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Yolande Fox is an American singer and actress who rose to fame in the 1950s. She was born on November 28, 1928 in Mobile, Alabama. She began her career as a singer in the 1940s, performing with the likes of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Ella Fitzgerald. She also appeared in several films, including The Pajama Game (1957) and The Music Man (1962). Fox was married to jazz musician and composer Quincy Jones from 1957 to 1966. She has two children, Quincy III and Jolie. Fox has been active in the music industry for over 70 years. She has released several albums, including Yolande Fox Sings (1956), Yolande Fox Sings Again (1958), and Yolande Fox Sings the Blues (1960). She has also performed in numerous concerts and festivals, including the Newport Jazz Festival and the Monterey Jazz Festival. Fox is estimated to have a net worth of $2 million.
| Popular As | Yolande Margaret Betbeze |
| Occupation | Opera singer, activist |
| Age | 88 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | 28 November, 1928 |
| Birthday | 28 November |
| Birthplace | Mobile, Alabama |
| Date of death | (2016-02-22) Washington, D.C. |
| Died Place | Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | Alabama |
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Yolande Fox Height, Weight & Measurements
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| Height | Not Available |
| Weight | Not Available |
| Body Measurements | Not Available |
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Who Is Yolande Fox's Husband?
Her husband is Matthew Fox (m. 1954-1964)
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| Parents | Not Available |
| Husband | Matthew Fox (m. 1954-1964) |
| Sibling | Not Available |
| Children | Yolande Fox Campbell |
Yolande Fox Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Yolande Fox worth at the age of 88 years old? Yolande Fox’s income source is mostly from being a successful singer. She is from Alabama. We have estimated Yolande Fox's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2023 | $1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2023 | Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2022 | Pending |
| Salary in 2022 | Under Review |
| House | Not Available |
| Cars | Not Available |
| Source of Income | singer |
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Timeline
Fox died on February 22, 2016 in Washington, D.C. of lung cancer. She was survived by her daughter and granddaughter.
Fox had a relationship with Cherif Guellal, with whom she raised her grandchild, Yolande Paris Campbell, until Guellal's death in 2009.
In the early 1990s Yolande Fox was contacted by the writer Philip Roth, who was researching the Miss America beauty pageant for his novel American Pastoral. Roth studied Fox's scrapbooks and interviewed her about the culture surrounding the pageant in the late 1940s; he later said, "She was very smart, very funny....She just opened up whole ideas for me that I couldn't have had on my own."
After her husband's death, she moved to Georgetown, Washington, D.C., purchasing the Newton D. Baker House from Michael Whitney Straight and his then wife Nina Gore Auchincloss. The home had previously been the residence of Jacqueline Kennedy after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963.
She married movie magnate Matthew Fox, the former president of Universal Pictures, in 1954. They had one daughter, Yolande "Dolly" Fox Campbell. Her husband died after 10 years of marriage.
Fox's Miss America title, although won in 1950, was for 1951 and is the first Miss America title to be "postdated" in this manner. Due to the change, there was no Miss America 1950. The Miss America Organization has claimed that Fox's (then Betbeze's) actions were pivotal in directing pageant progress towards recognizing intellect, values, and leadership abilities, rather than focusing on beauty alone. From then on, the Miss America pageant concentrated more on scholarship than beauty.
She captured her first crown in 1949 when she won Mobile's "Miss Torch" pageant. In 1950, Fox (then Betbeze) entered Miss Alabama for the scholarship opportunities the pageant presented. As Miss Alabama, she traveled to Atlantic City, New Jersey, to compete in the Miss America 1951 pageant. Having been educated in a convent school, she was reluctant to pose in a swimsuit and refused to do so after she won Miss America. That led the swimsuit company, Catalina, to withdraw their sponsorship of the Miss America pageant and eventually brought about the creation of the rival Miss USA pageant.
Yolande Margaret Betbeze Fox (November 28, 1928 – February 22, 2016) was an American singer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss America 1951.
Betbeze was born on November 28, 1928 in Mobile, Alabama, to William, a butcher, and Ethel Betbeze. Betbeze was raised in a Catholic family of French Basque descent, and she attended convent schools.
