---
name: "Jacqueline Fontaine"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jacqueline-fontaine"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 August 1927"
died: "1 August 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T04:44:12.122651+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jacqueline Fontaine

Actor. Born 14 August 1927 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA. Died 1 August 1995.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 August 1927, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
- **Died:** 1 August 1995
- **Also known as:** Joyce Elaine Romeo, Lili Fontaine, Lillian Fontaine, Lily Fontaine
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 74 (1), 1960s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Fontaine, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47018100, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0284812/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26027

## Biography

Jacqueline Fontaine (born Joyce Romeo) was an American actress and singer. She was born on 14 August 1927 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and died on 1 August 1995 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Fontaine appeared in films from the early 1950s, including *The Strip* (1951) as Frieda, *Outlaw Women* (1952) as Ellen Larabee, and *The Country Girl* (1954) as the lounge singer. Later credits include *The Ladies Man* (1961) as a working girl and an uncredited singer role in *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner* (1967). She also performed as a nightclub singer and made recordings.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Country Girl* (1954), Fi1m 74, as Lounge Singer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-country-girl.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner* (1967), Fi1m 70, as Singer (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Gallant Ladies* (1990), as Parente Labadens
- *Lorsque l'enfant parait* (1982), as Charlotte Jacquet
- *Bilitis* (1977), as Supervisor
- *It's Tough for Everybody* (1975), Actor
- *How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby* (1974), as La femme de Marcel
- *The Egg* (1972), as (uncredited)
- *Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu* (1971), Actor
- *To Die of Love* (1971), Actor
- *Les Cent Livres des Hommes* (1970), series, Actor
- *Under the Sign of the Bull* (1969), as Louise, la domestique des Raynal
- *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner* (1967), as Singer (uncredited) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner.md)
- *Murderers' Row* (1966), as Singer at Wake (uncredited)
- *Alvarez Kelly* (1966), as Bordello Girl
- *At Theatre Tonight* (1966), series, as Hélène
- *Le Naïf amoureux* (1965), as A client
- *The Cross and the Banner* (1962), Actor
- *The Ladies Man* (1961), as Working Girl
- *Born to Be Loved* (1959), as Dame
- *Les Cinq Dernières Minutes* (1958), series, as La réceptionniste
- *The Lieutenant Wore Skirts* (1956), as Buxom Blonde at Party
- *The Country Girl* (1954), as Lounge Singer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-country-girl.md)
- *Outlaw Women* (1952), as Ellen Larabee
- *The Strip* (1951), as Frieda
- *Untamed Mistress* (1951), as Velda
- *Skipalong Rosenbloom* (1951), as Caroline Witherspoon
- *The Daltons' Women* (1950), as Jacqueline Fontaine
- *Impasse of Two Angels* (1948), as (uncredited)
- *Back Streets of Paris* (1946), Actor

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