Miss America 1939

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Miss America 1939
DateSeptember 9, 1939
Venue Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Entrants43
Placements15
Winner Patricia Donnelly
Flag of Michigan.svg  Michigan
  1938
1940  

Miss America 1939, the 13th Miss America pageant, was the last pageant to be held at the famed Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey. [1] The finals were held on Saturday, September 9, 1939, and Miss Michigan, Patricia Donnelly, was crowned Miss America 1939. [2] The Miss Congeniality Award was also introduced at the 1939 competition.

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Donnelly later became a singer and actress. Third runner-up Marguerita Skliris became the actress Margia Dean, who starred in such Hollywood films as Seven Women from Hell and The Quatermass Xperiment . Fourth runner-up Rose Marie Elliott had a successful musical career on the Broadway stage as Rose Marie Brown.

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss America 1939
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 15

Awards

Preliminary awards

AwardContestant
Talent

Other awards

AwardContestant
Miss Congeniality

Contestants

TitleNameHometownAgeTalentPlacementAwardsNotes
Birmingham Florine Holt Birmingham Vocal, "Moonglow" & "A Little Bit of Heaven"Top 15
Flag of Arkansas (1924-2011).svg Arkansas Jean Thompson Helena
Flag of California.svg California Marguerita Skliris San Francisco Dramatic Monologue, "The Poison Scene" from Romeo and Juliet 3rd Runner-upPreliminary Talent AwardLater known as actress Margia Dean
Central Connecticut Catherine Harrison Derby
Charlotte Marguerite Taylor Charlotte
Flag of Connecticut.svg Connecticut Frieda Lampar Bridgeport
Coney Island Grayce M. Reilly
Flag of Washington, D.C. (1917).png District of Columbia Evelyn Foster19Ballet en Pointe
Eastern New York Claire E. FoleyVocal Comedy & DanceTop 15
Eastern Ohio Maxine Drumm
Eastern Pennsylvania Emma Louise Knoell Philadelphia
Flag of Florida (1900-1985).svg Florida Rose Marie Magrill Miami Tap DanceTop 15
Flag of the State of Georgia (1920-1956).svg Georgia Mary Durrance Glennville Vocal
Flag of Illinois (1915-1969).svg Illinois Ethel Lorraine Lodbell Chicago Monologue, "From the Diary of a Contestant"Top 15
Flag of Kansas.svg Kansas Rosemary Winslow Salina
Flag of Kentucky.svg Kentucky Louise Holman Pineville
Lexington Mattigene Palmore Lexington
Flag of Maryland.svg Maryland Elaine Pasqualla Crisfield
Flag of Miami, Florida.svg Miami Irmigard Dietel Miami Vocal Medley, "See You Again", "Blue Evening", & "Solitude"Top 15
Flag of Michigan.svg Michigan Patricia Donnelly Detroit 19Vocal/Bass Fiddle, "To You" & "Ol' Man Mose"Winner
Flag of Minnesota (1893-1957).svg Minnesota Marion Rudeen Minneapolis Acrobatic DanceTop 15Preliminary Talent Award
Flag of Mississippi (1894-1996).png Mississippi Doris Coggins Baldwyn Miss Congeniality
Flag of Missouri.svg Missouri Margaret Ley St. Louis
Flag of Montana.svg Montana Lucille Chouinard Fort Peck
Montgomery Louise Robertson Montgomery
Myrtle Beach Mary Eleanor Parish Myrtle Beach
Flag of New Hampshire.svg New Hampshire Lois Marjorie Truax Nashua
Flag of New Jersey (1896-1965).png New Jersey Margo Lundgren Harrison Whistling Tunes Vocal, "Don't Worry About Me"Top 15
Flag of New Orleans, Louisiana.svg New Orleans Frances Helen Anello New Orleans
Flag of North Carolina (1885-1991).svg North Carolina Margaret WoodVocal, "If I Didn't Care"Top 15Preliminary Talent Award
Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio Jeanne Saboda Cleveland
Flag of Oklahoma (1925-1941).svg Oklahoma Bettye Cornelia Avert Oklahoma City Original Piano & Vocal, "Wondering & Dreaming"1st Runner-up
Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Pennsylvania Ruth Phyllis Willock Pittsburgh
Flag of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.svg Philadelphia Nancy Lee Philadelphia
Flag of South Carolina.svg South Carolina Margaret Allan Shealy Clinton Vocal, "Especially for You"
Staten Island Lillian Evelyn Hessen Annadale
Sun Valley Louise FletchnerClarinet, "Stardust"Top 15
Flag of Tennessee.svg Tennessee Judy Jones Tracy City Vocal Medley, "I Surrender" & "Come True"
Flag of Texas.svg Texas Charmayne Smith Dallas Vocal, "Round Up Time in Texas"Top 15
Flag of Virginia (1861).svg Virginia Rose Marie Elliot Sulfolk Vocal, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"4th Runner-upLater known on Broadway as Rose Marie Brown
Flag of Washington (1923-1967).png Washington Anna Mae Schoonover Seattle Dramatic Monologue from Accent on Youth 2nd Runner-up
Western Tennessee Louise Bussart Etowah

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References

  1. "Miss America History 1939". Archived from the original on September 24, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  2. "Miss America Seeks Ways To Mother's Bills". Ogden Standard. Associated Press. September 11, 1939. p. 8.

Secondary sources

  • Saulino Osborne, Angela (1995). "Miss Americas and their Courts". Miss America The Dream Lives On. Taylor Publishing Company. ISBN   0-87833-110-7.