Adele Jergens
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 26, 1917
- Died
- November 22, 2002 (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adele Jergens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Bad Girls Behind Bars
Movie · as Jenny (archive footage)
Girls in Prison
Movie · as Jenny
Fighting Trouble
Movie · as Mae Randle
Runaway Daughters
Movie · as Dixie Jackson
Day the World Ended
Movie · as Ruby
Outlaw Treasure
Movie · as Rita Starr
The Cobweb
Movie · as Miss Cobb
The Lonesome Trail
Movie · as Mae
Strange Lady in Town
Movie · as Bella Brown
Fireman Save My Child
Movie · as Harry's Wife
The Miami Story
Movie · as Gwen Abbott
The Big Chase
Movie · as Doris Grayson
Overland Pacific
Movie · as Jessie Loraine
Public Defender
TV · as Miss Murray · 1 ep
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
Movie · as Gladys
Somebody Loves Me
Movie · as Nola Beach
Dangerous Assignment
TV · as Marilyn · 1 ep
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV · as Maxine · 1 ep
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Movie · as Boots Marsden
Sugarfoot
Movie · as Reva Cairn
Show Boat
Movie · as Cameo McQueen (uncredited)
Racket Squad
TV · as Virginia · 1 ep
Beware of Blondie
Movie · as Toby Clifton
Armored Car Robbery
Movie · as Yvonne LeDoux aka Mrs. Benny McBride
Radar Secret Service
Movie · as Lila
The Sound of Fury
Movie · as Velma
Edge of Doom
Movie · as Irene
Side Street
Movie · as Lucille 'Lucky' Colner
Blues Busters
Movie · as Lola Stanton
Blonde Dynamite
Movie · as Joanie Marshall
Everybody's Dancin'
Movie · as Adele Jergens
The Traveling Saleswoman
Movie · as Lilly
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Crime Doctor's Diary
Movie · as Inez Gray
Treasure of Monte Cristo
Movie · as Jean Turner
Slightly French
Movie · as Yvonne La Tour
Make Believe Ballroom
Movie · as Self
The Mutineers
Movie · as Norma Harrison
Law of the Barbary Coast
Movie
The Dark Past
Movie · as Laura Stevens
I Love Trouble
Movie · as Boots Nestor
Ladies of the Chorus
Movie · as Mae Martin
The Prince of Thieves
Movie · as Lady Christabel
The Woman from Tangier
Movie · as Nylon
The Fuller Brush Man
Movie · as Miss Sharmley
Blondie's Anniversary
Movie · as Gloria Stafford
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Movie · as Mona Harrison
Down to Earth
Movie · as Georgia Evans
When a Girl's Beautiful
Movie · as Adele Jordan
State Fair
Movie · as Girl on Rollercoaster (uncredited)
A Thousand and One Nights
Movie · as Princess Armina
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Movie · as Allura
Fallen Angel
Movie · as Woman at Madley's Show (uncredited)
Pin Up Girl
Movie · as Canteen Hostess (uncredited)
Together Again
Movie · as Gilda Laverne (uncredited)
Black Arrow
Movie · as Mary Brent
Jane Eyre
Movie · as Woman at Party (uncredited)
Hello, Frisco, Hello
Movie · as Chorine (uncredited)
The Gang's All Here
Movie · as Chorus Girl (uncredited)