Biography: Charlene Diane Dallas (born April 13, 1947) is a former beauty queen contestant who was Miss California in 1966 and first runner-up to Miss America in 1967. Dallas is from Danville in Contra Costa County, California. She studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts. She had a number of minor acting roles, including one as Laura Beige in the 1975 film Rancho Deluxe. She played Rita Lange In the "Dirge for a Dead Dachshund" episode of The Eddie Capra Mysteries in 1978, and had second billing in the 1989 film Criminal Act, playing Sharon Fields.