According to foreign media reports, the famous American actress Ronda Fleming died on October 14 at the age of 97.
On October 17, her assistant Carla Sapon made the news public to the media, saying that Rhonda Fleming died in a hospital in Santa Monica, California, on Thursday (October 14) local time due to complications from aspiration pneumonia.
Rhonda Fleming was born on August 10, 1923 in Hollywood, an acting home, but her entry into the entertainment industry was somewhat accidental, and she was accidentally excavated by star scouts.
In high school, 16-year-old Rhonda Fleming was walking to school when a man in a black sedan followed her and said, "You should be in the picture." Such a conversation frightened her and quickly avoided the man, but then the man showed up at her house and offered to be her agent.
The man was None other than Henry Wilson, the top agent in Hollywood in the '40s-50s. Without even an interview, Henry Wilson signed Ronda Fleming on a 7-year brokerage contract. When she was in school, she participated in beauty contests and was a finalist.
In 1941, after graduating from high school at the age of 18, Rhonda Fleming officially began her career as an actress.
In 1943, Rhonda Fleming starred in her first film, In Ancient Oklahoma, and although she was only an extra, her acting talent was on display in this film. In 1945, Rhonda Fleming was recognized by the famous director Alfred Hitchcock and invited her to co-star in Dr. Edward with Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Parker. Because of this film, Rhonda Fleming became a well-known Hollywood star.
Next, she has starred in film and television dramas such as "Beyond the Whirlpool", "Treasure Island Man Demon", "Deadly Desert", "NightShade Man Is Not Quiet", "Border City Hero", "Farewell to the Past", "Blood Sea Eagle", "Dragon and Tiger Double Hero", "Big Circus", "Red Face Burning Star" and so on.
Rhonda Fleming's looks are recognized, with green eyes, blonde hair, and sparkling porcelain white skin. As a result, most of the roles she starred in were advantaged by appearance, which made Rhonda Fleming very distressed at one point. In 1976, in an interview, she said that she regretted that she had taken many roles that could not show her acting skills in order to make money.
Fleming had a beautiful singing voice, and from 1960 onwards, she slowly retired from the screen, ventured into other industries, and began regularly touring the stage and Las Vegas. In 1980, after starring in her last work, Rhonda Fleming gradually disappeared from public view and devoted herself to charity and public welfare.
After the news of Rhonda Fleming's death, many Hollywood stars sent tributes.
The famous Hollywood actor Kirsty Ely wrote: Rest in peace, a beautiful and striking genius on the Hollywood screen.
Host Scott Finberger said the unfortunate news that Hollywood's golden age of glamorous actress Ronda Fleming had died. I had the pleasure of interviewing her in 2005 and she was lovely.
Rhonda Fleming has a rich love history, having been married six times.
When she was less than 20 years old, she married her high school classmate, the decorator Thomas Lane, who gave birth to her son Kent in 1941, and in 1942, Rhonda Fleming's acting career was in full swing, Thomas Lane went to the army to serve in the military, and the relationship between the two gradually died in name only, and divorced in 1947.
Her second husband, a doctor, married in 1952 and divorced in 1954.
In 1960, Rhonda Fleming married her third husband, actress Ran Jeffries, divorced in 1962.
In 1966, she married her fourth husband, producer Holbright, and divorced in 1972.
In 1977, Rhonda Fleming married Ted Mann, a legendary producer and billionaire in the American film and television industry, who was the founder of the Mann Theater Chain, a marriage that lasted until Ted Mann's death in 2001.
After marrying Ted Mann, Rhonda Fleming lived the life of Kotai. She once said that the person she loved the most was Ted Mann, and we loved each other very much and every day we spent with him was fulfilling."
In 2003, 80-year-old Rhonda Fleming married outsider Darrol Wayne Carlson, and in 2017, her sixth husband died. After that, Rhonda Fleming did not remarry.