1917-11-26 Brooklyn, New York, USA
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 Chatsworth, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adele Jergens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Runaway Daughters | Dixie Jackson | 1956-01-20 |
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Fighting Trouble | Mae Randle | 1956-09-16 |
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Girls in Prison | Jenny | 1956-07-01 |
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The Cobweb | Miss Cobb | 1955-06-07 |
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Outlaw Treasure | Rita Starr | 1955-05-15 |
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Day the World Ended | Ruby | 1955-12-01 |
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The Lonesome Trail | Mae | 1955-07-01 |
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Strange Lady in Town | Bella Brown | 1955-04-12 |
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Fireman Save My Child | Harry's Wife | 1954-05-02 |
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The Miami Story | Gwen Abbott | 1954-05-03 |
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Overland Pacific | Jessie Loraine | 1954-10-26 |
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The Big Chase | Doris Grayson | 1954-06-18 |
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Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick | Gladys | 1952-04-01 |
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Somebody Loves Me | Nola Beach | 1952-09-24 |
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Sugarfoot | Reva Cairn | 1951-02-11 |
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Boots Marsden | 1951-04-12 |
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Show Boat | Cameo McQueen (uncredited) | 1951-07-19 |
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The Sound of Fury | Velma | 1950-12-12 |
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Edge of Doom | Irene | 1950-08-03 |
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Radar Secret Service | Lila | 1950-01-28 |
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Everybody's Dancin' | Adele Jergens | 1950-03-31 |
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Beware of Blondie | Toby Clifton | 1950-04-13 |
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Armored Car Robbery | Yvonne LeDoux aka Mrs. Benny McBride | 1950-06-08 |
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Blonde Dynamite | Joanie Marshall | 1950-02-12 |
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The Traveling Saleswoman | Lilly | 1950-02-15 |
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Side Street | Lucille 'Lucky' Colner | 1950-03-23 |
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Blues Busters | Lola Stanton | 1950-10-29 |
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The Crime Doctor's Diary | Inez Gray | 1949-03-15 |
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Make Believe Ballroom | Self | 1949-04-01 |
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The Mutineers | Norma Harrison | 1949-04-22 |
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Law of the Barbary Coast | 1949-07-21 | |
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Treasure of Monte Cristo | Jean Turner | 1949-08-27 |
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Slightly French | Yvonne La Tour | 1949-02-02 |
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The Woman from Tangier | Nylon | 1948-02-12 |
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The Fuller Brush Man | Miss Sharmley | 1948-06-01 |
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The Dark Past | Laura Stevens | 1948-12-22 |
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The Prince Of Thieves | Lady Christabel | 1948-01-16 |
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Ladies of the Chorus | Mae Martin | 1948-12-30 |
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I Love Trouble | Boots Nestor | 1948-01-15 |
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The Corpse Came C.O.D. | Mona Harrison | 1947-06-02 |
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Blondie's Anniversary | Gloria Stafford | 1947-12-18 |
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Down to Earth | Georgia Evans | 1947-08-21 |
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State Fair | Girl on Rollercoaster (uncredited) | 1945-08-29 |
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Fallen Angel | Woman at Madley's Show (uncredited) | 1945-11-15 |
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She Wouldn't Say Yes | Allura | 1945-11-29 |
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A Thousand and One Nights | Princess Armina | 1945-07-20 |
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Together Again | Gilda LaVerne (uncredited) | 1944-12-23 |
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Pin Up Girl | Canteen Hostess (uncredited) | 1944-04-25 |
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Black Arrow | Mary Brent | 1944-01-01 |
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Hello, Frisco, Hello | Chorine (uncredited) | 1943-03-26 |
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The Gang's All Here | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | 1943-12-24 |
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Jane Eyre | Woman at Party (uncredited) | 1943-12-24 |
