Joyce Elaine Romeo, the raven-haired daughter of Orlando and Emma Romeo of 5606 34th Avenue in Kenosha, Wisconsin, studied at the nearby McKinley Junior High School and the downtown Mary D. Bradford High School while simultaneously nurturing her dreams of performing before appreciative audiences. She made her first such appearances in Chicago clubs before coming to Los Angeles for George White's Scandals and Billy Gray's Band Box (Dorothy Kilgallen noted her in July, 1946 as a dancer at LaConga) and local television. One such telecast caught the eye of producer Ron Ormond who signed her for "Outlaw Women" (1952) without a screen test. Previously she had appeared with Mickey Rooney as "the other woman" in The Strip. Also in 1952 Jacki (as she was labeled on Crystalette Records songs) worked with Jack Carson at the Sahati's Country Club Casino in Stateline, Nevada. Bing Crosby noticed her at a Pebble Beach golf tournament and cast her in The Country Girl. Later she did live appearances with comic Lenny Kent at the Casino Lounge in the Mapes Hotel and in 1962 with Buddy Lester at New Facks and at the Losers Club in Hollywood. and by 1965 at the Jamaica Room of the West Valley Bowl and at Sunset Boulevard's Key Club. Three years later she worked as a regular in a troupe with singer-comic Duke Mitchell, and by the 1970s she was seen at Aladdin's Funny Farm, the new Nine Thousand and the Fire and Flame in North Hollywood, with billing calling her "The Performer's Performer".
Joyce Elaine Romeo, the raven-haired daughter of Orlando and Emma Romeo of 5606 34th Avenue in Kenosha, Wisconsin, studied at the nearby McKinley Junior High School and the downtown Mary D. Bradford High School while simultaneously nurturing her dreams of performing before appreciative audiences. She made her first such appearances in Chicago clubs before coming to Los Angeles for George White's Scandals and Billy Gray's Band Box (Dorothy Kilgallen noted her in July, 1946 as a dancer at LaConga) and local television. One such telecast caught the eye of producer Ron Ormond who signed her for "Outlaw Women" (1952) without a screen test. Previously she had appeared with Mickey Rooney as "the other woman" in The Strip. Also in 1952 Jacki (as she was labeled on Crystalette Records songs) worked with Jack Carson at the Sahati's Country Club Casino in Stateline, Nevada. Bing Crosby noticed her at a Pebble Beach golf tournament and cast her in The Country Girl. Later she did live appearances with comic Lenny Kent at the Casino Lounge in the Mapes Hotel and in 1962 with Buddy Lester at New Facks and at the Losers Club in Hollywood. and by 1965 at the Jamaica Room of the West Valley Bowl and at Sunset Boulevard's Key Club. Three years later she worked as a regular in a troupe with singer-comic Duke Mitchell, and by the 1970s she was seen at Aladdin's Funny Farm, the new Nine Thousand and the Fire and Flame in North Hollywood, with billing calling her "The Performer's Performer".
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Filmography (Movies)
Gallant Ladies
Character:Parente Labadens
Release Date:14/11/1990
Lorsque l'enfant parait
Character:Charlotte Jacquet
Release Date:10/10/1982
Bilitis
Character:Supervisor
Release Date:16/03/1977
It's Tough for Everybody
Character:
Release Date:18/06/1975
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
Character:La femme de Marcel
Release Date:19/06/1974
The Egg
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:08/03/1972
Les Cent livres : À la recherche du temps perdu
Character:
Release Date:22/12/1971
To Die of Love
Character:
Release Date:20/01/1971
Under the Sign of the Bull
Character:Louise, la domestique des Raynal
Release Date:28/03/1969
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Character:Singer (uncredited)
Release Date:11/12/1967
Murderers' Row
Character:Singer at Wake (uncredited)
Release Date:20/12/1966
Alvarez Kelly
Character:Bordello Girl
Release Date:06/10/1966
Le naïf amoureux
Character:A client
Release Date:26/06/1965
The Cross and the Banner
Character:
Release Date:07/03/1962
The Ladies Man
Character:Working Girl
Release Date:21/06/1961
Born to Be Loved
Character:Dame
Release Date:01/06/1959
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
Character:Buxom Blonde at Party
Release Date:11/01/1956
The Country Girl
Character:Lounge Singer
Release Date:15/12/1954
Outlaw Women
Character:Ellen Larabee
Release Date:28/04/1952
The Strip
Character:Frieda
Release Date:31/08/1951
Untamed Mistress
Character:Velda
Release Date:17/06/1951
Skipalong Rosenbloom
Character:Caroline Witherspoon
Release Date:30/04/1951
The Daltons' Women
Character:Jacqueline Fontaine
Release Date:25/02/1950
Impasse of Two Angels
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:03/10/1948
Back Streets of Paris
Character:
Release Date:27/11/1946
Television Appearances
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