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Darlene Tompkins is a Actor American born on 16 november 1940 at Chicago (USA)
Darlene Tompkins (born November 16, 1940) is an American actress.
Her first acting role was in Beyond the Time Barrier (1960). She then co-starred opposite Elvis Presley in Blue Hawaii (1961). She had a role in My Six Loves (1963) and played parts in several television shows.
Her career was interrupted by a marriage and the birth of two sons. She tried to resume acting again when the marriage ended in the mid-1970s, but by then she was in her thirties and had difficulty landing roles. She has since worked as a stand-in and stuntwoman. Darlene has remarried.
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Darlene Tompkins (born November 16, 1940) is an American actress.
Biography
She was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her birth surname was 'Perfect', but her parents were divorced when she reached the age of five and she took the surname of her step father. Her family performed in plays and vaudeville, and she had an early goal to be a Hollywood actress. At the age of twelve she was mauled by a dog which left her very self-conscious. To help overcome her shyness, she was entered into a beauty contest by her mother. Her subsequent beauty pageant victories attracted some attention and she appeared in commercials.Her first acting role was in Beyond the Time Barrier (1960). She then co-starred opposite Elvis Presley in Blue Hawaii (1961). She had a role in My Six Loves (1963) and played parts in several television shows.
Her career was interrupted by a marriage and the birth of two sons. She tried to resume acting again when the marriage ended in the mid-1970s, but by then she was in her thirties and had difficulty landing roles. She has since worked as a stand-in and stuntwoman. Darlene has remarried.
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A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
, 1h29Directed by Gene Kelly
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Walter Matthau, Robert Morse, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon, Elaine Devry, Aline Towne
Rating65%
Paul Manning discovers one day that his dear friend and neighbor Ed Stander has been cheating on his wife. Curious, he asks Ed about it and is given the history and tactics of men who have successfully committed adultery. With each new story, Paul can't help but notice the attractive blonde, Irma Johnson, who lives nearby.
Fun in Acapulco (1963)
, 1h37Directed by Richard Thorpe, Michael D. Moore
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Ursula Andress, Paul Lukas, Elsa Cárdenas, Teri Garr, Darlene Tompkins
Rating58%
Mike Windgren works on a boat in Acapulco, Mexico. When Janie Harkins, the bratty daughter of the boat owner, gets him fired, Mike must find new work. A Mexican boy named Raoul helps him get a job as a lifeguard and singer at a local hotel. Clashes abound when Mike runs into a rival lifeguard, who is the champion diver of Mexico. He is angry at Mike for taking some of his hours, and for stealing his woman.
My Six Loves (1963)
, 1h41Directed by Gower Champion
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, David Janssen, Barry Livingston, Eileen Heckart, Hans Conried
Roles Darlene Smith
Rating64%
Janice Courtney is a big success on Broadway, but the busy actress collapses from exhaustion. A doctor orders her to return to her Connecticut home for a long rest.
The Ladies Man (1961)
, 1h35Directed by Jerry Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jerry Lewis, Helen Traubel, Kathleen Freeman, Buddy Lester, George Raft, Marty Ingels
Roles Working Girl (uncredited)
Rating62%
Herbert H. Heebert (Jerry Lewis) is a young man who loses his girlfriend, swears off romance, and then takes a job at a genteel, women-only boarding house, run by Helen Wellenmellen (Helen Traubel). Although most of the women treat him like a servant, Fay (Pat Stanley) helps him with his fear of women.
Blue Hawaii (1961)
, 1h42Directed by Michael Moore, Norman Taurog, Michael D. Moore
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury, Roland Winters, John Archer, Howard McNear
Roles Patsy
Rating60%
Chadwick Gates (Elvis Presley) has just gotten out of the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surfboard, his beach buddies, and his girlfriend Maile Duval (Joan Blackman). His mother, Sarah Lee (Angela Lansbury), wants him to follow in his father's footsteps and take over management at the Great Southern Hawaiian Fruit Company, the family business, but Chad is reluctant, so he goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency.
Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)
, 1h15Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Time travel films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Robert Clarke, Darlene Tompkins, Vladimir Nikolayevich Sokoloff, Boyd 'Red' Morgan, Stephen Bekassy, John van Dreelen
Roles Princess Trirene
Rating53%
U.S. Air Force test pilot Major Bill Allison flies an experimental aircraft to sub-orbital spaceflight successfully, though losing radio contact in flight. When Major Allison returns to the airbase it appears abandoned, old and deserted. Mystified by the surroundings, he sees a futuristic city on the horizon where there had been nothing standing before the flight. The Major is rendered unconscious and captured by the city inhabitants.
Wake Me When It's Over (1960)
, 2h6Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Transport films, Aviation films, Children's films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Dick Shawn, Ernie Kovacs, Darlene Tompkins, Jack Warden, Nobu McCarthy, Don Knotts
Rating62%
Gus Brubaker (Dick Shawn) is a self-described schnook. His wife talks him into applying for G.I. insurance for which he is eligible from his World War II service with the Air Force. Gus is reluctant because he was shot down and became a prisoner of war, but the military had listed him as killed. A red-tape foulup results in Gus being back in uniform, assigned to a ramshackle radar station on a backwater island near Japan. The airmen assigned there are apathetic, slovenly, and unmotivated. Its equipment and supplies are a collection of junk, abandoned or surplus.