
Adele Jergens
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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.
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Known For







Credits
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Jenny (archive footage)★ 0.5
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Fighting Trouble 1956Mae Randle★ 6
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Girls in Prison 1956Jenny★ 4.3
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Runaway Daughters 1956Dixie Jackson★ 3.9
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Day the World Ended 1955Ruby★ 4.9
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The Lonesome Trail 1955Mae★ 7.5
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The Cobweb 1955Miss Cobb★ 5.8
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Outlaw Treasure 1955Rita Starr★ NR
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Strange Lady in Town 1955Bella Brown★ 4.5
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Overland Pacific 1954Jessie Loraine★ 4.9
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The Big Chase 1954Doris Grayson★ 4.2
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The Miami Story 1954Gwen Abbott★ 4.9
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Harry's Wife★ 8
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Maxine★ 7.1
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Somebody Loves Me 1952Nola Beach★ 8.5
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Gladys★ 4
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Dangerous Assignment 1952★ 3.5
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Show Boat 1951Cameo McQueen (uncredited)★ 6.1
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Racket Squad 1951★ 6
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Boots Marsden★ 6.3
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Sugarfoot 1951Reva Cairn★ 5
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The Sound of Fury 1950Velma★ 6.5
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Blues Busters 1950Lola Stanton★ 5.5
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Self★ 6.8
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Edge of Doom 1950Irene★ 5.9
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Armored Car Robbery 1950Yvonne LeDoux aka Mrs. Benny McBride★ 6.6
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Beware of Blondie 1950Toby Clifton★ 5.3
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Everybody's Dancin' 1950Adele Jergens★ NR
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Side Street 1950Lucille 'Lucky' Colner★ 6.6
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Lilly★ 4.5
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Blonde Dynamite 1950Joanie Marshall★ 5
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Radar Secret Service 1950Lila★ 3.1
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Jean Turner★ 5.1
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★ 5
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The Mutineers 1949Norma Harrison★ NR
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Self★ 5.5
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Inez Gray★ 5.7
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Slightly French 1949Yvonne La Tour★ 7.2
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Ladies of the Chorus 1948Mae Martin★ 6.6
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The Dark Past 1948Laura Stevens★ 5.8
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The Fuller Brush Man 1948Miss Sharmley★ 5.8
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Nylon★ 5
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Lady Christabel★ 5.8
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I Love Trouble 1948Boots Nestor★ 6.3
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Gloria Stafford★ 5.6
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Adele Jordan★ NR
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Down to Earth 1947Georgia Evans★ 5.8
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Mona Harrison★ 5.7
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She Wouldn't Say Yes 1945Allura★ 5.9
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Fallen Angel 1945Woman at Madley's Show (uncredited)★ 6.5
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State Fair 1945Girl on Rollercoaster (uncredited)★ 6.6
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Princess Armina★ 5.8
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Together Again 1944Gilda Laverne (uncredited)★ 5.4
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Pin Up Girl 1944Canteen Hostess (uncredited)★ 6.1
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Black Arrow 1944Mary Brent★ NR
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Jane Eyre 1943Woman at Party (uncredited)★ 6.9
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The Gang's All Here 1943Chorus Girl (uncredited)★ 5.8
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Hello, Frisco, Hello 1943Chorine (uncredited)★ 6.3