Adele Jergens
Born
November 26, 1917
Died
November 22, 2002 (84 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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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 Los Angeles, California.
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Known For
Bad Girls Behind Bars
Jenny (archive footage)
2005
Fighting Trouble
Mae Randle
1956
Girls in Prison
Jenny
1956
Runaway Daughters
Dixie Jackson
1956
Day the World Ended
Ruby
1955
The Lonesome Trail
Mae
1955
The Cobweb
Miss Cobb
1955
Outlaw Treasure
Rita Starr
1955
Strange Lady in Town
Bella Brown
1955
Overland Pacific
Jessie Loraine
1954
The Big Chase
Doris Grayson
1954
The Miami Story
Gwen Abbott
1954
Fireman Save My Child
Harry's Wife
1954
The Abbott and Costello Show
Maxine · (1 episode)
1952
Somebody Loves Me
Nola Beach
1952
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
Gladys
1952
Dangerous Assignment
(1 episode)
1952
Show Boat
Cameo McQueen (uncredited)
1951
Racket Squad
(1 episode)
1951
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Boots Marsden
1951
Sugarfoot
Reva Cairn
1951
The Sound of Fury
Velma
1950
Blues Busters
Lola Stanton
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · (1 episode)
1950
Edge of Doom
Irene
1950
Armored Car Robbery
Yvonne LeDoux aka Mrs. Benny McBride
1950
Beware of Blondie
Toby Clifton
1950
Everybody's Dancin'
Adele Jergens
1950
Side Street
Lucille 'Lucky' Colner
1950
The Traveling Saleswoman
Lilly
1950
Blonde Dynamite
Joanie Marshall
1950
Radar Secret Service
Lila
1950
Treasure of Monte Cristo
Jean Turner
1949
Law of the Barbary Coast
1949
The Mutineers
Norma Harrison
1949
Make Believe Ballroom
Self
1949
The Crime Doctor's Diary
Inez Gray
1949
Slightly French
Yvonne La Tour
1949
Ladies of the Chorus
Mae Martin
1948
The Dark Past
Laura Stevens
1948
The Fuller Brush Man
Miss Sharmley
1948
The Woman from Tangier
Nylon
1948
The Prince of Thieves
Lady Christabel
1948
I Love Trouble
Boots Nestor
1948
Blondie's Anniversary
Gloria Stafford
1947
When a Girl's Beautiful
Adele Jordan
1947
Down to Earth
Georgia Evans
1947
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Mona Harrison
1947
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Allura
1945
Fallen Angel
Woman at Madley's Show (uncredited)
1945
State Fair
Girl on Rollercoaster (uncredited)
1945
A Thousand and One Nights
Princess Armina
1945
Together Again
Gilda Laverne (uncredited)
1944
Pin Up Girl
Canteen Hostess (uncredited)
1944
Black Arrow
Mary Brent
1944
Jane Eyre
Woman at Party (uncredited)
1943
The Gang's All Here
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1943
Hello, Frisco, Hello
Chorine (uncredited)
1943