Jacqueline Fontaine

Born: 1927-11-17

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".


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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

as Singer (uncredited)
Released: 1967-12-11

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.

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Bilitis

as Supervisor
Released: 1977-03-16

A coming of age story centering on the exploits of a young girl during summer vacation.

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The Ladies Man

as Working Girl
Released: 1961-06-21

After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching...

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Alvarez Kelly

as Bordello Girl
Released: 1966-10-06

In 1864, during the American Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with...

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The Country Girl

as Lounge Singer
Released: 1954-12-15

An ex-theater actor is given one more chance to star in a musical yet his alcoholism may prevent...

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Murderers' Row

as Singer at Wake (uncredited)
Released: 1966-12-20

The handsome top agent Matt dies a tragic death in his bath tub - the women mourn about the...

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The Daltons' Women

as Jacqueline Fontaine
Released: 1950-02-25

The Dalton gang has moved west taking new identities and Marshals Lash and Fuzzy are after them....

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The Egg

as (uncredited)
Released: 1972-03-08

Emile Magis, a modest employee, more or less ostracized by the others, would like only one...

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The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

as Buxom Blonde at Party
Released: 1956-01-11

TV 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 Marcel
Released: 1974-06-19

A story about a guy who still lives with his mother and sells some really awful alcohol to...

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The Strip

as Frieda
Released: 1951-08-31

Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own club, but falls in...

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Under the Sign of the Bull

as Louise, la domestique des Raynal
Released: 1969-03-28

In this film, Albert is an eccentric inventor of missiles who comes under fire from his...

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Gallant Ladies

as Parente Labadens
Released: 1990-11-14

Despite being busy with his profession of soldiery, Brantome manages to find much more time for...

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Untamed Mistress

as Velda
Released: 1951-06-17

Two men search the jungle for a woman who has been captured by a tribe of murderous gorillas....

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Outlaw Women

as Ellen Larabee
Released: 1952-04-28

A old west town run by women. All the town's business is controlled by a woman gambler who...

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Skipalong Rosenbloom

as Caroline Witherspoon
Released: 1951-04-30

Skipalong Rosenbloom is the star of a heavily commercialized TV kiddie show, presided over by a...

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It's Tough for Everybody

as uncredited
Released: 1975-06-18

After losing his job, an idealistic adman starts his own agency, putting himself in the...

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Impasse of Two Angels

as uncredited
Released: 1948-10-03

Stage actress Marianne has decided to give up her career to marry wealthy nobleman Marquis...

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Lorsque l'enfant parait

as Charlotte Jacquet
Released: 1982-10-10

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Le naïf amoureux

as A client
Released: 1965-06-26

Paul is an accomplished teacher at Janson-de-Sailly. A "good guy" who, having returned for the...

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Born to Be Loved

as Dame
Released: 1959-06-01

Director Hugo Haas reprises the theme of romantic love in this routine yet innocent story of...

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Back Streets of Paris

as uncredited
Released: 1946-11-27

Madame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least moral...

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Les Cent livres : A la recherche du temps perdu

as uncredited
Released: 1971-12-22

An evocation, realistic and poetic at the same time, of Proust's work " in which he is locked up...

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The Cross and the Banner

as uncredited
Released: 1962-03-07

In this uneven tragedy by director Philippe Ducrest, a misunderstanding brings out the murderous...

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At Theatre Tonight

as Hélène
First aired: 1966-07-21

At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The...

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