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Acting

Jean Hagen

Born
Aug 3, 1923 · Aged 54
Died
Aug 29, 1977
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender
Female
Movie credits
23
TV credits
19
Also known as (2)
  • Jean Shirley Verhagen
  • Jean Verhagen

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jean Hagen (born Jean Shirley Verhagen, August 3, 1923 – August 29, 1977) was an American actress best known for her role as Lina Lamont in Singin' in the Rain (1952), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Hagen was also nominated three times for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Margaret Williams (1953–56) on the television series Make Room For Daddy. Her film debut was as a comical femme fatale in the Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn 1949 classic Adam's Rib, directed…