they invent a time machine...
@ellenwangler4153
@ellenwangler4153 2 месяца назад
she reminds me of Gene Tierney
@dianacryer
@dianacryer 23 дня назад
I thought the same thing.
@marymoor9293
@marymoor9293 2 месяца назад
Now I know why a lot of the coloured actors and singers liked coming to England, as there was no colour bar, and no laws against marrying someone from a different race, because if that was the case, my whole family wouldn't exist. I loved what Billie Holiday said about London, she loved London, as she could leave her hotel by the front door. America didn't allow mixed raced marriages until 1967, I was born in that year, I am the youngest to 5 brothers, my oldest brother is in his 70's now. Felt so sorry for this actress, I bet if there was no colour bar, and she had a good acting coach, she would of been a star.
@jrt818
@jrt818 2 месяца назад
The US is a FEDERAL republic where STATES make the marriage, divorce laws, etc. So there were thousands of interracial marriages by 1967 and not always enforced where it was illegal. New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii always permitted it. The US Constitution was set up so no one state or metropolis (like London or New York) would make laws for everyone.
@Elizabeth-nt7uq
@Elizabeth-nt7uq 2 месяца назад
More people, more exposure, more $$$$.. Plus people can trap you...
@garethjones2596
@garethjones2596 2 месяца назад
@@jrt818 Yes, interracial marriage was illegal in California, with some quirky exceptions in Imperial County, but legal in Illinois where one of my school mates' parents went to marry. The Lovings (of Loving v Virginia) did the same and Virginia tried to nullify their out of state marriage as illegal and they appealed citing the equal faith and credit provisions of the Constitution. Not only did the Supreme Court uphold the doctrine that eah state must respect the laws of the others (so sophistiated Bostonians must recognize a Texan's marriage to his 14 year-old first cousin as valid) but they also ruled that the state had no compelling interest preventing interracial marriages.
@rebeccalee1065
@rebeccalee1065 2 месяца назад
RACE Is A Social Construct That We, As A Society, Can Do Without. Whose Fit To Determine Whose "Black" Or Whose "White"? Isn't It Just A GUESS Based On One's Opinion? It's So Insane.
@kristinepauwels4086
@kristinepauwels4086 2 месяца назад
Indeed a beautiful woman. It's as if all the beautiful features of all beautiful actrices are present when you look at her beautiful face. I certainly see a young Monroe and a young Bardot. I see the beauty of Olivia de Havilland and of Jennifer Jones,...
@darganx
@darganx 2 месяца назад
Jennifer Jones.. there's another story I'm interested in!
@Colorbrush21
@Colorbrush21 Месяц назад
And Gene Tierney. ❤
@pauladouglas9891
@pauladouglas9891 2 месяца назад
She looks like a grownup Shirley Temple.
@lees_box
@lees_box 2 месяца назад
true.
@mollyhall2954
@mollyhall2954 2 месяца назад
I was trying to think what famous star she resembled! She does resemble Shirley Temple.
@Cassie-pt7mt
@Cassie-pt7mt 2 месяца назад
My local college had a blacks only graduation last year. The sad thing is that the kids think it's progress.
@esbliss13
@esbliss13 21 день назад
😢
@seriousros7280
@seriousros7280 Месяц назад
She was a brilliant dancer. What a tough, beautiful, talented woman.
@darganx
@darganx 2 месяца назад
The deeper in the comments I went, the more ignorant it gets. 'What does it matter?' well in Jim Crow America it could have cost her life. It's high school level not to understand this ffs
@PaisleyPatchouli
@PaisleyPatchouli 2 месяца назад
What a sad story! I think you did a good job, sensibly and sensitively presenting material that is still controversial and difficult today, after all these years. Well done!
@myronfrobisher
@myronfrobisher 2 месяца назад
well, she made it to 75 - I wonder what happened to her daughter ?
@user-eh1gv5ld5o
@user-eh1gv5ld5o 2 месяца назад
Her daughter became a veterinarian and died in 2002 at the age of only 51. I was curious as well and looked it up.
