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Adele Jergens Biography
Birth Name:Adele Louisa Jurgens
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Profession Actress, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- In 1951, she got married to fellow screen actor Glenn Langan
- Got her start in showbusiness in the chorus line of the Broadway musical "Jubilee!"
- In 1939, she was named "Miss World's Fairest" at the New York World's Fair
- Was frequently cast as burlesque dancers in various films
- Her singing voice was dubbed in the 1947 film "Down to Earth․"
- Was only nine years older than Marilyn Monroe despite portraying her mother in the film "Ladies of the Chorus․"
- While working as a chorus girl, she was an understudy to famed dancer Gypsy Rose Lee