Adele Jergens
Known for Acting · 58 credits
- Born
- 1917-11-26
- Died
- 2002-11-22
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Adele Louisa Jurgens · Adele Louisa Jurgenson
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 Los Angeles, California.
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Known For
TV Shows (4)
Movies (54)
Jane Eyre
1943
as Woman at Party (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
as Boots Marsden
Fallen Angel
1945
as Woman at Madley's Show (uncredited)
Show Boat
1951
as Cameo McQueen (uncredited)
State Fair
1945
as Girl on Rollercoaster (uncredited)
Side Street
1950
as Lucille 'Lucky' Colner
The Dark Past
1948
as Laura Stevens
The Cobweb
1955
as Miss Cobb
Strange Lady in Town
1955
as Bella Brown
Pin Up Girl
1944
as Canteen Hostess (uncredited)
Beware of Blondie
1950
as Toby Clifton
Down to Earth
1947
as Georgia Evans
Day the World Ended
1955
as Ruby
Runaway Daughters
1956
as Dixie Jackson
The Gang's All Here
1943
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
I Love Trouble
1948
as Boots Nestor
A Thousand and One Nights
1945
as Princess Armina
Ladies of the Chorus
1948
as Mae Martin
Together Again
1944
as Gilda Laverne (uncredited)
Armored Car Robbery
1950
as Yvonne LeDoux aka Mrs. Benny McBride
Edge of Doom
1950
as Irene
The Sound of Fury
1950
as Velma
Hello, Frisco, Hello
1943
as Chorine (uncredited)
Outlaw Treasure
1955
as Rita Starr
Treasure of Monte Cristo
1949
as Jean Turner
The Fuller Brush Man
1948
as Miss Sharmley
Overland Pacific
1954
as Jessie Loraine
Fighting Trouble
1956
as Mae Randle
The Lonesome Trail
1955
as Mae
When a Girl's Beautiful
1947
as Adele Jordan
Black Arrow
1944
as Mary Brent
The Prince of Thieves
1948
as Lady Christabel
Fireman Save My Child
1954
as Harry's Wife
The Crime Doctor's Diary
1949
as Inez Gray
Blues Busters
1950
as Lola Stanton
Slightly French
1949
as Yvonne La Tour
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
as Allura
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947
as Mona Harrison
Blondie's Anniversary
1947
as Gloria Stafford
Sugarfoot
1951
as Reva Cairn
Blonde Dynamite
1950
as Joanie Marshall
The Mutineers
1949
as Norma Harrison
The Woman from Tangier
1948
as Nylon
Somebody Loves Me
1952
as Nola Beach
The Miami Story
1954
as Gwen Abbott
Bad Girls Behind Bars
2005
as Jenny (archive footage)
The Big Chase
1954
as Doris Grayson
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
1952
as Gladys
Make Believe Ballroom
1949
as Self
The Traveling Saleswoman
1950
as Lilly
Everybody's Dancin'
1950
as Adele Jergens
Girls in Prison
1956
as Jenny
Law of the Barbary Coast
1949
Radar Secret Service
1950
as Lila
About 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 m… With 58 credits spanning from 1943 to 2005, Adele Jergens has appeared in 54 films and 4 TV shows.
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Most Popular Adele Jergens Movies
- Jane Eyre (1943) — as Woman at Party (uncredited)
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) — as Boots Marsden
- Fallen Angel (1945) — as Woman at Madley's Show (uncredited)
- Show Boat (1951) — as Cameo McQueen (uncredited)
- State Fair (1945) — as Girl on Rollercoaster (uncredited)
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