Rose Coyle

American model (1914–1988)
Leonard Schlessinger
(m. 1938)
  • Robert Dingler
Children1

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, 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

  1. ^ https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.philadelphia/81.239.1.1.2.2.1/mb.ashx [user-generated source]
  2. ^ "Miss America History 1936". Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2006-12-30.
  3. ^ "Miss America : 1936". www.missamerica.org. Archived from the original on 2008-06-05.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Henrietta Leaver
Miss America
1936
Succeeded by
Bette Cooper
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1920s
  • Margaret Gorman (1921)
  • Mary Campbell (1922)
  • Mary Campbell (1923)
  • Ruth Malcomson (1924)
  • Fay Lanphier (1925)
  • Norma Smallwood (1926)
  • Lois Delander (1927)
1930s
  • Marian Bergeron (1933)
  • Henrietta Leaver (1935)
  • Rose Coyle (1936)
  • Bette Cooper (1937)
  • Marilyn Meseke (1938)
  • Patricia Donnelly (1939)
1940s
1950s1960s1970s1980s
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2020s


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