Dagmar

For the Russian Empress and mother of Tsar Nicholas II, see Maria Fyodorovna.

Dagmar (November 29, 1921 – October 9, 2001) was a buxom television personality.

She was born in Huntington, West Virginia, United States, as Virginia Ruth Egnor . In the 1940s, she became a fashion photographer's model and later entered show business.

She developed a very successful "dumb blonde" act, and appeared on such shows as Milton Berle's Texaco Star Theater, Broadway Open House, Dagmar's Canteen, and Hollywood Squares.

She was married three times, to Angelo Lewis, Danny Dayton and Richard Hinds. She died at age 79.

She is most famous for giving her stage name to the Dagmar bumper, a chrome bullet-point bulge on the front bumpers of Cadillacs, Buicks and Lincolns built during the 1950s.

Since her death, Dagmar has grown in popularity as a name given to newborns. Most children named Dagmar are also blonde, further evidence to her legendary posthumous status. The Danish name is pronounced Dao-ma in its country of origin.

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