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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.388 |
| Birthday | 1917-11-26 |
| Place of Birth | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Adele Louisa Jurgens, Adele Louisa Jurgenson, |
1947
Blondie's Anniversary
5.6/5
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Blondie's Anniversary
1950
Beware of Blondie
5.3/3
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State Fair
6.6/63
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1950
Armored Car Robbery
6.59/61
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1950
Radar Secret Service
3/16
A federal agent and his partner track uranium-ore hijackers with radar.
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Radar Secret Service
1950
The Sound of Fury
6.5/45
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1951
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
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Day the World Ended
5/65
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Day the World Ended
1950
Edge of Doom
5.9/18
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1948
The Dark Past
5.8/35
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1948
I Love Trouble
6.3/19
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8/1
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Ladies of the Chorus
6.6/28
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Side Street
6.6/35
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A Thousand and One Nights
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Outlaw Treasure
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1955
The Cobweb
5.806/31
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1949
The Crime Doctor's Diary
5.7/2
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1954
The Big Chase
4.4/5
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The Big Chase
1956
Girls in Prison
4.3/6
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1945
She Wouldn't Say Yes
5.9/5
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1949
Treasure of Monte Cristo
5.6/8
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Treasure of Monte Cristo
1951
Sugarfoot
4.8/4
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1956
Fighting Trouble
6/2
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Fighting Trouble
1947
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
5.7/3
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1950
Blues Busters
5.5/2
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1952
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
4/1
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1954
Overland Pacific
4.9/6
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1952
Somebody Loves Me
8.5/1
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1944
Pin Up Girl
6.1/16
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1949
Slightly French
7.2/5
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1950
Blonde Dynamite
5/1
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The Prince Of Thieves
5.7/3
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1944
Together Again
5.4/9
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1947
Down to Earth
6/22
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1950
Everybody's Dancin'
0/0
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1951
Show Boat
6/73
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1956
Runaway Daughters
3.9/4
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1950
The Traveling Saleswoman
4.5/2
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1943
Jane Eyre
6.9/133
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The Woman from Tangier
5/1
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1955
The Lonesome Trail
7.5/2
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Black Arrow
0/0
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1945
Fallen Angel
6.4/112
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4.5/8
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1948
The Fuller Brush Man
5.8/4
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1943
Hello, Frisco, Hello
6.2/30
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1943
The Gang's All Here
5.8/35
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1949
Make Believe Ballroom
5.5/2
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Make Believe Ballroom
1949
The Mutineers
0/0
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1949
Law of the Barbary Coast
5/1
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2005
Bad Girls Behind Bars
0.5/1
A camp, affectionate look at women in prison films - the girls you love to hate and hate to love.
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1947
When a Girl's Beautiful
0/0
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