Dougan’s rise to fame is well documented, there is little explanation of where she went. Other than the frequently reproduced images, there’s a wan IMDB page, and a number of blog posts citing conflicting information about her life. Dougan is scant, unlike the pages and pages devoted to Natalie Wood, Marilyn Monroe or Elizabeth Taylor.
Dougan’s dresses are “lower in the back than a teenager’s hot rod.”īut online biographical information on Ms. In a MaHollywood Today column headlined “Vikki Dougan … Backs Into a Film Career,” Erskine Johnson suggested that Ms. Dougan’s beautiful rear view became tabloid fodder for Hollywood gossip columns - and inspired a profuse number of groan-inducing puns. She gently let the mantle fall from her shoulders to the ground, revealing her toned, taut and impossibly shapely back as she made her way to the stage.įrom that moment onward, Ms. Dougan had slipped on a pink satin backless dress for the special occasion - one of several she’d had custom-made after signing a contract with John Wayne’s production company, Batjac - and covered her shoulders with a mink stole.īefore making her way to the stage to present, she realized she wouldn’t be able to hand off the award, shake Holliman’s hand and hold up her shawl at the same time. Inside, a nervous Hollywood newcomer named Vikki Dougan was about to present the award for Best Supporting Actor to Earl Holliman for his performance in “The Rainmaker.” 28, 1957 in Los Angeles was a balmy one, and the 14th annual Golden Globes awards were in progress at the Ambassador Hotel.
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