Rose Coyle


Rose Veronica Coyle was Miss America in 1936.

Early life

Coyle was the eldest child born to John Joseph Coyle, Jr. and Isabel Coyle.

Pageantry

Coyle was the first to receive an encore in the talent completion at a Miss America pageant; she sang "I Can't Escape from You," and she performed an eight-minute long tap dance.

Personal life

In 1938 she married Leonard Schlessinger, the National General Manager of the Warner Bros. Theatres and had one daughter, Diane.
Widowed, she married executive Robert Dingler and lived a quiet life until her death in 1988.