- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 26, 1917
- Place of Birth
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Died
- November 22, 2002
Adele Jergens
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 Jerge…
Filmography
movieBad Girls Behind Bars
2005 · Jenny (archive footage)
movieFighting Trouble
1956 · Mae Randle
movieGirls in Prison
1956 · Jenny
movieRunaway Daughters
1956 · Dixie Jackson
movieDay the World Ended
1955 · Ruby
movieThe Lonesome Trail
1955 · Mae
movieThe Cobweb
1955 · Miss Cobb
movieOutlaw Treasure
1955 · Rita Starr
movieStrange Lady in Town
1955 · Bella Brown
movieOverland Pacific
1954 · Jessie Loraine
movieThe Big Chase
1954 · Doris Grayson
movieThe Miami Story
1954 · Gwen Abbott
movieFireman Save My Child
1954 · Harry's Wife
tvPublic Defender
1954 · Miss Murray
tvThe Abbott and Costello Show
1952 · Maxine
movieSomebody Loves Me
1952 · Nola Beach
movieAaron Slick from Punkin Crick
1952 · Gladys
tvDangerous Assignment
1952 · Marilyn
movieShow Boat
1951 · Cameo McQueen (uncredited)
tvRacket Squad
1951 · Virginia
movieBud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951 · Boots Marsden
movieSugarfoot
1951 · Reva Cairn
movieThe Sound of Fury
1950 · Velma
movieBlues Busters
1950 · Lola Stanton
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
movieEdge of Doom
1950 · Irene
movieArmored Car Robbery
1950 · Yvonne LeDoux aka Mrs. Benny McBride
movieBeware of Blondie
1950 · Toby Clifton
movieEverybody's Dancin'
1950 · Adele Jergens
movieSide Street
1950 · Lucille 'Lucky' Colner
movieThe Traveling Saleswoman
1950 · Lilly
movieBlonde Dynamite
1950 · Joanie Marshall
movieRadar Secret Service
1950 · Lila
movieTreasure of Monte Cristo
1949 · Jean Turner
movieLaw of the Barbary Coast
1949
movieThe Mutineers
1949 · Norma Harrison
movieMake Believe Ballroom
1949 · Self
movieThe Crime Doctor's Diary
1949 · Inez Gray
movieSlightly French
1949 · Yvonne La Tour
movieLadies of the Chorus
1948 · Mae Martin
movieThe Dark Past
1948 · Laura Stevens
movieThe Fuller Brush Man
1948 · Miss Sharmley
movieThe Woman from Tangier
1948 · Nylon
movieThe Prince of Thieves
1948 · Lady Christabel
movieI Love Trouble
1948 · Boots Nestor
movieBlondie's Anniversary
1947 · Gloria Stafford
When a Girl's Beautiful
movieWhen a Girl's Beautiful
1947 · Adele Jordan
movieDown to Earth
1947 · Georgia Evans
movieThe Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947 · Mona Harrison
movieShe Wouldn't Say Yes
1945 · Allura
movieFallen Angel
1945 · Woman at Madley's Show (uncredited)
movieState Fair
1945 · Girl on Rollercoaster (uncredited)
movieA Thousand and One Nights
1945 · Princess Armina
movieTogether Again
1944 · Gilda Laverne (uncredited)
moviePin Up Girl
1944 · Canteen Hostess (uncredited)
movieBlack Arrow
1944 · Mary Brent
movieJane Eyre
1943 · Woman at Party (uncredited)
movieThe Gang's All Here
1943 · Chorus Girl (uncredited)
movieHello, Frisco, Hello
1943 · Chorine (uncredited)