Name	Ramsay Ames (Ramsay Phillips)
Build	Slim
Eye Color	Brown - Dark
Hair Color	Brown - Dark
Date of Birth	March 30, 1919
Birthplace	New York City, New York, USA
Star Sign	Aries
Died	March 30, 1998 (Aged 79)
Location of Death	Santa Monica, CA
Cause of Death	LUNG CANCER
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	Hispanic
Occupation	Actress
Celebrity Index	Ra
Claim to Fame	Leading Lady in 40`s "B" Films
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Trivia

Wed to "Man of La Mancha" playwright Dale Wasserman, the couple later lived in a villa called "La Mancha" on the Costa del Sol.

Of Spanish/English descent, she first was recognized as a dancer/singer before moving into sultry-eyed 40s film roles.

Athletic in high school, she excelled as a swimmer.

Took up singing and became a the vocalist with a top rhumba band.

Attended the Walter Hillhouse School of Dance, specializing in Latin-style dance. She later became part of a dance team under the name "Ramsay Del Rico", and appeared as a model at the Eastman Kodak-sponsored fashion show at the 1939 New York World`s Fair. An injury forced her to alter her dance career plans.

During a trip to California to visit her mother, Ramsay had a chance meeting at the airport with Columbia President Harry Cohn. The meeting resulted in a screen test and then her 1943 movie debut Two Seņoritas from Chicago (1943). From there she moved to Universal.

After her career subsided in the 1940s, she and her husband lived in Spain, where she had her own television interview show and occasionally took on support roles in films produced in Europe.

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