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Lenore Romney

Lenore Romney
Black-and-white image of Lenore Romney in full face smiling at George Romney in profile
1970 screenshot from a Lenore-Romney-for - U.S. Senate campaign ad
First Lady of Michigan
In role
January 1, 1963 – January 22, 1969
Governor George Romney
Preceded by Alice Swainson
Succeeded by Helen Milliken
Personal details
Born Lenore Lafount
(1908-11-09)November 9, 1908
Logan, Utah, U.S.
Died July 7, 1998(1998-07-07) (aged 89)
Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) George Romney (1931–1995)
Children Mitt Romney, Scott Romney, Margo Lynn Romney, and Jane Romney
Parents Harold A. Lafount and Alma Luella
Alma mater University of Utah
George Washington University (AB)
American Laboratory Theatre

Lenore LaFount Romney (born Lenore Lafount but adopted the variation LaFount; November 9, 1908 – July 7, 1998) was an American actress and politician. The wife of businessman and politician George W. Romney, she was First Lady of Michigan from 1963 to 1969. She was the Republican Party nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1970 from Michigan. Her youngest son, Mitt Romney, is a former Governor of Massachusetts and was the 2012 Republican presidential nominee.

Lenore LaFount was born in Logan, Utah, and raised in Salt Lake City. She went to Latter-day Saints High School, where she developed an interest in drama and first met George Romney. She attended the University of Utah and George Washington University, graduating from the latter in 1929. She studied acting at the American Laboratory Theatre in New York, then went to Hollywood where she became a bit player who appeared in a number of films with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Turning down a contract offer with them, she married George Romney in 1931. The couple had four children together; she was a stay-at-home mother, eventually living in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, while he became a success in business and politics.

Lenore Romney was a popular First Lady of Michigan and was a frequent speaker at events and before civic groups. She was involved with many charitable, volunteer, and cultural organizations, including high positions with the Muscular Dystrophy Association, YWCA, and American Field Services, and also was active in the LDS Church of which she was a lifelong member. She was an asset to her husband's 1968 presidential campaign. Although a traditionalist, she was an advocate for the greater involvement of women in business and politics.


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