@precociousone2003
@precociousone2003 2 месяца назад
​@@user-eh1gv5ld5othank you. I appreciate your existence! ❤
@myronfrobisher
@myronfrobisher 2 месяца назад
@@user-eh1gv5ld5o That's really sad
@voyaristika5673
@voyaristika5673 2 месяца назад
​@@user-eh1gv5ld5oThanks!
@Hummingbird108
@Hummingbird108 2 месяца назад
I remember her bless her
@figmo397
@figmo397 2 месяца назад
It's not clear whether her parents approved or disapproved. They went to Philadelphia to get away from all the southern prejudice. Philadelphia wasn't segregated, and people intermingled with no regard to race. Given the racist climate of the time, it made sense for her to pass as white. She wasn't the only person out there doing that. White Privilege was a VERY real thing. I remember how uneasy my father was about his dark-skinned, half-African mother when he wanted to move to a "restricted" neighborhood.
@samanthabusch750
@samanthabusch750 2 месяца назад
my goodness breathtakingly beautiful
@seanjones5682
@seanjones5682 2 месяца назад
That's just crazy what they had to go through back then.
@deborahrhoades1577
@deborahrhoades1577 2 месяца назад
The prime reason for the movie Imitation of Life
@BlackCatsandPumpkins
@BlackCatsandPumpkins 2 месяца назад
I have a 'thing' about voices and you have a fantastic voice. Tone, pitch, lilt. The kind of voice I could listen to all day 😁.
@Factinate
@Factinate 2 месяца назад
Wow, thank you!
@catmomjewett
@catmomjewett 2 месяца назад
She looks like Shirley Temple.
@mrm7098
@mrm7098 2 месяца назад
She died at 74. How is that young?
@user-ld9xw8ck2r
@user-ld9xw8ck2r 2 месяца назад
She is so beautiful
@estherstephens1858
@estherstephens1858 2 месяца назад
I love your videos. I Googled Dona Drake after watching this video as I often do watching your videos to learn more about those you post here. Thank you.
@fashiondolldreamer
@fashiondolldreamer 2 месяца назад
Why didn't anyone make a bio-pic of her? (I could see a younger Vanessa Williams playing her!!!)
@heidibee501
@heidibee501 2 месяца назад
*I look at Dona Drake and l see a bi-racial person.* The way l see it, if she said she was black she was being truthful. If she said she was white, she was also being trurhful. Genetically she was both. If l have learned anything from these stories it is that fame is a fickle mistress. Her musical/terpsichorean prowess could not be learned, but acting can. I hope l can get some of her movies, and find out a bit more about her daughter.
@MissKim...333
@MissKim...333 2 месяца назад
So how did we ever find out about her if she kept her secret from everyone?
@aleksstosich
@aleksstosich 2 месяца назад
Louis Amberg may have been born in Russia, but he was definitely an American gangster. His family came to the USA when he was 7. "Russian Mobster" is inaccurate to say the least.
@prof113
@prof113 2 месяца назад
I remember Dona. Stunning and talented girl!
@timefoolery
@timefoolery 2 месяца назад
I have never heard of this gal. Thanks for being more informative than TCM.
@firebyrd437
@firebyrd437 2 месяца назад
I certainly can't blame her for hiding her true heritage. Life back in her day for black people was grim
@elainevankat5353
@elainevankat5353 2 месяца назад
Wow!!! Such an interesting story…. Love your channel!👏
@Factinate
@Factinate 2 месяца назад
Thank you so much!
@jamesmcinnis208
@jamesmcinnis208 2 месяца назад
I go to nightclubs to find savory characters.
@virginiawilkinson5038
@virginiawilkinson5038 2 месяца назад
I think many actors had to hide somethings.
@KimiPetri
@KimiPetri 2 месяца назад
I’m assuming she wasn’t black…she was mixed (biracial). I can see it (I’m mixed myself). I can’t even imagine the turmoil and confusion she felt inside when by herself due to lieing about her ethnicity and background. All she could do was lean in so as not to go crazy. Very sad.
@dickmartn
@dickmartn 2 месяца назад
It looks that way. She has a lot of white in the woodpile.
@SEJ3333
@SEJ3333 2 месяца назад
Those who are of mixed heritage with a parent who is "black" are generally considered black. Whether technically correct or not. As such, I've always considered myself black, irregardless of the fact that one of my parents was white. It's a crazy world, and these labels shouldn't matter at all - I hope someday they really won't.....
