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Jean Hagen

General Information (Jean Hagen)

Mostly Credited As:	Jean Hagen
Birth Name:	Jean Shirley Verhagen
Date Of Birth:	August 03, 1923 (Age 54)
Country Of Birth:	USA
Birth Place:	Chicago, Illinois
Date Of Death:	August 29, 1977
Cause Of Death:	Throat Cancer

Jean Hagen's early career was quite successful; Hagen made a big splash in the film noir thriller The Asphalt Jungle. She also starred in the MGM musical Singin' in the Rain as Lena LaMont, the hilariously talentless silent picture actress who is eventually upstaged by Debbie Reynolds. From there, she moved to TV as Danny Thomas' first wife in Make Room for Daddy. Unfortunately, Thomas and Hagen didn't see eye-to-eye, and she left the show in 1956. Hagen cooled her career afterward, taking time out to raise her son and daughter.

She sporadically appeared in other films and TV shows until her death from throat cancer in 1977.

Jean Hagen TV Appearances

Main cast

Show: Make Room for Daddy(1953)

As: Margaret Williams (S01-S03)

Episode Cast Credits

Show: The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
	• Judgment Day	04x19: (Feb/19/1976)	As	Ms. Unger
Show: Starsky & Hutch (1975)
	• The Hostages	01x15: (Jan/07/1976)	As	Belle Kates
Show: Dr. Kildare (1961)
	• A Very Infectious Disease	02x24: (Mar/21/1963)	As	Mary Ogilvy
Show: Wagon Train (1957)
	• The Sara Proctor Story	06x23: (Feb/27/1963)	As	Sara Proctor
	• The Marie Brandt Story	03x16: (Jan/20/1960)	As	Marie Brandt
Show: Ben Casey (1961)
	• A Story to Be Softly Told	01x16: (Jan/22/1962)	As	Lee Bramson
Show: The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
	• Andy and the Woman Speeder	02x03: (Oct/16/1961)	As	Elizabeth Crowley, [Special Guest Stars]
Show: General Electric Theater (1953)
	• The Golden Years	10x01: (Sep/10/1961)	As	Paula Farrell
Show: Zane Grey Theater (1956)
	• The Empty Shell	05x24: (Mar/30/1961)	As	Annie Madden
Show: The DuPont Show With June Allyson (1959)
	• Once Upon a Knight	01x26: (Mar/28/1960)	As	Elizabeth
Show: Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
	• The Hanging Judge	02x08: (Dec/04/1959)	As	Nora Anderson
	• Six Guns for Donegan	02x03: (Oct/16/1959)	As	Hilda Darrow
	• Symbol of Authority	01x17: (Dec/23/1958)	As	Mildred Korn
Show: The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor (1959)
	• The Streger Affair	01x01: (Oct/16/1959)	As	Alice Streger
Show: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) (1955)
	• Enough Rope for Two	03x07: (Nov/17/1957)	As	Madge
Show: Climax! (1954)
	• The Lou Gehrig Story	02x27: (Apr/19/1956)	As	Eleanor Gehrig
Show: The Jimmy Durante Show (1954)
	• 10/16/1954 Sherry Jackson, Danny Thomas, Rusty Hamer, Jean Hagen	01x02: (Oct/16/1954)	As	Herself