Adele Jergens

Adele Jergens

Born: November 26, 1917
Died: November 22, 2002
in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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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 Chatsworth, California.

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Fighting Trouble
Title: Fighting Trouble
Character: Mae Randle
Released: September 16, 1956
Type: Movie
An overambitious shutterbug almost gets his lights put out permanently when he decides to snap a picture of a mob boss.
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Girls in Prison
Title: Girls in Prison
Character: Jenny
Released: July 1, 1956
Type: Movie
An inmate is persuaded to take part in a breakout by cellmates anxious to cash in on loot they believe she has hidden.
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Runaway Daughters
Title: Runaway Daughters
Character: Dixie Jackson
Released: January 20, 1956
Type: Movie
Three teenagers with troubled families are unable to adjust at home and in high-school. Tempted with an easy, carefree life they soon pass from misdemeanors into serious crime - and will suffer for it. Sometimes, repentance comes too late.
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Day the World Ended
Title: Day the World Ended
Character: Ruby
Released: December 1, 1955
Type: Movie
After a nuclear attack, an unlikely group of survivors, including a geologist, a crook and his moll, and a prospector, find temporary shelter in the remote-valley home of a survivalist and his beautiful daughter, but soon have to deal with the spread of radioactivity - and its effects on animal life, including humans.
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The Lonesome Trail
Title: The Lonesome Trail
Character: Mae
Released: July 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Back from the Indian wars, a cowboy wages a single-handed war against a land baron and his henchmen. After his shooting hand is disabled, he masters the bow and arrow to take on the gang one arrow at a time!
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The Cobweb
Title: The Cobweb
Character: Miss Cobb
Released: June 7, 1955
Type: Movie
Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes - but drapes are the least of their problems.
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Outlaw Treasure
Title: Outlaw Treasure
Character: Rita Starr
Released: May 15, 1955
Type: Movie
When two outlaw gangs team up to rob gold shipments, the U.s. Army sends their ace-troubleshooter, Dan Parker, to the area. Sam Casey, the mystery-man behind the gangs, kills Parker's father, and this induces his sweetheart, Rita Starr, to side with the law-and-order faction. An attempt by Casey to kill Rita is foiled by Parker, which leads to a widespread gun-battle. Written by Les Adams
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Strange Lady in Town
Title: Strange Lady in Town
Character: Bella Brown
Released: April 12, 1955
Type: Movie
Julia Garth, a female doctor, plans to introduce modern techniques of medicine to old Santa Fe in 1880, but is opposed by an established doctor, Rourke O'Brien.
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Overland Pacific
Title: Overland Pacific
Character: Jessie Loraine
Released: October 26, 1954
Type: Movie
A railroad investigator discovers that there's more than meets the eye to a series of reported Indian attacks against the railroad.
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The Big Chase
Title: The Big Chase
Character: Doris Grayson
Released: June 18, 1954
Type: Movie
A policeman (Glenn Langan) with a pregnant wife (Adele Jergens) winds up chasing a payroll thief (Lon Chaney Jr.) into Mexico by helicopter.
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The Miami Story
Title: The Miami Story
Character: Gwen Abbott
Released: May 3, 1954
Type: Movie
Fed up with the raising crime in Miami, the police chief and the leading members of the city council hire a former Miami gangster, gone straight, to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate in the city.
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Fireman Save My Child
Title: Fireman Save My Child
Character: Harry's Wife
Released: May 2, 1954
Type: Movie
Comedy about the members of an early 1900s fire company.
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Somebody Loves Me
Title: Somebody Loves Me
Character: Nola Beach
Released: September 24, 1952
Type: Movie
Backstage musical biography of nightclub star Blossom Seeley that charts her rocky relationship with vaudeville singer Benny Fields.
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Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
Title: Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
Character: Gladys
Released: April 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Shy farmboy loves his next-door neighbor, but she dreams of going to the big city. Then she gets mixed up with big-city gangsters.
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Title: Dangerous Assignment
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: TV
A U.S. government agent travels the world on undercover missions in this 1950s series. Star Brian Donlevy originated the role on radio in the '40s.
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Show Boat
Title: Show Boat
Character: Cameo McQueen (uncredited)
Released: July 19, 1951
Type: Movie
A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.
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Title: Racket Squad
Released: June 7, 1951
Type: TV
Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, a fictional detective working for the San Francisco, California Police Department. The show aired in syndication for a season before being picked up by CBS for three seasons. The series was filmed at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California, and was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris, hence there was a pack of the sponsor's brand on Braddock's desk at the beginning and end of the episode, as well as occasional scenes of him or other characters "lighting up".
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Title: Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Character: Boots Marsden
Released: April 12, 1951
Type: Movie
As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.
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Sugarfoot
Title: Sugarfoot
Character: Reva Cairn
Released: February 11, 1951
Type: Movie
The lawless west had never met a gun-throwing gent like...
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The Sound of Fury
Title: The Sound of Fury
Character: Velma
Released: December 12, 1950
Type: Movie
A family man – desperate for a job – latches onto a friend who encourages him into being a criminal.
