Jackie Loughery

Jacqueline V. Loughery (sometimes credited as Evelyn Avery) is a retired American actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned "Miss Rockaway Point" in 1949 before becoming crowned Miss New York USA 1952 and later was the first-ever winner of the Miss USA competition (Miss USA 1952).

Jackie Loughery
Loughery in a 1956 American Airlines press photograph
Born
Jacqueline V. Loughery

Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Other namesEvelyn Avery
Occupations
  • Actress
  • beauty pageant titleholder
Spouses
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    (m. 1952; div. 1955)​
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    (m. 1958; div. 1964)​
  • Jack W. Schwietzer
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    (m. 1969)​
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss New York USA 1952
Miss USA 1952
Years active1951–1969
Hair colorRed
Major
competition(s)		Miss Universe 1952 (top 10)

Early life

Loughery was born and raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York,[1] the daughter of Joseph and Ellen Loughery.[2] She attended St. Francis Xavier Academy for Young Ladies.[3]

Career

Miss USA

In 1952, Loughery won the Miss USA title after a second ballot broke a first-place tie. Loughery, a redhead, went on to represent the US at the first Miss Universe pageant, where she placed ninth.[4]

Entertainment

Loughery appeared in several films, including the 1956 comedy Pardners with Martin and Lewis[5] and the 1957 drama The D.I.,[6] with Jack Webb, whom she married in 1958.

In 1951, Loughery appeared in the short-lived variety show Seven at Eleven. In 1954, she was Johnny Carson's assistant in the short lived game show Earn Your Vacation.[7] In 1956, she co-starred with Edgar Buchanan and Jack Buetel in the syndicated western television series Judge Roy Bean, as Judge Bean's niece, Letty.[7]: 547  In 1957–58, she made five guest appearances on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show; three as "Joyce Collins" and the other two as "Vicki Donovan". In 1963, she appeared on Perry Mason as accused murderer (but acquitted) Nell Grimes, the title character, in "The Case of the Bigamous Spouse". She appeared as Martha, sister of Sheriff Sam Phelps in the May 18, 1961 episode of the series Bat Masterson, "Farmer with a Badge". She was featured in the film Eighteen and Anxious (1957) and top-billed in The Hot Angel (1958).[8]

Personal life
Loughery and Jack Webb applying for marriage license in 1958

In October 1952, Loughery married Guy Mitchell, a singer. After that marriage ended, she wed, in July 1958, actor/producer Jack Webb. (A 1964 newspaper brief reported that Loughery and Webb were wed June 24, 1958 in Studio City.)[9] Loughery divorced Webb in March 1964.[10] She married Jack W. Schwietzer in 1969, and they remained married until his death in 2009. In December 2022, she was featured in Western Clippings where she discussed her onscreen career.[11]


Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1953The Mississippi GamblerBridesmaidUncredited
1953Abbott and Costello Go to MarsVenusian Guard No. 1
1953Take Me to TownDancehall GirlUncredited
1953The Veils of BagdadHandmaiden
1955Escape to BurmaUncredited
1955Son of SinbadHarem GirlUncredited
1955The Naked StreetFrancieUncredited
1956PardnersDolly Riley
1956The D.I.Annie
1957Eighteen and AnxiousAva Norton
1958Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSlatsSeason 3 Episode 32: "Listen, Listen...!"
1958The Hot AngelMandy Wilson
1962A Public AffairPhyllis Baines

References
  1. "Beauty From Flatbush Now Rides The Range". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. November 11, 1955.
  2. "Jackie Loughery - The Private Life and Times of Jackie Loughery. Jackie Loughery Pictures". www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com.
  3. "Boro Beauty Queen Admits Marital". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York, Brooklyn. September 22, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved April 18, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  4. "Boro Beauty Named Miss U.S." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York, Brooklyn. June 28, 1952. p. 1. Retrieved April 18, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. Maes, Jack; Hixon, Harry (August 3, 1956). "The Movies". The Atchison Daily Globe. Kansas, Atchison. p. 3. Retrieved April 18, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  6. "Miss U.S.A." The Terre Haute Tribune. Indiana, Terre Haute. June 23, 1957. p. 61. Retrieved April 18, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  7. Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
  8. Jackie Loughery at IMDb
  9. "Filed". Independent. California, Long Beach. February 27, 1964. p. 2. Retrieved April 18, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  10. "Divorces Webb". The Evening Independent. Ohio, Massillon. Associated Press. March 25, 1964. p. 8. Retrieved April 18, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  11. Clemens, Samuel. "Jackie Loughery", Western Clippings (December 2022)
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