Jean Hagen

Jean Hagen (born August 3, 1923 as Jean Shirley Verhagen in Chicago , Illinois , † August 29, 1977 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress .

Life

She was born as the daughter of Marie and Christian Verhagen. After graduating from Elkhart Highschool, she studied acting and also worked as an usher in the theater. In 1949 she made her film debut on the side of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in the film Marriage War . Her greatest successes later include her role as Doll Conovan in Asphalt Jungle and her comedic portrayal as Lina Lamont alongside Gene Kelly in You Shall Be My Lucky Star , for which she was nominated for an Oscar in 1952 .

From 1947 to 1965 Hagen was married to the actor Tom Seidel. In 1965 he divorced her and got custody of their two children, a daughter (* 1950) and a son (1952–2012). In 1968 she fell into a coma due to alcohol poisoning . After that, she got over her alcohol addiction . In the last two years of her life, the artist was mainly seen in television productions. She died of esophageal cancer from which she suffered for several years.

Awards

• 1953: Oscar nomination in the "Best Supporting Actress" category at the 1953 award ceremony for You should be my lucky star
• Star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood (1502 Vine Street) for Jean Hagen

Filmography (selection)

Movies

• 1949: Marriage War (Adam's Rib)
• 1950: The Last of Fort Gamble (Ambush)
• 1950: A Life of Her Own
• 1950: The Asphalt Jungle (The Asphalt Jungle)
• 1950: Side Street
• 1952: Stronger than Chains (Carbine Williams)
• 1952: You shall be my lucky star (Singin 'in the Rain)
• 1953: Arena
• 1953: Latin Lovers
• 1955: Hollywood Story (The Big Knife)
• 1959: The Shaggy Dog (The Shaggy Dog)
• 1960: Sunrise at Campobello
• 1962: Panic in Year Zero (Panic in Year Zero!)
• 1964: The Black Circle (Dead Ringer)

watch TV

• 1953-1956: Make Room for Daddy
• 1961: Andy Griffith Show
• 1976: Starsky and Hutch
• 1976: The streets of San Francisco
• 1977: Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn

Web links

Commons : Jean Hagen  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Jean Hagen in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Portrait of Jean Hagen in: The New York Times
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Ray Hagen, Laura Wagner: Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames, McFarland, 2004, pp. 87 ff. [1]
3. ↑ Oscar nomination for Jean Hagen in the category "Best Supporting Actress" at the 1953 award for You should be my lucky star  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.