Jacqueline Fontaine
Jacqueline Fontaine | |
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| Born | Joyce Romeo August 14, 1927 Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | August 1, 1995 (aged 67) |
| Occupation(s) | actress, singer |
| Years active | 1950s |
Jacqueline Fontaine (August 14, 1927 – August 1, 1995)[1][2] was an American actress and singer who was mostly active in the 1950s.[3][4]
Biography
[edit]Fontaine was born Joyce Elaine Romeo in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to an Italian-born musician father and Canadian-born mother.[5]
Fontaine married John Battaghlia.[6] She died on August 1, 1995, at the age of 67 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.[7]
Filmography
[edit]- Dilemma of Two Angels (1948)
- The Daltons' Women (1950)[8] as singer
- Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951) as Miss Caroline Witherspoon
- The Strip (1951) as Frieda
- Outlaw Women (1952) as Ellen Larabee
- The Country Girl (1954) as lounge singer
- Untamed Mistress (1956) as Velda
- The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956) as buxom date
- Born to Be Loved (1959) as dame
- The Ladies Man (1961) as working girl
- Murderers' Row (1966)
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)[9] as singer
- Bilitis (1977) as head mistress
References
[edit]- ^ "'Outlaw Gal' of movies to sing in Zephyr Room". The Shreveport Journal. 27 November 1952. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Former Joyce Romeo a hit in the Far West". Kenosha News. 1 December 1954. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ Daniel, Blum (1969). "Skipalong Rosenbloom". Screen World. 3. Biblo & Tannen Publishers: 133. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Night Club Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 4 November 1944. p. 26. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "1930 United States Federal Census". Ancestry. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Joyce Romeo is 'Discovered' by vacationing producer". Kenosha News. 24 October 1951. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Jacqueline Fontaine - The Private Life and Times of Jacqueline Fontaine. Jacqueline Fontaine Pictures". www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ Atkinson, Barry. Six-Gun Law - Westerns of the 1950s: The Classic Years. Midnight Marquee & BearManor Media. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ Cowie, Peter; Elley, Derek (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 578. ISBN 978-0-498-01565-6. Retrieved 16 January 2023.