Jackie Loughery
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Born |
Jacqueline "Jackie" Loughery May 18, 1930 New York, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Hometown | Encino, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress Beauty queen |
| Title(s) |
Miss New York USA 1952 Miss USA 1952 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss New York USA 1952 (Winner) Miss USA 1952 (Winner) Miss Universe 1952 (Top 10) |
Jacqueline "Jackie" Loughery (born April 18, 1930) is an American actress and beauty queen best known as the first Miss New York USA and winner of the first Miss USA beauty pageant, in Long Beach, California. In 1952, she won the title only after a second ballot broke a first-place tie. Loughery, a red head, went on to represent the USA at the very first Miss Universe pageant, where she placed ninth.
Part of her prize package as Miss USA included a contract with Universal Pictures, which led to a career in movies and television. She adopted the stage name Evelyn Avery, but is more often credited with her own name (the name she used when she won the Miss USA title). In 1951 she 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".
She appeared in several films, including the 1956 comedy Pardners with Martin and Lewis and the 1957 drama The D.I. ("Drill Instructor"), with Jack Webb, whom she would marry. She was featured in 1957's Eighteen and Anxious and top-billed in the following year's The Hot Angel.
In 1956, Loughery co-starred with Edgar Buchanan and Jack Buetel in the syndicated western television series Judge Roy Bean, having appeared as Bean's niece, Letty. Buetel, a star of the 1941 film The Outlaw, was cast in the series as Bean's deputy, Jeff Taggert.
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