Jacqueline Fontaine Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Jacqueline Fontaine

Jacqueline Fontaine

Acting

Biography

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".

Filmography Movies

Acting

The Country Girl movie poster
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The Country Girl

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The Country Girl
Lounge Singer
Bilitis movie poster
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Bilitis

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Bilitis
Supervisor
Back Streets of Paris movie poster
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Back Streets of Paris

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Back Streets of Paris
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby movie poster
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How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby

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How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
La femme de Marcel
Le Naïf amoureux movie poster
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Le Naïf amoureux

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Le Naïf amoureux
A client
Under the Sign of the Bull movie poster
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Under the Sign of the Bull

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Under the Sign of the Bull
Louise, la domestique des Raynal
Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu movie poster
MOVIE

Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu

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Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu
Born to Be Loved movie poster
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Born to Be Loved

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Born to Be Loved
Dame
Outlaw Women movie poster
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Outlaw Women

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Outlaw Women
Ellen Larabee
Untamed Mistress movie poster
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Untamed Mistress

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Untamed Mistress
Velda

Gallery

Jacqueline Fontaine portrait
Jacqueline Fontaine portrait