- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 3, 1923
- Place of Birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- August 29, 1977
Jean Hagen
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jean Hagen (born Jean Shirley Verhagen, August 3, 1923 – August 29, 1977) was an American actress best known for her role as Lina Lamont in Singin' in the Rain (1952), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Hagen was also nominated three times for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Margaret Williams (1953–56) on the television series Make Room For Daddy. Her film debut was as a comical femme fatale in the Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn 1949 classic Adam's Rib, directed by George Cukor. The Asphalt Jungle (1950) provided Hagen with her first starring role alongside Sterling Hayden. Hagen received excellent reviews playing "Doll" Conover, a woman who sticks by criminal Dix's side until the bitter end. She appeared too in the film noir Side Street (1950) playing a ga…
Filmography
movieBecoming Marilyn
2022 · (archive footage)
movieGene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002 · Self (archive footage)
movieAlexander: The Other Side of Dawn
1977 · Landlady
tvStarsky & Hutch
1975 · Belle Kates
tvThe Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Ms. Unger
Make Room for Granddaddy
tvMake Room for Granddaddy
1970
movieDead Ringer
1964 · Dede Marshall
moviePanic in Year Zero!
1962 · Ann Baldwin
tvBen Casey
1961
tvDr. Kildare
1961 · Nurse Mary Ogilvy
tvStagecoach West
1960 · Lilly de Milo
tvThe Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Elizabeth Crowley
movieSunrise at Campobello
1960 · Missy Le Hand
movieThe Snows of Kilimanjaro
1960 · Rhoda
tvThe Detectives
1959 · Alice Streger
tvThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Elizabeth
movieThe Shaggy Dog
1959 · Freeda Daniels
tvWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
tvWagon Train
1957 · Maidie Brant, Sarah Proctor
movieSpring Reunion
1957 · Barna Forrest
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Anne Madden
movieThe Big Knife
1955 · Connie Bliss
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Madge Griffin
tvClimax!
1954 · Eleanor Gehrig
The Jimmy Durante Show
tvThe Jimmy Durante Show
1954 · Self
tvThe Danny Thomas Show
1953 · Margaret Williams
movieLatin Lovers
1953 · Anne Kellwood
movieArena
1953 · Meg Hutchins
movieHalf a Hero
1953 · Martha Dobson
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Paula Farrel
tvThe Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Nona Carson
movieShadow in the Sky
1952 · Stella Murphy
movieCarbine Williams
1952 · Maggie Williams
movieSingin' in the Rain
1952 · Lina Lamont
movieNo Questions Asked
1951 · Joan Brenson
movieNight Into Morning
1951 · Girl Next Door
movieA Life of Her Own
1950 · Maggie Collins
movieThe Asphalt Jungle
1950 · Doll Conovan
movieSide Street
1950 · Harriette Sinton
movieAmbush
1950 · Martha Conovan
movieAdam's Rib
1949 · Beryl Caighn