Coyle, Rose (1914–1988)

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Coyle, Rose (1914–1988)

Miss America. Name variations: Rose Schlessinger; Rose Dingler. Born Rose Veronica Coyle, July 30, 1914, in Yeadon, Pennsylvania; died Feb 1988 in Brookhaven, PA; m. Leonard Schlessinger (national general manager of Warner Bros. theaters), Nov 1938 (died); m. Robert Dingler (business executive); children: (1st m.) 1 daughter.

Named Miss Philadelphia (1936), then Miss America (1936).

See also Frank Deford, There She Is (Viking, 1971).

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