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Blues Busters
Title: Blues Busters
Character: Lola Stanton
Released: October 29, 1950
Type: Movie
The Bowery Boys (Bowery Boys) open a nightclub after Sach has his tonsils out and wakes up with a singing voice.
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Title: The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 1950
Type: TV
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
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Edge of Doom
Title: Edge of Doom
Character: Irene
Released: August 3, 1950
Type: Movie
A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues.
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Armored Car Robbery
Title: Armored Car Robbery
Character: Yvonne LeDoux aka Mrs. Benny McBride
Released: June 8, 1950
Type: Movie
While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phillips before he and his cronies make off with the loot. Thinking he got away scot-free, Purvis collects his money-crazy mistress, Yvonne, then disposes of his partners and heads out of town. What Purvis doesn't know is that Phillips' partner, tough-as-nails Lt. Cordell, is wise to the criminal's plans and is closing in on his prey.
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Beware of Blondie
Title: Beware of Blondie
Character: Toby Clifton
Released: April 13, 1950
Type: Movie
Mr. Dithers leaves Dagwood in charge of the office for a short period. Poor old Dagwood manages to gum things up when he falls for a confidence scam engineered by the duplicitous Toby Clifton. He even finds himself in a compromising position that seriously endangers his future connubial happiness with his wife Blondie. Once again, it's up to Blondie to straighten out the mess.
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Everybody's Dancin'
Title: Everybody's Dancin'
Character: Adele Jergens
Released: March 31, 1950
Type: Movie
Dance-hall owner Dick Lane is in dire need of some big-name acts or he will lose his business. Several country-western stars come to his rescue by agreeing to appear on a TV special to be broadcast from his club.
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Side Street
Title: Side Street
Character: Lucille 'Lucky' Colner
Released: March 23, 1950
Type: Movie
A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of a few hundred dollars, it contains $30,000, and when he decides to return the money things go wrong and that is only the beginning of his troubles.
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The Traveling Saleswoman
Title: The Traveling Saleswoman
Character: Lilly
Released: February 15, 1950
Type: Movie
The daughter of a soap manufacturer heads to the wild and woolly west to sell her daddy's product.
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Blonde Dynamite
Title: Blonde Dynamite
Character: Joanie Marshall
Released: February 12, 1950
Type: Movie
While Louie is on vacation, the boys turn The Sweet Shop into an escort service, and soon find a group of beautiful girls as their first clients.
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Radar Secret Service
Title: Radar Secret Service
Character: Lila
Released: January 28, 1950
Type: Movie
A federal agent and his partner track uranium-ore hijackers with radar.
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Treasure of Monte Cristo
Title: Treasure of Monte Cristo
Character: Jean Turner
Released: August 27, 1949
Type: Movie
A San Francisco lawyer uses a woman to lure a merchant seaman worth a legendary fortune.
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Law of the Barbary Coast
Title: Law of the Barbary Coast
Released: July 21, 1949
Type: Movie
Wayne Adams is murdered in a Barbary Coast saloon and gambling hall in San Francisco in 1880, and his sister, Julie, enlists the aid of the district attorney, Michael Lodge, in gathering evidence in which to convict the owner of the gambling house of the crime. In order to do so, Julie poses as a dance-hall-girl, and soon finds herself in a dangerous situation.
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The Mutineers
Title: The Mutineers
Character: Norma Harrison
Released: April 22, 1949
Type: Movie
Mobster Thomas Nagle and his gang take over a ship to use running guns and counterfeit money into Lisbon.
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Make Believe Ballroom
Title: Make Believe Ballroom
Character: Self
Released: April 1, 1949
Type: Movie
Liza Lee, fast-talking press agent for Al Jarvis, persuades Jarvis to stage a Musical Mystery Contest, with a $5000 prize to the person who can first name the most musical numbers and their performers. Lots of musicians perform.
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The Crime Doctor's Diary
Title: The Crime Doctor's Diary
Character: Inez Gray
Released: March 15, 1949
Type: Movie
A criminal psychologist tries to clear his patient of arson charges.
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Slightly French
Title: Slightly French
Character: Yvonne La Tour
Released: February 2, 1949
Type: Movie
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery.
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Ladies of the Chorus
Title: Ladies of the Chorus
Character: Mae Martin
Released: December 30, 1948
Type: Movie
Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place. When Peggy falls in love with wealthy Randy, May fears class differences may lead to misery.
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The Dark Past
Title: The Dark Past
Character: Laura Stevens
Released: December 22, 1948
Type: Movie
A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.
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The Fuller Brush Man
Title: The Fuller Brush Man
Character: Miss Sharmley
Released: June 1, 1948
Type: Movie
Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make good when he becomes a Fuller Brush man. His awkward attempts at sales are further complicated when one of his customers is murdered and he becomes the prime suspect.
