Rose Coyle
Rose Coyle | |
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| Born | July 30, 1914 |
| Died | February 24, 1988 (aged 73) |
| Term | Miss America 1936 |
| Predecessor | Henrietta Leaver |
| Successor | Bette Cooper |
| Spouse(s) | Leonard Schlessinger
(m. 1938)Robert Dingler |
| Children | 1 |
Rose Veronica Coyle (July 30, 1914 – February 24, 1988) was Miss America 1936.
Early life[]
Coyle was the eldest child born to John Joseph Coyle, Jr. and Isabel (née Trainer) Coyle.
Pageantry[]
Coyle was the first to receive an encore in the talent completion at a Miss America pageant; she sang "I Can't Escape from You," and she performed an eight-minute long tap dance.[1]
Personal life[]
In 1938 she married Leonard Schlessinger, the National General Manager of the Warner Bros. Theatres and had one daughter, Diane.[2]
Widowed, she married executive Robert Dingler and lived a quiet life until her death in 1988.[3]
References[]
- ^ https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.philadelphia/81.239.1.1.2.2.1/mb.ashx
- ^ "Miss America History 1936". Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2006-12-30.
- ^ http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1930/1936.aspx
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