The TRUTH About LOLA FALANA
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- Опубликовано: 12 фев 2023
- Lola Falana's dynamic stage presence, her ability to sing, dance, and act, and her glamorous performances made her a crowd favorite and earned her the nickname "Queen of Las Vegas." Watch this video to find out why she has completely disappeared from show business.
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JJ on Good Times would always say. "She may good lookin but she's no Lola Falanna!"
Words of wisdom from Jimmie Walker!
👩She was a triple threat dancing, singing and acting! She was glamorous and beautiful. She has MS but it doesn't have her...Still here at 80 years of age Dave!💃🎶 🎥
Hey Dave:
Thank you for telling us all about Lola Falana. Especially, thank you so much for the extensive knowledge about her disability rights endeavors.
I appreciate her willingness to use Fame and circumstance for the betterment of all people.
-Thanks Dave
You're most welcome, John! Thanks for all your support. 🙂
As a kid of the 1970's I remember watching all the variety shows back then and she (Lola Falana) like Joey Heatherton were making their rounds and lighting up the stages! What I was impressed with was that she (Lola) was fluent in multiple languages! I seen her speaking French, Spanish and of course English. As it turns out she was famous in more than just America. Though times were starting to change, it was rare to see African Americans on television so needless to say she was a treat to watch in my family. We absolutely loved Lola! I'm so sad to hear about Dana Plato. She was such a loving and giving person. May she and her son rest in peace.
Thanks for sharing...and yes, RIP Dana Plato and son. 😢
@@jdsundstrom agreed 📼
Thank you Dave ,my brother died of MS in 2012 ,and had been diagnosed 25 years earlier with the type of MS that allowed him to go in and out of remission sometimes with a gap o f 58 years in between bouts.He was only 58 years of age.
Thanks for sharing, Heather. It's tough losing siblings. I've lost two and it's never easy. My sincere condolences to you and your family.
Had no idea she had MS. God bless her. I want a biopic a out her. The next generation needs to learn about her.
Thanks for featuring this podcast on the lovely and legendary Lola Folana, Dave! 😉👍
My pleasure, Keith!
It is truly one of the most beautiful and amazing talents, a trailblazer and I admire her strength and tenacity!! I was lucky enough to see her in "Golden Boy" PRICELESS!!
Thank you, I remember her as a classy, upstanding person. Lovely lady!
I remember growing up and my mother was an avid fan. She talked about her constantly and never missed an opportunity to see her on television. My mother was a fan of strong Black women and viewed Ms. Falana as one.
I watched her throughout the 70s, but only now have I learned why she disappeared from the entertainment world. Thanks for letting us know what happened. Assuming she's alive today (at age 83), I wish her all the best in her advocacy work.
Thanks for the comment, Steve!
@@jdsundstrom You're welcome. Also, I just fixed the typo in my comment. Oops!🙄
WOW! That's quite a history of this multi-talented lady! To think that after all she's been through, thankfully she is still with us at the age of 80! Thanks so very much for this eye-opening and informative video Dave! It is quite appreciated! Have a wonderful week ahead, and let the "good stuff" play on! Take care! Ms. Elizabeth 📺📼📀📺📼📀
Thanks Ms. Elizabeth! I truly appreciate all of your support.
I never knew her, but I know she was talked about on shows like Sanford and Son.
Yep. Redd Foxx appreciated Lola's many talents.
Uh….ok
Lola 'Lady Cocoa' Falana 🥰😍🤩😘 what more can I say???
Sending hugs and best wishes to Miss Lola from City Heights, San Diego, CA!! :) :) :) :)
Lola Falana is a dynamic force of nature. One of the most beautiful women in the world.Blessed with much talent. Due to fact she had MS takes nothing away from her. She is a force of nature who made the world a better place.
Well said!
Hi Dave. Many thanks. I have always loved Lola. I never knew what happened to her until now. Keep up the good work dude!!!!
Thanks, will do!
Thanks for sharing I didn’t know about Lola Falana health she is a great actress and dancer God bless Lola Falana 💜😊
Thanks for the comment!
She is a beautiful and talented lady. Tragic she endured so much pain. What a beautiful tribute to her ❣️ Thank you Dave ❣️😊
Lola was very popular in the sixties and seventies pretty lady and classy. Thank you for the content
I always loved her.....Great job as usual Dave. 👍👍👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for your support.
She is absolutely beautiful. So sorry to hear about her health struggles. It is wonderful to know that she fights on behalf of others & herself through the causes. Thanks, Dave for a great video!
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I'm glad you enjoyed the video, Karenlee!
Such a talented and amazing Woman! Thank you for this video
What a sweet, compassionate man informative video Dave.
Ms. Falana was truly amaaazing! She had millionaires knocking on her dressing room doors. She even dazzled women like my mom and aunts who used to take the Greyhound Bus from L.A. twice a year to see her, Wayne Newton and Fred Travalena. Ms. Falana was their favorite though.
Ladies even tried to dress like her. She was on a few 70’s TV shows. When TV was awesome.