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The Woman from Tangier
Title: The Woman from Tangier
Character: Nylon
Released: February 12, 1948
Type: Movie
This one has Nylon, an American dancer fleeing Morocco after her employer gets into trouble with the police, and she stops off at Tangiers on her way to Gibraltar. $50,000, in gold, is stolen from the ship's safe and the captain tells the police that the purser was the thief and that he had to kill him in self defense, but the purser must have hidden the money before he got dead. The purser isn't in any position to make a disclaimer. Everybody buys that with the exception of an insurance detective, Shapley, who, along with the audience, suspects the captain of being the thief shows up to investigate further. Written By Les Adams
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The Prince Of Thieves
Title: The Prince Of Thieves
Character: Lady Christabel
Released: January 16, 1948
Type: Movie
After fighting in the Crusades alongside Richard I of England Sir Allan Claire is returning home to marry his betrothed Lady Christable. Accompanied by his sister Lady Marian Claire, the two are intercepted by Robin Hood and his band of Merrie Men. Recognising a friend of King Richard, Robin informs them that Lady Christabel is the be married to another against her well in the interest of politics and her father's fortune. The three team up to rescue the fair lady.
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I Love Trouble
Title: I Love Trouble
Character: Boots Nestor
Released: January 15, 1948
Type: Movie
A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.
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Blondie's Anniversary
Title: Blondie's Anniversary
Character: Gloria Stafford
Released: December 18, 1947
Type: Movie
Blondie finds a valuable watch that has been hidden by hubby Dagwood. She assumes that it's a surprise wedding gift, but the truth is that Dagwood has been guarding the watch on behalf of a client who bought the gift for his own wife, which soon leads to trouble with his boss, a loan shark, and crooked building contractors.
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Down to Earth
Title: Down to Earth
Character: Georgia Evans
Released: August 21, 1947
Type: Movie
Upset about a new Broadway musical's mockery of Greek mythology, the goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth and lands a part in the show. She works her charms on the show's producer and he incorporates her changes into the show. Unfortunately, her changes also produce a major flop.
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The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Title: The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Character: Mona Harrison
Released: June 2, 1947
Type: Movie
Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the box she receives with a dead man inside.
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She Wouldn't Say Yes
Title: She Wouldn't Say Yes
Character: Allura
Released: November 29, 1945
Type: Movie
Susan Lane is a gifted psychiatrist, grounded in self-control. Before returning by train to her practice in Chicago, she spends time back East with war veterans, building their self-esteem, but frowning on the impulsive, as represented by a favorite comic strip called "The Nixie." She bumps into Michael Kent, an officer and the comic strip's author. He likes her instantly and she dislikes him. He's headed to the Pacific, sees her on the train, gets off in Chicago, and with her father's help, pursues her and hatches a plan to marry her. Meanwhile, she has her own plan to get rid of him with the help of a blond patient. Will the Nixie get into her psyche?
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Fallen Angel
Title: Fallen Angel
Character: Woman at Madley's Show (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1945
Type: Movie
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.
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State Fair
Title: State Fair
Character: Girl on Rollercoaster (uncredited)
Released: August 29, 1945
Type: Movie
During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel has high hopes for his champion swine Blueboy; and his wife Melissa enters the mincemeat and pickles contest...with hilarious results.
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A Thousand and One Nights
Title: A Thousand and One Nights
Character: Princess Armina
Released: July 20, 1945
Type: Movie
On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand. Unfortunately for him, the sultan's wicked twin brother has secretly usurped the throne, someone else is after the lamp for his own ends, and Babs has taken a shine to Aladdin herself and is bent on wrecking his endeavours.
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Together Again
Title: Together Again
Character: Gilda LaVerne (uncredited)
Released: December 23, 1944
Type: Movie
Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor for years and when he died, she was left to carry on and to raise his daughter from his first marriage. She lives with the daughter, her father-in-law and a housekeeper. In the town square, there was a statue of her late husband and every year since his death, they have an anniversary celebration there. This year during a thunderstorm, the statue is hit by lightning and the head falls off. The daughter insists that a new statue be erected instead of patching the old one. Mayor Crandall is sent to New York to interview the prospective sculptor, George Corday.
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Pin Up Girl
Title: Pin Up Girl
Character: Canteen Hostess (uncredited)
Released: April 25, 1944
Type: Movie
Glamorous Lorry Jones, the toast of a Missouri military canteen, has become "engaged" to almost every serviceman she's signed her pin-up photo for. Now she's leaving home to go into government service (not, as she fantasizes, to join the USO). On a side trip to New York, her vivid imagination leads her to True Love with naval hero Tommy Dooley; but increasingly involved Musical Comedy Complications follow.
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Black Arrow
Title: Black Arrow
Character: Mary Brent
Released: January 1, 1944
Type: Movie
With a plot line mostly lifted from 1941's "White Eagle", Columbia's 24th serial (following "The Desert Hawk-1944" and ahead of 1945's "Brenda Starr, Reporter"), "Black Arrow" finds carpet-baggers Jake Jackson and Buck Sherman arriving in Blue Mesa in search of gold.
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The Gang's All Here
Title: The Gang's All Here
Character: Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
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Jane Eyre
Title: Jane Eyre
Character: Woman at Party (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1943
Type: Movie
After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house to care for his young daughter.
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Hello, Frisco, Hello
Title: Hello, Frisco, Hello
Character: Chorine (uncredited)
Released: March 26, 1943
Type: Movie
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe's star singer for a selfish heiress.