Person Details

Birthday: 1917-11-26 19:17:50

Death: 2002-11-22 19:17:50

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: N/A

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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

Jane Eyre
Average
7

Jane Eyre

(1943) Woman at Party (uncredited)
Fallen Angel
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6

Fallen Angel

(1945) Woman at Madley's Show (uncredited)
Show Boat
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6

Show Boat

(1951) Cameo McQueen (uncredited)
Ladies of the Chorus
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7

Ladies of the Chorus

(1948) Mae Martin
Day the World Ended
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5

Day the World Ended

(1955) Ruby
Armored Car Robbery
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6

Armored Car Robbery

(1950) Yvonne LeDoux aka Mrs. Benny McBride
The Cobweb
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6

The Cobweb

(1955) Miss Cobb
Edge of Doom
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6

Edge of Doom

(1950) Irene

Acting

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

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