Rose Coyle
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Rose Coyle | |
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| File:Rose Coyle.jpg | |
| Born | July 30, 1914 |
| Died | February 24, 1988 (aged 73) |
| Term | Miss America 1936 |
| Predecessor | Henrietta Leaver |
| Successor | Bette Cooper |
| Spouses | Leonard Schlessinger
(m. 1938)
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| Children | 1 |
Rose Veronica Coyle (July 30, 1914 – February 24, 1988) was Miss America 1936.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Coyle was the eldest child born to John Joseph Coyle, Jr. and Isabel (née Trainer) Coyle.
Pageantry
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]In 1938, Coyle 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
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