Age, Biography and Wiki
| Who is it? | Actress, Soundtrack |
| Birth Day | November 26, 1917 |
| Birth Place | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Adele Jergens age | 103 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | November 22, 2002(2002-11-22) (aged 84)\nCamarillo, California, U.S. |
| Birth Sign | Sagittarius |
| Years active | 1943–1956 |
| Spouse(s) | Glenn Langan (1949-1991) (his death) 1 child |
| Children | Tracy Langan |
Net worth: $100K - $1M
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Biography/Timeline
1930Born in Brooklyn, New York as Adele Louisa Jurgens (some sources say Jurgenson), she 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 briefly worked as a Rockette, and was named the Number One Showgirl in New York City.
1942After 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.
1947At the beginning of her career she had roles in movies where she was usually cast as blonde floozies and burlesque Dancers as in Down to Earth starring Rita Hayworth (1947) and The Dark Past starring william Holden (1948).
1948She played Marilyn Monroe's mother in Ladies of the Chorus (1948) despite being only nine years older than Monroe. She played an exotic Dancer in Armored Car Robbery (1950) and also appeared in the movie Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951).
1955She had a part in The Cobweb (1955), directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Richard Widmark and Lauren Bacall. She worked in the 1950s radio show Stand By for Crime as 'Glamourpuss' Carol Curtis with her real-life husband Glenn Langan as Chuck Morgan.
1991In 1949, while filming Treasure of Monte Cristo, a film noir set in San Francisco, she met and married co-star Glenn Langan. They had one child, a son named Tracy Langan, who eventually worked in Hollywood behind the scenes, as a film technician. Jergens and Langan remained married until his death from lymphoma, on January 26, 1991, at age 73. Tracy Langan died of a brain tumor in 2001.
2002Adele Jergens-Langan, who retired from the screen in 1956, died on November 22, 2002, from pneumonia, in her Camarillo, California home. Her death came just 4 days before her 85th birthday.
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