She hit the Big Time in the USA, vamping it up on a monstrously amusing TV show. Her road to stardom was a long one, though, and not exactly smooth.

Born in Western Canada, enrolled in a dance school by her mother at 3, her Franco-Italian body language said, watch me! See how I move!

Her moves translated to the Silver Screen. In a long-forgotten British feature called Hotel Sahara (1951), she swings and sways in harem pyjamas and hypnotizes WW2 soldiers in North Africa.

Back in real-life Hollywood, she notched her non-chastity belt with Billy Wilder, Howard Hughes, Clark Gable, Aly Khan, jazzbo Artie Shaw, and hunky Burt Lancaster.

It’s possible that some of these love-stories flamed hot in Sunset Blvd hotel rooms.

She could sing, too. Her repertoire ran to smoky jazz, and blues. She might’ve sung in hotel lounges, maybe in Las Vegas.

When she was done, she checked in to the Big Hotel in the Sky, and left not one, but two stars on Hollywood's immortal Walk of Fame.

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Dea d’hotel Yvonne de Carlo

Nata nell'ovest canadese, sbattuta da sua madre in una scuola di danza a tre anni, il suo fisico franco-italiano sembrava dire, guardatemi! Guardate come mi muovo!

Divenne una stella negli Stati Uniti, interpretando una vampira sexy in tivù. Ma il successo non le arrivò immediatamente e senza sforzi.

Sugli schermi la guardarono in molti, anche nella trascurabile pellicola Hotel Sahara (1951). Conciata da danzatrice del ventre, ipnotizza soldati della Seconda Guerra Mondiale.

Nella vita vera di Hollywood ha avuto storie con Billy Wilder, Howard Hughes, Clark Gable, Aly Khan, il jazzista Artie Shaw, e quel fico bestiale di Burt Lancaster.

È concepibile che alcune di quelle tresche si siano consumate in hotel.