Charlene Diane Dallas | |
Alma Mater: | California College of Arts and Crafts |
Height: | 5feet |
Miss California (1966) | |
Hair Color: | Brown |
Competitions: | 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.[1]
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.[1]
At the Miss America 1967 competition, hosted in September 1966, she won a talent award for playing piano and a swimsuit award.[2] [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, and had second billing in the 1989 film Criminal Act, playing Sharon Fields.