@danih7577
@danih7577 2 месяца назад
@@SEJ3333labels has a bad connotation because it’s a shame based world, they are no longer labels when you embrace the human being that you are and also finding pride and dignity in every heritage. Labels are nothing more than hijacking the human spirit and esteem. Labels control.
@salliepotts2519
@salliepotts2519 2 месяца назад
​@@SEJ3333Both my parents were the same race, but I'm tempted when filling out forms that ask my race to write Human. That should be the only one that matters.
@user-ld9xw8ck2r
@user-ld9xw8ck2r 2 месяца назад
Drake was to copation
@intheredcold9216
@intheredcold9216 2 месяца назад
So u have focused everything on race. May I ask what are ur sources? Did she write a biography? Letters? It's a very stark statement to say she died from stress at hiding her race.
@sharrigarvin3348
@sharrigarvin3348 2 месяца назад
Quite frankly i have had my suspicions about Ms. Dorothy as well. The daughter Nia Travilla has passed on. Wonder what became of her siblings? This would make a fantastic movie. She sort of resembles Zendaya but it would be a great movie role for someone new
@mitzicrowder2186
@mitzicrowder2186 2 месяца назад
It doesn't mater her parents. Shes was beautiful and talented. Who cares about the past.she truly unchained herself to live!
@billyghostal
@billyghostal 2 месяца назад
Unfortunately it did matter at the time, we havent fully ended racism and bigotry but we have made some progress. This lady was amazing I had never heard of her, what a total badass
@elainevankat5353
@elainevankat5353 2 месяца назад
The past does matter… or we wouldn’t know or learn anything!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU… GEEZ!
@rebeccalee1065
@rebeccalee1065 2 месяца назад
​We Can End Racism - By ENDING Race Categories (For People To Check)...As If It's Important.
@rebeccalee1065
@rebeccalee1065 2 месяца назад
​@@billyghostal We Keep It Alive EVERY Time We Check A Box.
@donnettewebster2504
@donnettewebster2504 2 месяца назад
She really was beautiful
@916familyfun2
@916familyfun2 Месяц назад
Great story She's gorgeous ⭐
@joannecannon5033
@joannecannon5033 Месяц назад
she was unbelievably beautiful,stunning
@dianacryer
@dianacryer 23 дня назад
I have never heard of her. She was a beautiful girl. I can’t imagine what her parents went through.
@irie3yed
@irie3yed 2 месяца назад
She’s got betty davis eyes ❤
@debbralehrman5957
@debbralehrman5957 2 месяца назад
Thanks👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@shielajarvis8977
@shielajarvis8977 Месяц назад
Reading a book now about King Vidor and a murder in old Hollywood, re:Mary Minter and her mother and sister.
@Broadwayst
@Broadwayst 2 месяца назад
😁She was Simply Beautiful"!!!, 🤨 In those times it was Drastically Bad for Colored People"!!!, There were quite a few who passed themselves as White", 🤨 just to get By"!!!,She, she did what She Had too"!!, And done it Well"!!!, ❤🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹May She Rest in Peace ❤🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹.
@hoboonwheels9289
@hoboonwheels9289 2 месяца назад
Buffy Ste Marie was Latin pretending to be Indian, who was harmed?
@TheNester.
@TheNester. 2 месяца назад
The Hollywood producers wallets that's who. The wyte Americans patronizing the theater's were "mostly" racist. That was back in the 40's, America has only moved a couple of notches about racism since then. It's STILL here.
@pauladouglas9891
@pauladouglas9891 2 месяца назад
Buffy was Italian.
@almanook3005
@almanook3005 2 месяца назад
Her parents are of Italian and English descent. She fooled everybody. But there's a dark side to her story so somebody was definitely harmed.
@precociousone2003
@precociousone2003 2 месяца назад
​@@almanook3005 I am a fair-skinned indigenous individual & I adore Buffy St. Marie. I believe talent & aspirations should mean MORE to the public than "racial history"! We are all spiritual beings having a "human experience"! Our souls have no color, race, gender or even nationality... I wish people would view each other as souls instead of looking at the "clothes" we are given in this plane of human existence. (just my own personal opinion...)
