Jacqueline Fontaine

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]

^ "'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.