Thanks for this semi update Dave.
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I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for sharing your memories.
Great to see a tribute! Loved her in her spaghetti western vehicle Lola Colt from 1967, me being a cult movie enthusiast.
I, Frank Hayden Love The Beautiful/Gifted Singer/Actress Lola Falana. I grew up watching her on the Big Screen. ❤Lola has a Beautiful Soul. She has been through a lot. But Stays Strong.Stay Blessed Lola. I Love You❤Forever. Please, Please Reply. I am forever Praying for. You.
I’m a 70s “baby” and Ms. Lola was one who inspired me to join the world of performing arts. I thank her for her contribution to entertainment. Forever our queen. 👑💜🙌🏾
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, Dave, for a wonderful tribute and memory of a great entertainer. As always tastefully well done.
Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
I have loved her since I was a child in the 70s...like Lola I too have multiple sclerosis and yes it is hard
I remember singer actress Lola falana my mother and I went to see her perform when our family went to Los Vegas in 1978 and doc severnson from the tonight show
I remember her most from a tv show she hosted in the 70's. It ran during the daytime on NBC. It was called "Fantasy!" it literally granted viewers fantasies! I am sorry to hear she has MS. So joins so many others including Annette Funicello and Michael J. Fox. It makes life very difficult. She was dynamic and beautiful! I will always remember her fondly!
THIS IS VERY WELL MADE!! I thought about her yesterday. out of the blue. Too bad she retired. But glad shes raising awareness.
I was just watching The Muppet Show with Lola Folona and wondering what she was doing today. I'm so sorry about her having MS. Besides The Muppet Show, I will always remember her on The Love Boat starring opposite Ted Lange.
Thanks for the update on Lola.
Love this channel. Lola Falana was a huge star in the 70’s. I didn’t know she had fallen ill.
Just seeing her name on your video title made me smile and watch right away. 😃
Even if you did not know about Lola, you heard her name mentioned on all the black shows in the 70s from What's Happening, Sanford and Son, Good Times, and the Jeffersons. When Lola was diagnosed with MS, there was no treatment for the disease and it was devastating. There still is no cure but today they do have several drugs that slow the progression in many patients.
Yes,! I heard her name mentioned on all those shows and that's how I knew about her 👍
Very nicely done as usual Dave. I saw her at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. I don’t recall the exact time but I think it was around 1971 ( I was home on leave from my time in the Military). What an amazing and talented entertainer. I am so old, that I have seen a pretty good number of celebrities on stage (primarily in Vegas) starting around 1968. Over the last 55 years I have been lucky enough to see some incredible performances. However and at least for me, I don’t recall anyone more talented than Lola Falana.
Thanks for sharing your memories, Raymond!
Thank You for this Video 😀
What a great performer and a beautiful woman.
I enjoyed see and watching her perform.❤
Thank you for this well researched and interesting video about Lola Falana. The photographs were wonderful also and you gave a very empathetic depiction of Lola and her courageous battle with MS and the help she’s given others.
Good info l did see Lady Coco a few months ago and she sure had it going on , I'd love to see the episode of Sanford and Son cause I can only imagine how Fred would be acting just being close to her he probably would be saying this is the big one with hand over heart
I did not know who she was before this video
Good job
Wow. Now thats a bit of trivia I did NOT know!!! Thanks!
I don't remember ever seeing her in a show of any kind, but OMG......you couldn't turn on the TV in the 70s without "Lola Falana" this and "Lola Falana" that. She was THE QUEEN apparently, because everybody talked about her.
I'm glad she put her name and will power to some good use after retiring. Sorry to hear WHY she had to retire, but at least she took care of her self, and still strives to do something with her life. Good for her!
Thanks for the video and info!!!
Thank you so much for this in depth and insightful look into this amazing woman. My dad was so in love with Lola Falana my mom named me after her but I never really knew much about her.
You are so welcome!
I remember her show back in the 1970's, I remember saying WOW what a talented and beautiful woman she was on her show. Im sorry to hear of her set back, but sounds like she still has it together with her support of disabilities for others. Defiantly a special woman! sending prayers her way.
Great video!
Thanks again Dave
Always a pleasure, William!
I just enjoyed her on Sanford and son.
Redd Foxx, oops I mean Fred Sanford, sure had a thing for that pretty lady. Thanks for all your support, Tracy!
Lola Falana and Joey Heatherton used to perform numerous shows for the USO. I have distinct memories as a kid watching them both on Bob Hope's TV specials. Such beautiful and dynamic women, both of them. And they both seemingly "disappeared" from the spotlight right around the same time as well. They both left a great legacy and for that we can be thankful.
It's so sad to hear about her getting MS. For someone who was such a great dancer, that had to have been a major blow. I'm impressed that she has been able to put the situation to good use by her involvement in advocacy for the disabled.
Thank you Dave for sharing your information about Lola Falana, everybody loved her and i am glad she is a speaker disability people.
You're most welcome, Syreeta!