@garethjones2596
@garethjones2596 2 месяца назад
All of the indigenous people trying to find a seat at the table who found it taken by a pushy Euro-American, that's who.
@aeginamonroe
@aeginamonroe 2 месяца назад
Looks like something intentionally made her this beautiful.
@oobihdahboobeeboppah
@oobihdahboobeeboppah 2 месяца назад
Society was wrong, we all know that. No one is qualified to pass judgement on her.
@rebeccalee1065
@rebeccalee1065 2 месяца назад
....And NO ONE Has A Right To Label Her As "Black".
@rez3501
@rez3501 Месяц назад
Heartbreaking 💔
@carolinezervan6301
@carolinezervan6301 Месяц назад
She looks like a young Vanessa Williams.
@suneethamay3615
@suneethamay3615 2 месяца назад
Never happened anything like that. Unable person expecting in a fantasy world!
@mysteryelysian
@mysteryelysian 2 месяца назад
Looking at her at :42 I suspected she was "Black". My family looked like her on my Mothers side and Ive been told by a friend she at first thought i was Hispanic or Bi-Racial.
@danny2518
@danny2518 2 месяца назад
Well she wasn't all black that's for sure. A true beauty.
@Truth845
@Truth845 2 месяца назад
👀🤔😔SMH
@Snakesnarl
@Snakesnarl 2 месяца назад
Praaaeeegnant
@darganx
@darganx 2 месяца назад
Scottish.
@alexiswilson939
@alexiswilson939 Месяц назад
Being a black person, shes a pioneer
@patrickkelley6212
@patrickkelley6212 29 дней назад
Very pretty and a sad life also!
@user-wl8wl8lp9r
@user-wl8wl8lp9r Месяц назад
She apparently was an extremely talented actress- she played her part in real life and was believable. Sad she had to do that, but it does attest to the talent she had but did not give herself credit for.
@KarmicSalt
@KarmicSalt 2 месяца назад
geesh you didn't have to repeat the same thing a million times.
@anitareasontobelieve378
@anitareasontobelieve378 2 месяца назад
Today was the eclipse. My neighbors from all over the world were outside whooping it up together. We neighbors know race is one..the human race! And it is good here but there is a city in Alabamastan that hasn't had an election in 60 years. I can't imagine living like that!
@calliopec544
@calliopec544 2 месяца назад
Where is Alabamastan?
@grantkruse1812
@grantkruse1812 2 месяца назад
@@calliopec544 It's in the Amerikkkan deep south.
@calliopec544
@calliopec544 2 месяца назад
@@grantkruse1812 I live in the Deep South and am unaware of any place that hasn’t held an election in 60 years. But please, do go on.
@poolnoodleninja8686
@poolnoodleninja8686 Месяц назад
Are these videos narrated by a bot? I’ve seen a few of them now, and there are frequent mispronunciations
@MaiRaven3
@MaiRaven3 2 месяца назад
She was obviously not “black”, but of mixed race. She was beautiful and talented. Who cares what races she was. Stardom is so overrated.
@KateSannicksLerner
@KateSannicksLerner 2 месяца назад
She was listed on the census as "negro", so yes, Black; the one-drop rule applied. Mixed race wasn't a thing then. Race is a social construct; therefore, Dona Drake was Black.
@MaiRaven3
@MaiRaven3 2 месяца назад
@@KateSannicksLerner So what she was listed as “negro” and the “one drop rule”, is racist and outdated. It was wrong then, and is still wrong to label people that way. Mixed race is the reality. We’re all connected.
@StamfordBridge
@StamfordBridge 2 месяца назад
@@MaiRaven3The point is to blithely say now that she was not black is to be oblivious to the very history she had to struggle with. You’re not impressing anyone by stating the stultifyingly obvious truth that the racial notions imposed then were racist. But saying we can now pretend they did not exist is to be utterly naive to the history of racism. By the racist standards of the time, she was black - that is important to state.
