- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 25, 1916
- Place of Birth
- Belmont, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- February 24, 1991
Jean Rogers
Jean Rogers, born Eleanor Dorothy Lovegren, was an American actress who starred in serial films in the 1930s and low–budget feature films in the 1940s as a leading lady. She is best remembered for playing Dale Arden in the science fiction serials Flash Gordon and Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars. She graduated from Belmont High School, and had hoped to study art, but in 1933, she won a beauty contest sponsored by Paramount Pictures that led to her career in Hollywood. Rogers starred in several serials for Universal between 1935 and 1938, including Ace Drummond and Flash Gordon. Rogers was one of seven women chosen out of 2,700 passengers on excursion boats and ferries who were interviewed for roles in Eight Girls in a Boat. The group began work in Hollywood on September 3, 1933. By 1937, Rogers was the only one of the seven featured as an actress. Rogers was assigned the role of Dale Arden …
Filmography
movieRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
2001 · Associate Producer
movieRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998 · Associate Producer
movieFlash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars
1966 · Dale Arden
movieSpaceship to the Unknown
1966 · Dale Arden (archive footage)
movieThe Second Woman
1950 · Dodo Ferris
Squadron of Doom
movieSquadron of Doom
1949 · Peggy Trainor
movieFighting Back
1948 · June Sanders
movieSpeed to Spare
1948 · Mary McGee
movieBacklash
1947 · Catherine Morland
movieHot Cargo
1946 · Jerry Walters
movieGay Blades
1946 · Nancy Davis
movieRough, Tough and Ready
1945 · Jo Matheson
movieThe Strange Mr. Gregory
1945 · Ellen Randall
movieWhistling in Brooklyn
1943 · Jean Pringle
movieSwing Shift Maisie
1943 · Iris Reed
movieA Stranger in Town
1943 · Lucy Gilbert
movieThe War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942 · Patricia Hadley
moviePacific Rendezvous
1942 · Elaine Carter
movieSunday Punch
1942 · Judy
movieDr. Kildare's Victory
1942 · Miss Annabelle Kirke
Personalities
moviePersonalities
1942 · (uncredited)
movieDesign for Scandal
1941 · Dotty
movieLet's Make Music
1941 · Abby Adams
movieBrigham Young
1940 · Clara Young
movieYesterday's Heroes
1940 · Lee Kellogg
movieViva Cisco Kid
1940 · Joan Allen
movieCharlie Chan in Panama
1940 · Kathi Lenesch
movieThe Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940 · Alice Stetson
movieHeaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939 · Anita Santos
movieStop, Look and Love
1939 · Louise Haller
movieHotel for Women
1939 · Nancy Prescott
movieInside Story
1939 · June White
movieWhile New York Sleeps
1938 · Judy King
movieMars Attacks the World
1938 · Dale Arden
movieAlways in Trouble
1938 · Virginia Darlington
movieTime Out for Murder
1938 · Helen Thomas
movieFlash Gordon's Trip to Mars
1938 · Dale Arden
movieRocket Ship
1938 · Dale Arden
movieReported Missing
1937 · Jean Clayton
movieThe Wildcatter
1937 · Helen Conlon
movieNight Key
1937 · Joan Mallory
movieSecret Agent X-9
1937 · Shara Graustark
movieWhen Love Is Young
1937 · Irene Henry
movieMysterious Crossing
1936 · Yvonne Fontaine
movieConflict
1936 · Maude Sangster
movieAce Drummond
1936 · Peggy Trainor
movieMy Man Godfrey
1936 · Socialite (uncredited)
movieCrash Donovan
1936 · Blonde (uncredited)
movieFlash Gordon
1936 · Dale Arden
Don’t Get Personal
movieDon’t Get Personal
1936 · Blondy
movieThe Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936 · Elsie Belwood
movieFighting Youth
1935 · Blonde Student
movieStormy
1935 · Kerry Dorn
movieTailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
1935 · Betty Lou Barnes
movieHis Night Out
1935 · Information (uncredited)
movieManhattan Moon
1935 · Joan
movieTwenty Million Sweethearts
1934 · Radio Fan (uncredited)
movieStand Up and Cheer!
1934 · Dancer