Rose Coyle

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

Rose Coyle
BornJuly 30, 1914
DiedFebruary 24, 1988(1988-02-24) (aged 73)
TermMiss America 1936
PredecessorHenrietta Leaver
SuccessorBette Cooper
Spouse(s)
Leonard Schlessinger
(m. 1938)

Robert Dingler
Children1

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

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Henrietta Leaver
Miss America
1936
Succeeded by
Bette Cooper


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