Jacqueline Fontaine

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".

Movies for Jacqueline Fontaine...

Gallant Ladies
Title: Gallant Ladies
Character: Parente Labadens
Released: November 14, 1990
Type: Movie
Despite being busy with his profession of soldiery, Brantome manages to find much more time for amorous dalliances with the ladies of the 16th-century French court than for battles. Unfortunately for him, his true love, Victoire, is beyond his reach most of the time. He more than compensates for this in the arms of others.
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Lorsque l'enfant parait
Title: Lorsque l'enfant parait
Character: Charlotte Jacquet
Released: October 10, 1982
Type: Movie
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Bilitis
Title: Bilitis
Character: Supervisor
Released: March 16, 1977
Type: Movie
A coming of age story centering on the exploits of a young girl during summer vacation.
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It's Tough for Everybody
Title: It's Tough for Everybody
Released: June 18, 1975
Type: Movie
After losing his job, an idealistic adman starts his own agency, putting himself in the crosshairs of his jaded ex-boss.
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How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
Title: How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
Character: La femme de Marcel
Released: June 19, 1974
Type: Movie
A story about a guy who still lives with his mother and sells some really awful alcohol to bartenders. The only way for him to do this is to cry and invent himself an awful life. Then he meets the beautiful woman whose goal in life is to sleep with the less exciting guys on Earth.
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The Egg
Title: The Egg
Released: March 8, 1972
Type: Movie
Emile Magis, a modest employee, more or less ostracized by the others, would like only one thing, to be happy. Little by little he realizes that life in society is a matter of convention, lies and deception. When he has understood that cynicism rules the world, he decides to play by its untold rules and to take his revenge.
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Les Cent livres : A la recherche du temps perdu
Title: Les Cent livres : A la recherche du temps perdu
Released: December 22, 1971
Type: Movie
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Under the Sign of the Bull
Title: Under the Sign of the Bull
Character: Louise, la domestique des Raynal
Released: March 28, 1969
Type: Movie
In this film, Albert is an eccentric inventor of missiles who comes under fire from his investors when his first prototype explodes. Even his sympathetic mistress has her doubts, as Albert lashes out in a verbal tirade condemning those of little faith in his genius.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Title: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Character: Singer (uncredited)
Released: December 11, 1967
Type: Movie
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
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Murderers' Row
Title: Murderers' Row
Character: Singer at Wake (uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1966
Type: Movie
The handsome top agent Matt dies a tragic death in his bath tub - the women mourn about the loss. However it's just faked for his latest top-secret mission: He shall find Dr. Solaris, inventor of the Helium laser beam, powerful enough to destroy a whole continent. It seems Dr. Solaris has been kidnapped by a criminal organization. The trace leads to the Cote D'Azur.
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Alvarez Kelly
Title: Alvarez Kelly
Character: Bordello Girl
Released: October 6, 1966
Type: Movie
In 1864, during the American Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until unexpected circumstances force him to change his customers.
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Title: At Theatre Tonight
Character: Hélène
Released: July 21, 1966
Type: TV
At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.
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Le naïf amoureux
Title: Le naïf amoureux
Character: A client
Released: June 26, 1965
Type: Movie
Paul is an accomplished teacher at Janson-de-Sailly. A "good guy" who, having returned for the holidays to the provincial town where he was raised, finds Véronique, his childhood friend. He falls madly in love...
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The Cross and the Banner
Title: The Cross and the Banner
Released: March 7, 1962
Type: Movie
In this uneven tragedy by director Philippe Ducrest, a misunderstanding brings out the murderous side of one of the protagonists. The popular Michel Galabru makes one of his early screen appearances as a thief who in his haste to escape from the law, stuffs a diamond necklace he has just stolen into a purse in a store. The woman who buys the handbag takes it home without inspecting its interior and leaves it where her husband notices it, opens it up, and sees the valuable necklace. Immediately jumping to the conclusion that his wife has been up to no good, his reaction leads to a separation -- and much worse.
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The Ladies Man
Title: The Ladies Man
Character: Working Girl
Released: June 21, 1961
Type: Movie
After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with all these females?
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Born to Be Loved
Title: Born to Be Loved
Character: Dame
Released: June 1, 1959
Type: Movie
Director Hugo Haas reprises the theme of romantic love in this routine yet innocent story of matchmaking. The setting is an overcrowded tenement building in which the residents seem to live beyond the reach of muggers or drug dealers or trigger-happy gangs because they mingle and mix in the halls as they energetically interact with each other.
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The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
Title: The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
Character: Buxom Blonde at Party
Released: January 11, 1956
Type: Movie
TV writer Greg Whitcomb did his military service heroically but now has settled into everyday life with a young wife, Katy. A letter from the war department arrives that Katy believes is calling Greg back to active duty from the Air Force reserve, but she hides it during a party celebrating their wedding anniversary.
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The Country Girl
Title: The Country Girl
Character: Lounge Singer
Released: December 15, 1954
Type: Movie
An ex-theater actor is given one more chance to star in a musical yet his alcoholism may prevent it from happening.
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Outlaw Women
Title: Outlaw Women
Character: Ellen Larabee
Released: April 28, 1952
Type: Movie
A old west town run by women. All the town's business is controlled by a woman gambler who tries not to succumb to the allure of a handsome and persistent cowboy.
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The Strip
Title: The Strip
Character: Frieda
Released: August 31, 1951
Type: Movie
Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of murder.
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Untamed Mistress
Title: Untamed Mistress
Character: Velda
Released: June 17, 1951
Type: Movie
Two men search the jungle for a woman who has been captured by a tribe of murderous gorillas. When they finally find her, they must fight off attacks by the gorillas, who are determined to keep her.
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Skipalong Rosenbloom
Title: Skipalong Rosenbloom
Character: Caroline Witherspoon
Released: April 30, 1951
Type: Movie
Skipalong Rosenbloom is the star of a heavily commercialized TV kiddie show, presided over by a smarmy announcer. He is at odds with western bad guy Butcher Baer.
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The Daltons' Women
Title: The Daltons' Women
Character: Jacqueline Fontaine
Released: February 25, 1950
Type: Movie
The Dalton gang has moved west taking new identities and Marshals Lash and Fuzzy are after them. They receive help from Pinkerton agent Joan Talbot as they try to sort out who the bad guys really are.
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Impasse of Two Angels
Title: Impasse of Two Angels
Released: October 3, 1948
Type: Movie
Stage actress Marianne has decided to give up her career to marry wealthy nobleman Marquis Antoine de Fontaines. As a wedding present, Antoine gives his future wife a precious diamond necklace, which is coveted by a gang of crooks. Jean, one of them, is given the mission to approach Marianne and steal the necklace from her. The only trouble is that when he meets her, she recognizes him as the man she once loved.
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Back Streets of Paris
Title: Back Streets of Paris
Released: November 27, 1946
Type: Movie
Madame Rose runs a seedy hotel in a suburb of Paris. Strong-minded but without the least moral scruple, she once killed her husband whose honesty was a hindrance to her business. Under a suspended sentence, she now indulges in smuggling. One day, Victor, one of her former accomplices hounded by the police, finds sanctuary with her. During a drinking spree, he has the bad idea to entrust to her a suitcase filled with bank notes, a loot with which Victor hopes to rebuild his life in South America. But Rose, lured by temptation, betrays Victor, who is arrested by the police. However, he manages to escape with only one thing in mind, to take revenge on Rose...