Doris Weston

Short Biography

Doris Weston was born on September 9, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Doris Wester. She was an actress, known for Delinquent Parents (1938), Mandrake, the Magician (1939) and The Singing Marine (1937). She died on July 27, 1960 in Scarsdale, New York, USA.Trivia (1)Actress, radio performer and nightclub singer, winning on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour, a popular radio talent show during the mid-1930Edward Bowes. Weston was chosen to replace Ruby Keeler, frequent co-star opposite Dick Powell, as Powell's co-star in The Singing Marine (1937) because she was considered not only to have a better singing voice than Keeler but a physical resemblance to Keeler as well.A pretty blonde nightclub performer, Doris Weston was awarded the leading female role opposite crooner Dick Powell in Warner Bros.' The Singing Marine (1938). The ad campaign for the film highlighted her beauty and singing ability, but audiences saw Weston as a poor replacement for Ruby Keeler and the studio quickly dropped her option. After having been the victim of Delinquent Parents (1938), Weston was Warren Hull's romantic interest in the Columbia serial Mandrake the Magician (1939) and Johnny Mack Brown's in Universal's Chip of the Flying U (1940).