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Adele Jergens

Born · November 26, 1917

Died · November 22, 2002 (84 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Bio

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 Los Angeles, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adele Jergens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

Fallen Angel

Fallen Angel

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Show Boat

Show Boat

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