Charlene Dallas

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.

Charlene Diane Dallas
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

Early life and education

Dallas is from Danville in Contra Costa County, California. She studied at California College of Arts and Crafts.^[2]

Pageantry career

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]

Acting career

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]

Filmography

• Cops and Robbers (1973)^[6]
• Rancho Deluxe (1975)^[6]
• The Great Bank Hoax (1978)^[6]
• Criminal Act (1989)^[6]