Charlene Diane Dallas | |
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Alma mater | California College of Arts and Crafts |
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) [1] |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss California (1966) |
Hair color | Brown [1] |
Major competition(s) | Miss America 1967 |
Charlene Diane Dallas (born April 13, 1947) is a former beauty queen contestant who was Miss California for 1966, as well as first runner-up to Miss America for 1967.
Dallas is from Danville in Contra Costa County, California. She studied at California College of Arts and Crafts. [2]
In 1966, Dallas competed as Miss Contra Costa County for the Miss California competition. While she placed as first runner-up, the original winner Donna Danzer returned the title within an hour of winning, and Dallas was named the winner instead. [2]
At the Miss America 1967 competition, hosted in September 1966, she won a talent award for playing piano and a swimsuit award. [1] [3] She finished first runner-up overall. [4]
She had a number of minor acting roles, including one as Laura Beige in the 1975 film Rancho Deluxe . [5] She played Rita Lange In the "Dirge for a Dead Dachshund" episode of The Eddie Capra Mysteries in 1978,[ citation needed ] and had second billing in the 1989 film Criminal Act , playing Sharon Fields. [6]
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