Adele jergens biography

Adele Jergens (November 26, – November 22, ) was an American actress.

Adele Jergens November 26, — November 22, was an American actress. After a few years' work as a model and chorus girl, including being an understudy to Gypsy Rose Lee in the Broadway show Star and Garter in , Jergens landed a movie contract with Columbia Pictures in , and dyed her brown hair blonde. At the beginning of her career, she was usually cast as a floozy or burlesque dancer, such as in Down to Earth starring Rita Hayworth , The Dark Past starring William Holden , [ 4 ] and Armored Car Robbery She played Marilyn Monroe 's mother in Ladies of the Chorus despite being only nine years older than Monroe.

They had one child, a son, Tracy Langan, who eventually worked in Hollywood as a film technician.

Adele Jergens was an American actress.

He died of a brain tumor in Jergens died from pneumonia on November 22, , in her home in Camarillo, California , four days shy of Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item. American actress —