Jacqueline "Jacqui" Benton was the beautiful wife of Emmett Benton, and she was Jerrica and Kimber's mother. She died in a plane crash in 1979, an event that would eventually lead to the creation of Synergy, and consequentially, of Jem and The Holograms.
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FULL NAME Jacqueline Benton SERIES Jem ROLE(S) Co-owner of Starlight Music Adoptive mother of the Starlight Girls
OCCUPATION Singer AFFILIATION(S) Starlight Foundation Starlight Music
PERSONAL INFORMATION SPECIES Human GENDER Female DIED January 31, 1979 STATUS Deceased RACE Caucasian HAIR Blond EYES Violet RELATIVES Emmett Benton (husband)† Jerrica Benton (daughter) Kimber Benton (daughter) Aja Leith (adopted daughter) Shana Elmsford (adopted daughter) Lela (adopted daughter) Becky (adopted daughter)
APPEARANCES FIRST APPEARANCE Out of the Past (1988) APPEARANCES Out of the Past The Day the Music Died (pictured only)
VOICED BY Marlene Aragon SINGING VOICE Angela Cappelli
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History
Jacqui became a foster girl at a young age. Having lived on her own the hardships of being an orphan inspired her to do whatever she could to help other homeless girls from having the same fate.
She also had another passion in life: singing. By the time she became an adult, Jacqui was a proficient songwriter and already had a promising singing career. Fate intervened, however, and she fell in love with a clever entrepreneur named Emmett Benton, a caring and good-hearted man who shared her vision of the world. They eventually got married and had two daughters: Jerrica and Kimber.
Jacqui decided to put her singing career on hold to focus on her family. Together, she and Emmett decided to start adopting orphan girls to give them a home and a family. Their own house served for this purpose, which from then on would be known as Starlight House. Aja was their first adopted daughter, followed by Shana, Lela and Becky.
