Rose Veronica Coyle (July 30, 1914 – February 24, 1988) was Miss America 1936.

Rose Coyle
BornJuly 30, 1914
DiedFebruary 24, 1988(1988-02-24) (aged 73)
TermMiss America 1936
PredecessorHenrietta Leaver
SuccessorBette Cooper
Spouses
Leonard Schlessinger
(m. 1938)
  • Robert Dingler
Children1

Early life

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Coyle was the eldest child born to John Joseph Coyle, Jr. and Isabel (née Trainer) Coyle.

Pageantry

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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

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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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  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 Miss America
1936
Succeeded by