Jo-Carroll Dennison, the oldest living Miss America at the time of her death and who held the title in the darkest days of World War II, passed at her home in Idyllwild, Calif. Oct. 18. Her death was confirmed by her son, who did not provide a cause.
Dennison won the competition in 1942, giving an energetic performance of the song “Deep in the Heart of Texas” while dressed in a cowgirl outfit. Her talent segment won her the newspaper title of “The Texas Tornado,” and she swept the talent and swimsuit contests on her way to winning the competition.
She spent the next year entertaining the troops, although balking at times at the requirement that she appear in a swimsuit, eventually cutting short her tour.
She went on to Hollywood, appearing in the war propaganda film Winged Victory (1944) and The Jolson Story (1946), the latter about the entertainer Al Jolson. She later...
Dennison won the competition in 1942, giving an energetic performance of the song “Deep in the Heart of Texas” while dressed in a cowgirl outfit. Her talent segment won her the newspaper title of “The Texas Tornado,” and she swept the talent and swimsuit contests on her way to winning the competition.
She spent the next year entertaining the troops, although balking at times at the requirement that she appear in a swimsuit, eventually cutting short her tour.
She went on to Hollywood, appearing in the war propaganda film Winged Victory (1944) and The Jolson Story (1946), the latter about the entertainer Al Jolson. She later...
- 10/31/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Jo-Carroll Dennison, who parlayed her victory in the 1942 Miss America contest into an acting career that saw her appear in films including Winged Victory and The Jolson Story, has died. She was 97.
Dennison died Oct. 18 at her home in Idyllwild, California, her son, Peter Stoneham, told The New York Times.
A contract player at 20th Century Fox, Dennison also had uncredited roles in The Song of Bernadette (1943), Something for the Boys (1944) — where she first met her future husband, actor Phil Silvers — and State Fair (1945) and appeared on television in Lux Video Theater, in a Dick Tracy series and ...
Dennison died Oct. 18 at her home in Idyllwild, California, her son, Peter Stoneham, told The New York Times.
A contract player at 20th Century Fox, Dennison also had uncredited roles in The Song of Bernadette (1943), Something for the Boys (1944) — where she first met her future husband, actor Phil Silvers — and State Fair (1945) and appeared on television in Lux Video Theater, in a Dick Tracy series and ...
- 10/30/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jo-Carroll Dennison, who parlayed her victory in the 1942 Miss America contest into an acting career that saw her appear in films including Winged Victory and The Jolson Story, has died. She was 97.
Dennison died Oct. 18 at her home in Idyllwild, California, her son, Peter Stoneham, told The New York Times.
A contract player at 20th Century Fox, Dennison also had uncredited roles in The Song of Bernadette (1943), Something for the Boys (1944) — where she first met her future husband, actor Phil Silvers — and State Fair (1945) and appeared on television in Lux Video Theater, in a Dick Tracy series and ...
Dennison died Oct. 18 at her home in Idyllwild, California, her son, Peter Stoneham, told The New York Times.
A contract player at 20th Century Fox, Dennison also had uncredited roles in The Song of Bernadette (1943), Something for the Boys (1944) — where she first met her future husband, actor Phil Silvers — and State Fair (1945) and appeared on television in Lux Video Theater, in a Dick Tracy series and ...
- 10/30/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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