Technicolor Queen Rhonda dies at 97

RHONDA FLEMING AUGUST 10, 1923 – OCTOBER 14, 2020

SPELLBOUND star Rhonda Fleming, one of the last remaining stars of the Golden Era of Hollywood, has died just weeks after turning 97.

The American actor, dubbed the Queen of Technicolor for her roles starring in the early colour films of the 1940s and 1950s, died at Saint John’s Health Centre in Santa Monica, California, last Wednesday.

Rhonda, right, was best known for playing Mary Carmichael in

Alfred Hitchcock’s iconic film Spellbound in 1945.

She also appeared alongside Bing Crosby in the 1948 musical A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court, and alongside Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster in the 1957 classic western Gunfight At The OK Corral. Bob Hope, Rock Hudson and actor-turned US President Ronald Reagan were also among her co-stars.

She was active in supporting charities fighting cancer, homelessness and child abuse after retiring from acting in 1990. Rhonda was married six times and is survived by son Kent Lane and granddaughters Kelly Harman and Kimberly Coleman.

She also leaves great-grandchildren Wagner Harman, Page Harman, Linden Harman, Lane Albrecht, Cole Albrecht and great-great grandchildren, Ronan and Kiera Harman. No cause of death has yet been revealed.