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 Chatsworth, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adele Jergens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
ActingBirthday
November 26, 1917Deathday
November 22, 2002Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
52Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York, USAAlso known as
Adele Louisa Jurgens, Adele Louisa JurgensonCast credits
Blondie's Anniversary
Gloria StaffordBeware of Blondie
Toby CliftonArmored Car Robbery
Yvonne LeDoux aka Mrs. Benny McBrideRadar Secret Service
LilaAbbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Boots MarsdenThe Sound of Fury
VelmaDay the World Ended
RubyEdge of Doom
IreneThe Dark Past
Laura StevensI Love Trouble
Boots NestorLadies of the Chorus
Mae MartinSide Street
Lucille 'Lucky' ColnerThe Miami Story
Gwen AbbottA Thousand and One Nights
Princess ArminaOutlaw Treasure
Rita StarrThe Crime Doctor's Diary
Inez GrayThe Cobweb
Miss CobbThe Big Chase
Doris GraysonGirls in Prison
JennyShe Wouldn't Say Yes
AlluraTreasure of Monte Cristo
Jean Turner