Lived at 1708 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. Official Sites, Bottle-blonde bombshell of 1940s and 1950s "B" films who gained entry into Hollywood via the modeling and chorus girl venues. Went on to TV and played sexy foils to. She was even dubbed "The Number One Showgirl in New York City" at one point. I was learning with each movie I made, even though many were B pictures. They had one child, a son named Tracy Langan, who eventually worked in Hollywood behind the scenes as a film technician. Her death came just four days before her 85th birthday. Rita Hayworth plays a heavenly muse who, disturbed by a Broadway musical below the clouds that is mocking Greek mythology. [6], Adele Jergens-Langan, who retired from the screen in 1956, died on November 22, 2002, from pneumonia in her Camarillo, California, home. Adele Jergens, Actress: Armored Car Robbery. The 1950s, following good parts (Sugarfoot (1951)) but far more routine ones (Beware of Blondie (1950), The Traveling Saleswoman (1950), Blues Busters (1950)), Adele moved into TV work. Fewer dames were tougher on the 40s and 50s screen than leggy (5'9") "B" star Adele Jergens, the tough-talking, plump-cheeked peroxide blonde who gave her fair share of tawdry trouble in backstage dramas, film noir, crime potboilers, and adventure yarns. According to her baptismal record (U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969) she was baptized as Adele Maude Lillian Jrgensen, daughter of Anders Christian Jrgensen and Karen Bie, and her date of birth was given as November 24, 1917. [3], She had a part in The Cobweb (1955), directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Richard Widmark and Lauren Bacall. It was my home studio and I knew everyone and they knew me. | Fewer dames were tougher on the 40s and 50s screen than leggy (5'9") "B" star Adele Jergens, the tough-talking, plump-cheeked peroxide blonde who gave her fair share of tawdry trouble in backstage dramas, film noir, crime potboilers, and adventure yarns. Looking for some great streaming picks? Fewer dames were tougher on the 40s and 50s screen than leggy (5'9") "B" star Adele Jergens, the tough-talking, plump-cheeked peroxide blonde who gave her fair share of tawdry trouble in backstage dramas, film noir, crime potboilers, and adventure yarns. (1947). [4], She played Marilyn Monroe's mother in Ladies of the Chorus (1948) despite being only nine years older than Monroe. Fewer dames were tougher on the 40s and 50s screen than leggy (5'9") "B" star Adele Jergens, the tough-talking, plump-cheeked peroxide blonde who gave her fair share of tawdry trouble in backstage dramas, film noir, crime potboilers, and adventure yarns. 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Profiled in "Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames" bu Ray Hagen and Laura Wagner (McFarland, 2004). [3], After a few years of working as a model and chorus girl, including being an understudy to Gypsy Rose Lee in the Broadway show Star and Garter in 1942, Jergens landed a movie contract with Columbia Pictures in 1944, with brunette Jergens becoming a blonde. From Saint Maud to The Wicker Man here are some British horror movies that are certain to keep you looking over your shoulder for weeks to come. All anybody could remember was that I had a come-hither look and burned the candle at both ends and in the middle, in my screen roles. However, other records, including censuses, give her parents names as August Jergens and Adele M. Buhmann. 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