Acting · Brooklyn, New York, USA · Born November 26, 1917
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.
MovieBad Girls Behind Bars
2005
as Jenny (archive footage)
MovieFighting Trouble
1956
as Mae Randle
MovieGirls in Prison
1956
as Jenny
MovieRunaway Daughters
1956
as Dixie Jackson
MovieDay the World Ended
1955
as Ruby
MovieThe Lonesome Trail
1955
as Mae
MovieThe Cobweb
1955
as Miss Cobb
MovieOutlaw Treasure
1955
as Rita Starr
MovieStrange Lady in Town
1955
as Bella Brown
MovieOverland Pacific
1954
as Jessie Loraine
MovieThe Big Chase
1954
as Doris Grayson
MovieThe Miami Story
1954
as Gwen Abbott
MovieFireman Save My Child
1954
as Harry's Wife
TVPublic Defender
1954
as Miss Murray
TVThe Abbott and Costello Show
1952
as Maxine
MovieSomebody Loves Me
1952
as Nola Beach
MovieAaron Slick from Punkin Crick
1952
as Gladys
TVDangerous Assignment
1952
as Marilyn
MovieShow Boat
1951
as Cameo McQueen (uncredited)
TVRacket Squad
1951
as Virginia
MovieBud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
as Boots Marsden
MovieSugarfoot
1951
as Reva Cairn
MovieThe Sound of Fury
1950
as Velma
MovieBlues Busters
1950
as Lola Stanton
TVThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
MovieEdge of Doom
1950
as Irene
MovieArmored Car Robbery
1950
as Yvonne LeDoux aka Mrs. Benny McBride
MovieBeware of Blondie
1950
as Toby Clifton
MovieEverybody's Dancin'
1950
as Adele Jergens
MovieSide Street
1950
as Lucille 'Lucky' Colner
MovieThe Traveling Saleswoman
1950
as Lilly
MovieBlonde Dynamite
1950
as Joanie Marshall
MovieRadar Secret Service
1950
as Lila
MovieTreasure of Monte Cristo
1949
as Jean Turner
MovieLaw of the Barbary Coast
1949
MovieThe Mutineers
1949
as Norma Harrison
MovieMake Believe Ballroom
1949
as Self
MovieThe Crime Doctor's Diary
1949
as Inez Gray
MovieSlightly French
1949
as Yvonne La Tour
MovieLadies of the Chorus
1948
as Mae Martin
MovieThe Dark Past
1948
as Laura Stevens
MovieThe Fuller Brush Man
1948
as Miss Sharmley
MovieThe Woman from Tangier
1948
as Nylon
MovieThe Prince of Thieves
1948
as Lady Christabel
MovieI Love Trouble
1948
as Boots Nestor
MovieBlondie's Anniversary
1947
as Gloria Stafford
When a Girl's Beautiful
1947
as Adele Jordan
MovieDown to Earth
1947
as Georgia Evans
MovieThe Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947
as Mona Harrison
MovieShe Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
as Allura
MovieFallen Angel
1945
as Woman at Madley's Show (uncredited)
MovieState Fair
1945
as Girl on Rollercoaster (uncredited)
MovieA Thousand and One Nights
1945
as Princess Armina
MovieTogether Again
1944
as Gilda Laverne (uncredited)
MoviePin Up Girl
1944
as Canteen Hostess (uncredited)
MovieBlack Arrow
1944
as Mary Brent
MovieJane Eyre
1943
as Woman at Party (uncredited)
MovieThe Gang's All Here
1943
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
MovieHello, Frisco, Hello
1943
as Chorine (uncredited)
