Altovise Davis

Altovise Joanne Davis (August 30, 1943 – March 14, 2009) Gore worked during the 1960s as a chorus-line dancer in various musical shows both in London and on Broadway.

In the 1970s and 1980s, she made a few guest appearances in major TV series such as Charlie's Angels and CHiPs and minor roles in films such as Welcome to Arrow Beach (1974), Kingdom of the Spiders (1977), Boardwalk (1979), and Can't Stop the Music (1980).

Both she and her husband, Sammy Davis Jr., were frequent panelists on the 1970s television game show Tattletales.

Personal life Sammy Davis Jr. with his third wife, Altovise Gore, taken at their home in Los Angeles, California In 1968, Gore began a relationship with Sammy Davis Jr. They were married on May 11, 1970, by Reverend Jesse Jackson and adopted a son, Manny, in 1989. The couple remained married until Sammy Davis Jr.'s death in 1990.

Long saddled with tax problems following the death of her husband, Altovise Davis was included in 2008 on the California Franchise Tax Board's list of the top 250 delinquent taxpayers, with $2,708,901.75 in unpaid personal income tax.

Death Davis died of complications from a stroke on March 14, 2009, at age 65 in Los Angeles. She is interred in an unmarked grave at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, next to her husband.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1974 Welcome to Arrow Beach Deputy Molly 1976 Pipe Dreams Lydia 1977 Kingdom of the Spiders Birch Colby 1979 Boardwalk Mrs. Bell 1980 Can't Stop the Music Alicia Edwards 1986 The Perils of P.K. (final film role)