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