I always admired her ❤❤❤❤
Dave, do you remember "The New Show" with Penny Marshall and a young Joy Behar back in 1984. This was a sketch comedy SNL type show pre-recorded which ran for only one season on NBC. Kevin Kline, John Candy and Carrie Fisher have also made guest appearances. 🤗📺🙏👍
I don't recall that one. Sounds interesting though! I'll have to do a bit of research.
Lola Falana. I remember her, my mother told me she was singer & dancer. A wonderful entertainer.
I wondered what happened to her. I'm very sorry to hear, that she has MS. This aging thing is not funny. One minute u can do plenty, next minute, it's one thing after a other.
But I am glad, she is still among the living. Tha k Dave.
We Love You❤
Please Be Well Lola !!!😀
Not saying this is true, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if this was the Lola that Barry Manilow was thinking of when he wrote Copa Cabana. No wonder Rico couldn’t resist!
I'd like to think that it is true as well. 🙂
I didn't even know she was real until about a decade ago. I always thought she (and the Copa Cabana) were just part of the Barry Manilow song!🤣
I think that former "Webster" actor Emmanuel Lewis dated Lola Falana.
Great 😎
Thanks Mike!
@@jdsundstrom 😎no problem
I'm surprised you didn't mention his Steve Austin parody: STEVE EXHAUSTION, THE $6.95 MAN, from Uncle Crocs Block... I'm a big fan of Ridgeley and have been following his career for 50 years.
I probably should have mentioned that one as well. And maybe even the narration that he did for M*U*S*H.
@@jdsundstrom it wasn't often we got to see voice actors as kids.
I knew who Lola Falana was even though I grew up in the 50s and 60s. She was very talented. There are or were so many celebrities with MS, even a fictional character played by Martin Sheen. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society gave The West Wing an award for its depiction of the illness in the character of Josiah Bartlett.
Clay Walker, Annette Funicello, Amy Schumer's dad, Gordon, Richard Pryor, Ann Romney, Jack Osbourne, MIchelle Obama's dad, Frasier C. Robinson III. So many more.
I actually own that huge full 16 oz Tigress Fragrance Bottle she was in a magazine and other bill board Advertisement with will ad her photo when ever I put it up for sale on ebay..
I bet you fetch a pretty nice price for that when you finally list it. 🙂
@@jdsundstrom I sure hope so I paid aproximadamentely $350 which is a deal considering they were going for $1000 a few years back if you could even find a full unused bottle...
I heard of Lola more than i remember seeing her in things. She was like the Queen everyone lusted over and always heard references to her like Billy Dee Williams did for the ladies. I was more familiar with Billy tho than Lola. When i saw her in the opening credits of Love Boat i was like OH so THAT’S Lola *she really does exist* 😂 it’s unfortunate she had her medical issues but wonderful instead of just wallowing in self pity she became an advocate for others
Thanks for sharing, RP!
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Natural Beauty…
I remember how Lola Falana was an obsession of Fred Sanford for a few episodes. 😂
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Fred Sanford's fav!
Fred had an eye for beauty!
Wow, that was beautiful man
Glad you enjoyed it
@@jdsundstrom👊🏾❤👍🏾
To her house !
Boy did I have a crush on her? You just don’t know as a young man becoming a teenager. I thought she was one of the prettiest women next to Jayne Kennedy.
she wasn't seen w/Andy Taylor was she? we all know his track record w/the ladies.
Man life is sad!
It's definitely full of highs and lows.
Lola was just never not there. She was an icon. Period.
Absolutely!
I don’t know who she really is I probably saw inlove ball but I didn’t watch her in anything else and I never was a fantasy Island person so I don’t really know who she is but thank you for telling me anyway
Thanks for sharing.
SCTV used her name for Catherine O’Hara”s hilarious musical “showgirl” on their cheesy faux-early ‘70’s “specials.”
Aka Jerry Gillespie I remember Dave comedian Pat Cooper who opened for Lola had some unkind words about her. He said in a talk show interview he liked Ella Fitzgerald better. In that interview he badmouthed other las Vegas performers he opened for If you remember Pat talked about his Italian heritage and his real name Pasquale Caputo. Don't know if he said those remarks out of jealousy or spite
W0w😢
I saw her many times on variety shows and Dean Martin roasts, but I'll never forget that sexy mid '70s Jungle Woman commercial which ran for a while then disappeared.due to censor derangement syndrome. Although dressed in a skimpy leopard suit - I think (it's been almost 50 years) - it was still very tame by today's standards. She did bring a certain Catwoman like eroticism to the 30 second role, lI guess too much for the bigots of the day.
I remember that commercial well!
Camden New Jersey is one of the poorest & dangerous cities in America. Just the fact that Lola got out of Camden is astonishing in of itself.
Rachel Walch dead 82
Poor Lola put up w bill Cosby Sammy Davis jr ..and other older men who took advantage her
I think her relationship with Sammy was a genuine friendship. Not sure I can say the same about Cosby. 😕
She attributed her healing to JESUS.