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  2. Yolande Donlan (June 2, 1920 – December 30, 2014) was an American-born British-based actress who worked extensively in the United Kingdom. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Early life and career. [] Donlan was the Jersey City, New Jersey -born daughter of James Donlan, a character actor and singer Teresa Donlan. [ 3 ] Donlan in The Devil Bat (1940)

  3. Dec 30, 2014 · Yolande Donlan (born June 2, 1920 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American actress who has worked extensively in the United Kingdom. She is the daughter of James Donlan, who was a hard working character actor in Hollywood films of the 1930s.

  4. She was seen playing Billie Dawn in the United States by Laurence Olivier, who brought her to Great Britain to play the part. Daughter of bit part actor James Donlan. Son with husband Philip Truex: Christopher, born January 14, 1946, at Manhattan's French Hospital (NYC).

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    • December 30, 2014
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    Yolande Donlan (daughter) James Donlan (July 23, 1888 – June 7, 1938) was an American actor. Born in San Francisco, California, Donlan appeared in 107 films between 1929 and 1939. He was the father of actress Yolande Donlan. [ 1 ]

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    Donlan was the Jersey City, New Jersey-born daughter of James Donlan, a character actor and singer Teresa Donlan. Her early credited roles include Frenchy, the maid in the horror film The Devil Bat (1940), with Bela Lugosi, and other small roles often as similar French-accented maid characters. She played Carole Landis' maid in Turnabout (also 1940...

    After her run in Peter Pan ended, Donlan remained in the United Kingdom and began accepting film work. After Traveller's Joy (1949), Donlan worked for the director Val Guest as the female lead in several films including Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1949) with Michael Rennie, The Body Said No! (1950), with Michael Rennie; Mister Drake's Duck (1951), wit...

    Her autobiographical travelogue, Sand in My Mink (1955) is a humorous tale of holiday adventures taken across Europe with her husband. Her autobiography, Shake the Stars Down, was published in 1976 (known as Third Time Luckyin the USA), which concentrates on her childhood years growing up in the household of her actor father James Donlan in the Hol...

    Turnabout(1940) - Marie
    Cross-Country Romance(1940) - Jennie - Diane's Maid (uncredited)
    The Devil Bat(1940) - Maxine
    Dark Streets of Cairo(1940) - Maggie Malone, aka Margo Molina
    1942 'Dodie' in "Goodnight Ladies", Blackstone Theatre, Chicago.
    1944 'Julie' in "School for Brides", Royale Theatre, New York.
    1947 'Billie Dawn' in "Born Yesterday" by Garson Kanin, Garrick Theatre, London.
    1948 "Rocket to the Moon" by Clifford Odets, St Martin's Theatre, London.
    Yolande Donlan at IMDb
    Yolande Donlan on "Desert Island Discs" BBC radio programme 10/04/1953.
  6. Yolande Donlan was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1920. Her father, character actor James Donlan, was an alcoholic who died when she was a teenager. Using the stage name Yolande Mallott she landed small roles in the films Turnabout and The Devil Bat.

  7. She is the daughter of James Donlan, who was a hard working character actor in Hollywood films of the 1930s.