Jacqueline Fontaine

Jacqueline Fontaine
Born	Joyce Romeo August 14, 1927 Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	August 1, 1995 (aged 67) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
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

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

• 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

1. "'Outlaw Gal' of movies to sing in Zephyr Room". The Shreveport Journal. 27 November 1952. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
2. "Former Joyce Romeo a hit in the Far West". Kenosha News. 1 December 1954. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
3. Daniel, Blum (1969). "Skipalong Rosenbloom". Screen World. 3. Biblo & Tannen Publishers: 133. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
4. "Night Club Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 4 November 1944. p. 26. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
5. "1930 United States Federal Census". Ancestry. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
6. "Joyce Romeo is 'Discovered' by vacationing producer". Kenosha News. 24 October 1951. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
7. "Jacqueline Fontaine - The Private Life and Times of Jacqueline Fontaine. Jacqueline Fontaine Pictures". www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
8. Atkinson, Barry. Six-Gun Law - Westerns of the 1950s: The Classic Years. Midnight Marquee & BearManor Media. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
9. Cowie, Peter; Elley, Derek (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 578. ISBN 978-0-498-01565-6. Retrieved 16 January 2023.

External links

• Jacqueline Fontaine at IMDb
• Jacqueline Fontaine Profile