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Jean Hagen (born Jean Shirley Verhagen; [a] August 3, 1923 – August 29, 1977) was an American actress best known for her role as Doll Conovan in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and as Lina Lamont in Singin' in the Rain (1952), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Jean Hagen was the real star—but Tom Seidel sure didn’t act like it. He acted more like Hagen's boss than her husband and pushed her to take on jobs she wasn’t interested in. To make matters worse, he started nasty fights with the producers.
22 mar 2021 · The character Lina Lamont was a failed actress with an awful singing voice and a ditzy personality. Director Stanley Donen could have easily cast an untalented actress to play the character, but he knew that the role would pop if it was played by an accomplished actress.
Jean Hagen. Actress: Singin' in the Rain. Jean Shirley Verhagen (later shortened to Hagen) was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 3, 1923. Her father was a Dutch immigrant. Hagen and her family moved to Elkhart, Indiana when she was twelve; she subsequently graduated from Elkhart High School.
25 gru 2016 · Actually: "Debbie Reynolds, when she's dubbing for Jean Hagan, that's actually a woman named Betty Noyes singing, so Debbie Reynolds - when she's supposedly dubbing for somebody else - is...
Jean Hagen died of esophageal cancer on August 29, 1977, at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital. She was buried in the Chapel of the Pines Crematory. She was aged 54, an actress of great talent whose career was all too brief.
Jean Shirley Verhagen (ur. 3 sierpnia 1923 w Chicago, zm. 29 sierpnia 1977 w Los Angeles) − amerykańska aktorka teatralna, filmowa i telewizyjna, nominowana do Oscara za rolę drugoplanową w filmie Deszczowa piosenka.