@DJarry394
@DJarry394 2 месяца назад
Hollywood cared. In many parts of the US there were laws against “race mixing”, aka Miscegenation. Hollywood was no different during the first 40 or 50 years. There is still a big deal made about mixed “race” actors and entertainers
@300books
@300books 2 месяца назад
Whether Black or White, her light skin and blue eyes made her physical appearance more convincing as White. That is something she couldn't change, even if she had wanted to. It's like a dwarf born into a family of tall persons. He/she is going to appear short despite the family background.
@TheNester.
@TheNester. 2 месяца назад
If having "mixed" blood from parents, then Dorothy Lamour would also be considered biracial, she was of Spanish descent. Same as child star Margaret O'Brien, Raquel Welch, Lynda Carter, Rita Hayworth, Vanna White, Joanna Kerns and Helena Bonham Carter.
@caraqueno
@caraqueno 2 месяца назад
Spaniards are white, not non-white.
@300books
@300books 2 месяца назад
but Spanish isn't a race. It's a nationality, just like Italian or German.
@TheNester.
@TheNester. 2 месяца назад
@@300books Please read my post again. No one said Spanish was a race.
@300books
@300books 2 месяца назад
@TheNester. I wasn't too clear on what you meant by mixed blood (sorry). Mixed blood usually means two or more races. Didn't know that mixed nationalities could also be called mixed blood (i.e. English & Belgian).
@TheNester.
@TheNester. 2 месяца назад
@@300books No problem. 😉
@deborahbaker4770
@deborahbaker4770 2 месяца назад
I knew it even before they said it she was black which doesn’t matter but I like when I’m right ‼️ Lol 😂
@lilycollins4616
@lilycollins4616 2 месяца назад
I'm 63 never seen her. Maybe my mom's time?
@danny2518
@danny2518 2 месяца назад
1940's - 50's
@tedtimmis8135
@tedtimmis8135 2 месяца назад
Dona Drake was a beautiful, talented woman who had a successful career as an entertainer. Americans need to stop hyping all the racial BS.
@user-mv9tt4st9k
@user-mv9tt4st9k 2 месяца назад
"Ah lie us"? Did you mean "alias"?
@maymalone1505
@maymalone1505 2 месяца назад
It is as obvious as the nose on a face that drake was mixed race therefore not black or white, it is ridiculous to keep calling her black, she dosent look lateeno either! And what colour would that be! Its all extreem prejudice on so call white people part😮
@rebeccalee1065
@rebeccalee1065 2 месяца назад
....And On "Black" People's Part, As Well, Today.
@maymalone1505
@maymalone1505 2 месяца назад
@@rebeccalee1065 is that surprising after all the Horror they have had to endure for many centuries 😠
@herminepursch2470
@herminepursch2470 2 месяца назад
I thought people that were Americans were just Americans no matter what color your skin was or where your family came from
@herminepursch2470
@herminepursch2470 2 месяца назад
When it comes down to it we are all imegrents
@NiKiMa023
@NiKiMa023 2 месяца назад
Latinos don’t have one set look
@FallenAngel9979
@FallenAngel9979 2 месяца назад
I’d not heard of Dona till now, but she was clearly talented and stunning. The fact is, I don’t think she ever needed to come out as black, as she just *wasn’t* black. It’s pretty clear one or both parents had white heritage. She was mixed race, not black.
@darganx
@darganx 2 месяца назад
She's Black, for sure.
@NiKiMa023
@NiKiMa023 2 месяца назад
But at the time, what was the law, what was the rule far as race was concerned? She was Black
@godlygirls62
@godlygirls62 8 часов назад
I knew she was of African descent before I started watching her the video.
@user-du9lu4xc6t
@user-du9lu4xc6t 13 дней назад
Wow: She was absolutely more beautiful than, only perhaps primitive ignorance degradation and bondage times would not have ever allowed Reality to accept her immense beauty and bondage truths, regardless..‼️😮‍💨💥😳 🌏🫴💥Unfortunately..🌌🌌 🫴🌪🌌🎉
@carolinezervan6301
@carolinezervan6301 Месяц назад
If she tried black hollywood they would have blackfaced her just like Fredie Washington.
@abbysweat9202
@abbysweat9202 Месяц назад
Don't say "play mother". When you're a SAHM or a working mom like me, it shouldn't be trivialized. It's a lot of hard work and dedication and sleepless nights. Saying "playing mom" is gross.
