ADELE JERGENS BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Adele Jergens was born on November 26th, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. She first developed an interest in the entertainment industry in the late 1930's when she was named, "Miss World's Fairest".
After gaining some experience as a Rockette, chorus girl and model, she caught the attention of Columbia Picture and in 1944 was signed to a contract.
Some of her more well known film roles were, "Down to Earth" (1947) Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, Marc Platt, James Gleason, Edward Everett Horton and James Burke, "The Dark Past" (1948) starring William Holden, Nina Foch and Lee J. Cobb, "Ladies of the Chorus" (1948) co-starring Marilyn Monroe in her first film role and Rand Brooks, "Armored Car Robbery" (1950) starring Charles McGraw, William Talman, Douglas Fowley, Steve Brodie, Gene Evans, "Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man" (1951) starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild, William Frawley, Sheldon Leonard, Sam Balter and James Best and Arthur Franz, "Somebody Loves Me" (1952) starring Betty Hutton, Robert Keith, Jack Benny and Ralph Meeker and "Overland Pacific" (1954) Jock Mahoney, Peggy Castle, William Bishop and Chubby Johnson.
Along with working as a film actress she also added a variety of television appearances to her credits such as, "The Abbott and Costello Show, "Racket Squad", "Dangerous Assignment", "Mr. and Mrs. North", "The Public Defender", "I Married Joan", "My Favorite Husband", "Sugarfoot" and "Soldiers of Fortune".
Her final role was on the television series, "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" in 1956. She then chose to retire from the industry and focus on her personal life.
Adele Jergens married only once to Glenn Langan in 1951 and they had one child together before he passed away in 1991. She did not re-marry and on November 22nd, 2002 she passed away in Camarillo, California from natural causes. Her remains are interred in the Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Chatsworth, California.
Filmography
1956 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1956 Soldiers of Fortune
1956 Runaway Daughter
1956 Fighting Trouble
1956 Girls in Prison
1955 Day the World Ended
1955 Damon Runyon Theater
1955 My Favorite Husband
1955 The Lonesome Trail
1955 The Cobweb
1955 Outlaw Treasure
1955 Strange Lady in Town
1954 I Married Joan
1954 The Big Chase
1954 The Miami Story
1954 Fireman Save My Child
1954 The Public Defender
1954 Overland Pacific
1953 The Ford Television Theatre
1953 Mr. and Mrs. North
1952 Somebody Loves Me
1952 Dangerous Assignment
1952 Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
1952 Racket Squad
1952 The Abbott and Costello Show
1951 Show Boat
1951 Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951 Sugarfoot
1951 Stars Over Hollywood
1950 The Sound of Fury
1950 Blues Busters
1950 Edge of Doom
1950 Armored Car Robbery
1950 Beware of Blondie
1950 Side Street
1950 Blonde Dynamite
1950 Radar Secret Service
1950 The Traveling Saleswoma
1949 Treasure of Monte Cristo
1949 The Mutineers
1949 The Crime Doctor's Diary
1949 Law of the Barbary Coast
1949 Slightly French
1948 Ladies of the Chorus
1948 The Dark Past
1948 The Fuller Brush Man
1948 The Woman from Tangier
1948 I Love Trouble
1948 The Prince of Thieves
1947 Blondie's Anniversary
1947 When a Girl's Beautiful
1947 Down to Earth
1947 The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1945 She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945 Fallen Angel
1945 State Fair
1945 A Thousand and One Nights
1945 Tonight and Every Night
1944 Together Again
1944 Dancing in Manhattan
1944 Black Arrow
1944 Pin Up Girl
1943 Jane Eyre
1943 The Gang's All Here
1943 Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943 Hello Frisco, Hello
