Adele Jergens
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Person Details
Birthday: 1917-11-26 19:17:50
Death: 2002-11-22 19:17:50
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: N/A
Place of birth:
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Movie Involvements: 31
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Adele Jergens (November 26, 1917 - November 22, 2002) was an American actress. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Jergen's birth date is sometimes listed as 1922. Jergens first rose to prominence in the late 1930s, when she was named "Miss World's Fairest" at the 1939 New York World's Fair. In the early 1940s, she worked as a Rockette, and was named the Number One Showgirl in New York City. After a few years of working as a model and chorus girl, including being an understudy to Gypsy Rose Lee, Jergens landed a movie contract with Columbia Pictures in 1944, with brunette Jergens becoming a blonde. Her chorus girl past came in handy when she played an exotic dancer in Armored Car Robbery (1950). She was usually cast as blonde floozies and burlesque dancers. She once played Marilyn Monroe's mother in Ladies of the Chorus (1948) despite the fact that Jergens was only 9 years older than Monroe. In 1949, while filming Treasure of Monte Cristo, a film noir set in San Francisco, she met and married co-star Glenn Langan (The Amazing Colossal Man). They remained married until his death in 1991. Their only child, actor Tracy Langan, predeceased his mother. She is interred in the Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Chatsworth, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adele Jergens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Day the World Ended
(1955) Ruby
Jane Eyre
(1943) Woman at Party (uncredited)
Show Boat
(1951) Cameo McQueen (uncredited)
Fallen Angel
(1945) Woman at Madley's Show (uncredited)
The Cobweb
(1955) Miss Cobb
Armored Car Robbery
(1950) Yvonne LeDoux aka Mrs. Benny McBride
Ladies of the Chorus
(1948) Mae Martin
Edge of Doom
(1950) IreneActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Mae Randle | |
| Jenny | ||
| Dixie Jackson | ||
| 1955 | Ruby | |
| Mae | ||
| Miss Cobb | ||
| Rita Starr | ||
| Bella Brown | ||
| 1954 | Jessie Loraine | |
| Doris Grayson | ||
| Gwen Abbott | ||
| Harry's Wife | ||
| 1952 | Nola Beach | |
| Gladys | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1951 | Cameo McQueen (uncredited) | |
| N/A | ||
| Boots Marsden | ||
| Reva Cairn | ||
| 1950 | Velma | |
| Lola Stanton | ||
| Self | ||
| Irene | ||
| Yvonne LeDoux aka Mrs. Benny McBride | ||
| Toby Clifton | ||
| Adele Jergens | ||
| Lucille 'Lucky' Colner | ||
| Lilly | ||
| Joanie Marshall | ||
| Lila | ||
| 1949 | Jean Turner | |
| N/A | ||
| Norma Harrison | ||
| Self | ||
| Inez Gray | ||
| Yvonne La Tour | ||
| 1948 | Mae Martin | |
| Laura Stevens | ||
| Miss Sharmley | ||
| Nylon | ||
| Lady Christabel | ||
| Boots Nestor | ||
| 1947 | Gloria Stafford | |
| Georgia Evans | ||
| Mona Harrison | ||
| 1945 | Allura | |
| Woman at Madley's Show (uncredited) | ||
| Girl on Rollercoaster (uncredited) | ||
| Princess Armina | ||
| 1944 | Gilda LaVerne (uncredited) | |
| Canteen Hostess (uncredited) | ||
| Mary Brent | ||
| 1943 | Woman at Party (uncredited) | |
| Chorus Girl (uncredited) | ||
| Chorine (uncredited) | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
