1. Jean Hagen was born August 3,1923, in Chicago, to Christian Verhagen, a Dutch immigrant, and Marie, his Chicago-born wife.
15 Facts About Jean Hagen
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Jean Hagen studied drama at Northwestern University, where she was a roommate of actress Patricia Neal.
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Jean Hagen began her show-business career in radio in the 1940s performing in Light of the World, Hollywood Story, and other programs.
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Jean Hagen acted in Another Part of the Forest, Ghosts, Born Yesterday, and The Traitor.
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Jean Hagen played Doll Conover, a woman who sticks by criminal Dix's side until the bitter end.
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Jean Hagen appeared in the film noir Side Street, playing a gangster's sincere but dim girlfriend.
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Jean Hagen gave a memorable comic performance in Singin' in the Rain as the vain, spoiled, and talentless silent film star Lina Lamont.
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Jean Hagen received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.
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In 1957, Jean Hagen co-starred in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents titled "Enough Rope for Two", portraying a woman who accompanies two thieves trying to retrieve stolen money from a desert mine shaft.
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Jean Hagen's health began to decline due to an alcohol problem and she spent many years hospitalized or under medical care in the 1960s.
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Jean Hagen made her final acting appearance the next year in the television movie Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn.
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Jean Hagen married actor Tom Seidel on June 12,1947, in Brentwood, California.
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Jean Hagen managed to survive the ordeal, and her daughter, Christine, said that after she emerged from the coma, Hagen never drank again.
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Jean Hagen was nominated for a 1956 Emmy Award in the "Best actress " category.
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Jean Hagen has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1502 Vine Street for her contributions to television.