Dona Drake - Wikipedia
...Dona Drake (/ ?do?n? / DOH-n?; November 15, 1914 ? June 20, 1989) was an American singer, dancer, and film actress in the 1930s and 1940s. She was typically cast in ethnic roles including Latin American and Middle Easterners....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dona_Drake
Dona Drake - IMDb
...Dona was born Eunice (nicknamed "Una") Westmoreland in Jacksonville (some references say Miami), Florida, on November 15, 1914, of African-American parents (Joseph Andrew Westmoreland and Novella Smith Westmoreland)....
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236888/
Dona Drake?s Ruinous Secret - Factinate
...Dona Drake was a gifted and fiery triple threat of the 1940s and 50s. But behind her elegant stage alias lay more than just an ordinary name that studio heads wanted audiences to forget. After all, most Hollywood starlets of the time changed their names. Dona Drake was different, and it killed her. 1. She Was "Exotic"...
https://www.factinate.com/people/dona-drake-facts
Dona Drake ~ The Black Actress Who Hid Her Race
...Dona Drake was a black actress who lied about her race so she could succeed in Hollywood. She was born Eunice Westmoreland on November 15, 1914 in Miami, Florida. Her parents, Joseph and Novella Westmoreland. were both black. The family moved to Pennsylvania where her father opened a restaurant....
https://www.classicactresses.org/2025/01/donadrake.html
Dona Drake Parents, Age, Height, Husband, Ethnicity, Daughter
...Dona Drake was born in Miami, Florida, and grew up in a family that moved to Philadelphia, where her father ran a restaurant. This environment provided her early exposure to the entertainment industry, as she performed for restaurant patrons....
https://www.motherhoodsbliss.com/dona-drake-parents/
Dona Drake - The Private Life and Times of Dona Drake. Dona Drake Pictures.
...Dona Drake (Eunice Westmoreland); Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen - The Private Lives and Times of Some of the Most Glamorous Actresses and Starlets of the Forties, Fifties and Sixties....
https://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show.php?id=76
Dona Drake: Starlet Who Hid Her Black Heritage in Plain Sight - MSN
...Dona Drake, born Eunice Westmoreland, was an actress, singer, and dancer who graced Hollywood with her unique charm and talent in the mid-20th century....
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/dona-drake-starlet-who-hid-her-black-heritage-in-plain-sight/ar-AA1ufaJO
Dona Drake - Regeneration: Black Cinema
...Dona Drake, born Eunice Westmoreland, was of mixed Black and white heritage and worked at a time when segregation should have prevented her from working alongside non-Black actors....
https://www.regenerationblackcinema.org/films-and-filmmakers/filmmakers/dona-drake
Dona Drake - The Movie Database (TMDB)
...Dona Drake (born Eunice Westmoreland on November 15, 1914) was an African-American singer, dancer, and film actress active in the 1930s and 1940s. Despite her heritage, she often identified as Mexican or of Latin descent to navigate Hollywood?s racial landscape....
https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87368-dona-drake
Our Classic Past: Dona Drake was an American singer, dancer ... - Blogger
...Dona Drake (born Eunice Westmoreland; November 15, 1914 ? June 20, 1989) was an American singer, dancer and film actress in the 1930s and 1940s. She also toured in an all-girl orchestra in the early 1940s....
https://ourclassicpast.blogspot.com/2014/06/dona-drake-was-american-singer-dancer.html