@dawnemile7499
@dawnemile7499 2 месяца назад
Black! Yes that's what she looked like.
@elizabethblackwell6242
@elizabethblackwell6242 2 месяца назад
Downa? Downa? Why in the world would you pronounce it that way?
@300books
@300books 2 месяца назад
It's pronounced that way because of the spelling. It's DONA and rhymes with Mona.
@elizabethblackwell6242
@elizabethblackwell6242 2 месяца назад
@@300books Nonsense.
@300books
@300books 2 месяца назад
It's Dona, not Donna. Pronounced "Doh-Nah". You can research the correct pronunciation.
@herminepursch2470
@herminepursch2470 2 месяца назад
Not to many people can pronounce my name. So what and who cares
@JoanTarpley-hx9sh
@JoanTarpley-hx9sh 2 месяца назад
Doe-nah?
@grantkruse1812
@grantkruse1812 2 месяца назад
RIGHT! I knew of her in the 50s and she was called DONNA by EVERYONE..She just did the old Hollywood trick of strange spelling for a unique name that might stick in your mind...She was so beautiful she has a place in this memory of a 73 yr old man
@josi4251
@josi4251 Месяц назад
She must not have known that a dona = donut in Spanish.
@BettyG1369
@BettyG1369 Месяц назад
😂😂😂 In actual Spanish, it's spelled Doña and means like Mrs. 😂😂😂
@josi4251
@josi4251 Месяц назад
@@BettyG1369 Ya lo sé, linda. Soy bilingüe y maestra de español.
@wannabetrucker7475
@wannabetrucker7475 2 месяца назад
so sad, so pointless. DEI 👍🏼
@Silversmoke1000
@Silversmoke1000 2 месяца назад
Oh, what an evil web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.
@herminepursch2470
@herminepursch2470 2 месяца назад
I don't like that quote
@Silversmoke1000
@Silversmoke1000 2 месяца назад
@@herminepursch2470 That's an odd thing not to like but, in any event, it is true.
@herminepursch2470
@herminepursch2470 2 месяца назад
@@Silversmoke1000 maybe it's true for you but not for me
@herminepursch2470
@herminepursch2470 2 месяца назад
@@Silversmoke1000 I don't try to decive anyone
@Silversmoke1000
@Silversmoke1000 2 месяца назад
@@herminepursch2470 My comment was regarding Dona Drake, not you. I didn't know you existed until you replied to my comment. Unless you are trying to pass yourself off as a race (or sex) to which you were not born, I'm not sure why you would even think my comment applied to you.
@jtbaying2312
@jtbaying2312 2 месяца назад
B-list comments about a B-List star. What...Not mexican! I'll never watch her again
@blackshoe2000
@blackshoe2000 2 месяца назад
So did her ethnicity ever, even once create a stumbling block in her life? You could very well have made your video and never brought it up, instead of obsessing over what remained a non-issue throughout her career. Every time you called her "black" it sounded more and more ridiculous.
@rebeccalee1065
@rebeccalee1065 2 месяца назад
Thank You! I Thought I Was The Only One Who Was Offended By That. ONE Drop Rule, Even Today. Yet, They Are The FIRST To Complain About Racism. Smh.
@NiKiMa023
@NiKiMa023 2 месяца назад
@@rebeccalee1065who’s ‘they’. You say things like that and don’t even hear yourself
@iamjustsaying4787
@iamjustsaying4787 2 месяца назад
She was NOT black. That was a white women with a bit of black heritage.
@psisky
@psisky 2 месяца назад
Like Prince William.
@sandrachestnut6449
@sandrachestnut6449 Месяц назад
Ignorance is bliss.!!!
@stacywilson4790
@stacywilson4790 2 месяца назад
She had African blood ,but she was very white .
@victorsilvester78
@victorsilvester78 Месяц назад
The narrator seems at least irritated if not angry, that Miss Drake kept her heritage secret.
@m.j.c.6969
@m.j.c.6969 5 дней назад
You keep mentioning her "guilt" over passing as white when the facts seem to indicate that she had no issue at all with doing this. You also stupidly infer with no evidence that her illness was due to this alleged guilt. You are really bad at these videos. Stick to the actual facts instead of moronic speculation and conjecture!
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