Jacqueline Fontaine
Joyce Elaine Romeo, the raven-haired daughter of Orlando and Emma Romeo of 5606 34th Avenue in Kenosha, Wisconsin, studied at the nearby McKinley Junior High School and the downtown Mary D. Bradford High School while simultaneously nurturing her dreams of performing before appreciative audiences. She made her first such appearances in Chicago clubs before coming to Los Angeles for George White's Scandals and Billy Gray's Band Box (Dorothy Kilgallen noted her in July, 1946 as a dancer at LaConga) and local television. One such telecast caught the eye of producer Ron Ormond who signed her for "Outlaw Women" (1952) without a screen test. Previously she had appeared with Mickey Rooney as "the other woman" in The Strip. Also in 1952 Jacki (as she was labeled on Crystalette Records songs) worked with Jack Carson at the Sahati's Country Club Casino in Stateline, Nevada. Bing Crosby noticed her at a Pebble Beach golf tournament and cast her in The Country Girl. Later she did live appearances with comic Lenny Kent at the Casino Lounge in the Mapes Hotel and in 1962 with Buddy Lester at New Facks and at the Losers Club in Hollywood. and by 1965 at the Jamaica Room of the West Valley Bowl and at Sunset Boulevard's Key Club. Three years later she worked as a regular in a troupe with singer-comic Duke Mitchell, and by the 1970s she was seen at Aladdin's Funny Farm, the new Nine Thousand and the Fire and Flame in North Hollywood, with billing calling her "The Performer's Performer".
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
as Singer (uncredited)A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
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Bilitis
as SupervisorA coming of age story centering on the exploits of a young girl during summer vacation.
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The Country Girl
as Lounge SingerAn ex-theater actor is given one more chance to star in a musical yet his alcoholism may prevent...
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Alvarez Kelly
as Bordello GirlIn 1864, during the American Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with...
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The Ladies Man
as Working GirlAfter his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching...
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Murderers' Row
as Singer at Wake (uncredited)The handsome top agent Matt dies a tragic death in his bath tub - the women mourn about the...
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Gallant Ladies
as Parente LabadensDespite being busy with his profession of soldiery, Brantome manages to find much more time for...
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The Strip
as FriedaDrummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own club, but falls in...
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The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
as Buxom Blonde at PartyTV writer Greg Whitcomb did his military service heroically but now has settled into everyday...
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How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
as La femme de MarcelA story about a guy who still lives with his mother and sells some really awful alcohol to...
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Outlaw Women
as Ellen LarabeeA old west town run by women. All the town's business is controlled by a woman gambler who...
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It's Tough for Everybody
as uncreditedAfter losing his job, an idealistic adman starts his own agency, putting himself in the...
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The Egg
as uncreditedEmile Magis, a modest employee, more or less ostracized by the others, would like only one...
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The Daltons' Women
as Jacqueline FontaineThe Dalton gang has moved west taking new identities and Marshals Lash and Fuzzy are after them....
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Under the Sign of the Bull
as Louise, la domestique des RaynalIn this film, Albert is an eccentric inventor of missiles who comes under fire from his...
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Le naïf amoureux
as A clientPaul is an accomplished teacher at Janson-de-Sailly. A "good guy" who, having returned for the...
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Skipalong Rosenbloom
as Caroline WitherspoonSkipalong Rosenbloom is the star of a heavily commercialized TV kiddie show, presided over by a...
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Back Streets of Paris
as uncreditedMadame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least moral...
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Impasse of Two Angels
as uncreditedStage actress Marianne has decided to give up her career to marry wealthy nobleman Marquis...
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Untamed Mistress
as VeldaTwo men search the jungle for a woman who has been captured by a tribe of murderous gorillas....
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Born to Be Loved
as DameDirector Hugo Haas reprises the theme of romantic love in this routine yet innocent story of...
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The Cross and the Banner
as uncreditedIn this uneven tragedy by director Philippe Ducrest, a misunderstanding brings out the murderous...
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At Theatre Tonight
as HélèneAt Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The...
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