Adele Jergens Trivias

Got her first break into the big time understudying Gypsy Rose Lee as a burlesque strip artist in the Broadway show "Star and Garter" in 1942. Gypsy fell ill for two weeks during the show's run. A talent scout caught her performance and signed her to a Columbia contract.

Predeceased by her only child, her son Tracy Langan.

Daughter of Marie Adele Jergens

Her role as "Cameo" McQueen in the 1951 "Show Boat", a role not in the stage version or in any other film version, is referred to in the dialogue by Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel as if it were a fairly significant bit part. But in the final release print, it was trimmed to literally a cameo, with absolutely no dialogue.

Her singing voice was dubbed by recording star Kay Starr in the Rita Hayworth musical "Down To Earth".

Played Marilyn Monroe's mother in Ladies of the Chorus (1948) despite the fact they were only 9 years apart. This was Marilyn's first co-starring role.

Bottle-blonde bombshell of 40s and 50s "B" films who gained entry into Hollywood via the modeling and chorus girl venues. She typically played hardcore floozies, burlesque dancers, and the like. Went on to TV and played sexy foils to Red Skelton, Abbott & Costello, etc.

In 1939, she was named the Fairest of the Fair at the New York World's Fair.

In the early 1940s, she worked as a Rockette, and was named the Number One Showgirl in New York City.

She was dubbed "The Eyeful" by a publicist at Columbia Studios.

She was dubbed "the girl with the million dollar legs" by one of her dancing instructors.