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