| July 46 |
columnist Dorothy Kilgallen notes her as a dancer at LaConga
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columnist Walter Winchell reports: “Lee Trent and Jacqueline Fontaine are among the July-terms. She’s at La Conga, and he’s in Tidbits of ‘46 which debuts tonight at the Plymouth...”
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| January 51 |
Mickey Rooney will get her as the other woman in The Strip. “She’s from Billy Gray’s Band Box"
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| August 52 |
performs with Jack Carson at the Sahati’s Country Club Casino, in Stateline, Nevada
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| March 55 |
entertaining the contestants at one of Bing Crosby’s Pebble Beach golf tournaments, she’s cast for his upcoming movie, The Country Girl
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| February 60 |
shares top billing with comedian Lenny Kent at the Casino Lounge of the Mapes Hotel
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| December 62 |
starts with Buddy Lester at New Facks
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is a big hit at the Losers Club in Hollywood
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| April 65 |
performs at the Jamaica Room of the West Valley Bowl
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| September 65 |
performs at Sunset Boulevard’s Key Club
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| August 68 |
joins the Duke Mitchell songfest as a regular
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| May 71 |
is in the Aladdin’s Funny Farm
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| August 72 |
the local press writes: “Jacqueline Fontaine has put on a little weight and lost a little vocal range, but her coterie of fans seemed to enjoy every note as she sang several torchy numbers in the lounge of the new Nine Thousand.”
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| November 73 |
hailed “the performer’s performer,” she performs at the Fire and Flame in North Hollywood
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Sources:
Mansfield News-Journal, Syracuse Herald-Journal, The Newark Advocate and American Tribune, Nevada State Journal, Oakland Tribune, Van Nuys News |
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