Jacqueline Fontaine Explained

Jacqueline Fontaine
Birth Name:	Joyce Romeo
Birth Date:	August 14, 1927
Birth Place:	Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.
Death Date:	August 1, 1995 (aged 67)
Death Place:	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Occupation:	actress, singer
Yearsactive:	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

External links

• • Jacqueline Fontaine Profile

Notes and References

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