Jean Hagen

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 by George Cukor. The Asphalt Jungle (1950) provided Hagen with her first starring role alongside Sterling Hayden. Hagen received excellent reviews playing "Doll" Conover, a woman who sticks by criminal Dix's side until the bitter end. She appeared too in the film noir Side Street (1950) playing a gangster's sincere but none-too-bright nightclub-singer girlfriend. Hagen is best remembered for her comic performance in Singin' in the Rain as the vain and talentless silent movie star Lina Lamont. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for this memorable performance. …

Movies & TV Shows

1. Singin' in the Rain (1952) — Lina Lamont
2. The Asphalt Jungle (1950) — Doll Conovan
3. Adam's Rib (1949) — Beryl Caighn
4. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Madge Griffin
5. Starsky & Hutch (1975) — Belle Kates
6. The Andy Griffith Show (1960) — Elizabeth Crowley
7. Dead Ringer (1964) — Dede Marshall
8. Panic in Year Zero! (1962) — Ann Baldwin
9. The Streets of San Francisco (1972) — Ms. Unger
10. The Big Knife (1955) — Connie Bliss
11. The Shaggy Dog (1959) — Freeda Daniels
12. Side Street (1950) — Harriette Sinton
13. Wagon Train (1957) — Maidie Brant
14. A Life of Her Own (1950) — Maggie Collins
15. The Danny Thomas Show (1953) — Margaret Williams
16. Becoming Marilyn (2022) — (archive footage)
17. Dr. Kildare (1961) — Nurse Mary Ogilvy
18. Carbine Williams (1952) — Maggie Williams
19. No Questions Asked (1951) — Joan Brenson
20. Ambush (1950) — Martha Conovan
21. Sunrise at Campobello (1960) — Missy Le Hand
22. Ben Casey (1961)
23. Night Into Morning (1951) — Girl Next Door
24. Climax! (1954) — Eleanor Gehrig
25. Arena (1953) — Meg Hutchins
26. Latin Lovers (1953) — Anne Kellwood
27. Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977) — Landlady
28. The Detectives (1959) — Alice Streger
29. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) — Anne Madden
30. Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002) — Self (archive footage)
31. Shadow in the Sky (1952) — Stella Murphy
32. General Electric Theater (1953) — Paula Farrel
33. Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
34. Stagecoach West (1960) — Lilly de Milo
35. Spring Reunion (1957) — Barna Forrest
36. Half a Hero (1953) — Martha Dobson
37. The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959) — Elizabeth
38. The Ford Television Theatre (1952) — Nona Carson
39. Make Room for Granddaddy (1970)
40. The Jimmy Durante Show (1954) — Self