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Jean Hagen
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Actor Born: August 3, 1923 in Chicago, IL Death: August 29, 1977 in Woodland Hills, CA Biography:After majoring in drama and music at Northwestern University, Jean Hagen went to New York, where she worked as an usherette by day and a radio actress by night. In 1949, Hagen was one of several "new face" Broadway performers (including Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell and David Wayne) selected to appear in the supporting cast of the Tracy/Hepburn comedy "Adam's Rib"; she played the slatternly "other woman" who comes between Judy Holliday and Tom Ewell. This led to a long-term MGM contract and a telling dramatic role as Sterling Hayden's doomed girlfriend in John Huston's "Asphalt Jungle" (1950). In 1952, Hagen was cast in her best-ever screen role: screechy-voiced silent film star Lina Lamont ("Waddya think I am, dumb or sumpin'?") in the imperishable "Singin' in the Rain". From 1953 through 1956, Hagen played Margaret Williams, wife of nightclub entertainer Danny Thomas, in "Make Room for Daddy". Her... Full Biography
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