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Adele Jergens

Adele Jergens

Acting

November 26, 1917 – November 22, 2002 (died at 84)
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Female
54 Movies
4 TV Shows

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.

Armored Car Robbery
Armored Car Robbery

Armored Car Robbery

1950 6.5

as Yvonne LeDoux aka Mrs. Benny McBride

Age 32 (now 84)
Ladies of the Chorus
Ladies of the Chorus

Ladies of the Chorus

1948 6.7

as Mae Martin

Age 31 (now 84)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

1951 6.3

as Boots Marsden

Age 33 (now 84)
Day the World Ended
Day the World Ended

Day the World Ended

1955 5.0

as Ruby

Age 38 (now 84)
The Dark Past
The Dark Past

The Dark Past

1948 6.0

as Laura Stevens

Age 31 (now 84)
The Sound of Fury
The Sound of Fury

The Sound of Fury

1950 6.5

as Velma

Age 33 (now 84)
Radar Secret Service
Radar Secret Service

Radar Secret Service

1950 3.4

as Lila

Age 32 (now 84)
I Love Trouble
I Love Trouble

I Love Trouble

1948 6.5

as Boots Nestor

Age 30 (now 84)
A Thousand and One Nights
A Thousand and One Nights

A Thousand and One Nights

1945 6.1

as Princess Armina

Age 27 (now 84)
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

1943 6.9

as Woman at Party (uncredited)

Age 26 (now 84)
Down to Earth
Down to Earth

Down to Earth

1947 6.0

as Georgia Evans

Age 29 (now 84)
Side Street
Side Street

Side Street

1950 6.5

as Lucille 'Lucky' Colner

Age 32 (now 84)
Treasure of Monte Cristo
Treasure of Monte Cristo

Treasure of Monte Cristo

1949 5.2

as Jean Turner

Age 31 (now 84)
Show Boat
Show Boat

Show Boat

1951 6.2

as Cameo McQueen (uncredited)

Age 33 (now 84)
Edge of Doom
Edge of Doom

Edge of Doom

1950 6.1

as Irene

Age 32 (now 84)
State Fair
State Fair

State Fair

1945 6.6

as Girl on Rollercoaster (uncredited)

Age 27 (now 84)