Jean Hagen

Jean Hagen (August 3, 1923 – August 29, 1977) was an American film actress.

Born Jean Shirley Verhagen in Chicago, Illinois, Hagen studied drama and worked as a theater usherette before making her film debut as a femme fatale in Adam's Rib (1949). The Asphalt Jungle (1950) provided Hagen with her first starring role, and excellent reviews.

She is arguably best remembered for her comic performance in Singin' in the Rain (1950). As the vain and talentless silent movie star Lina Lamont, Hagen received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. MGM failed to provide her with a quality follow up role to enable her to build on her growing popularity, and by 1953 she had joined the cast of Make Room for Daddy. As the first wife of Danny Thomas, Hagen received three Emmy Award nominations, but after two seasons she grew dissatisfied and left the series.

Although she made frequent guest appearances in various television series, she was unable to successfully resume her film career, and for the remainder of her career played supporting roles, such as the friend of Bette Davis in Dead Ringer (1964).

In the 1960s Hagen's health began to decline and she spent many years hospitalised or in care. She made her final film appearance in a 1977 television movie before her death from throat cancer.

Jean Hagen has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to television, at 1502 Vine Street.


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Jean Hagen has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to television, at 1502 Vine Street. Anderson though recent reports are that this relationship has also broken down. She made her final film appearance in a 1977 television movie before her death from throat cancer. S. In the 1960s Hagen's health began to decline and she spent many years hospitalised or in care. She is currently engaged to director Paul W. Although she made frequent guest appearances in various television series, she was unable to successfully resume her film career, and for the remainder of her career played supporting roles, such as the friend of Bette Davis in Dead Ringer (1964). They have since divorced.

As the first wife of Danny Thomas, Hagen received three Emmy Award nominations, but after two seasons she grew dissatisfied and left the series. She later married The Fifth Element director Luc Besson in 1997. MGM failed to provide her with a quality follow up role to enable her to build on her growing popularity, and by 1953 she had joined the cast of Make Room for Daddy. Milla married Shawn Andrews in 1992 during the filming of Dazed and Confused; the marriage was annulled soon after. As the vain and talentless silent movie star Lina Lamont, Hagen received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. Featuring many original songs, the album led to comparisons with Tori Amos and Kate Bush, though Jovovich has of late concentrated more on her acting than her musical career. She is arguably best remembered for her comic performance in Singin' in the Rain (1950). In 1994, Jovovich, billed under her first name, Milla, released her critically acclaimed first musical album, The Divine Comedy.

The Asphalt Jungle (1950) provided Hagen with her first starring role, and excellent reviews. Most of her early appearances were in supporting or cameo roles, but by the late 1990s she was receiving top billing and entered the world of action heroes with her performances in two films based upon the video game series, Resident Evil. Born Jean Shirley Verhagen in Chicago, Illinois, Hagen studied drama and worked as a theater usherette before making her film debut as a femme fatale in Adam's Rib (1949). She became a film actress in the late 1980s as a teenager and gained popularity through her appearance in Return to the Blue Lagoon which led to inevitable comparisons between her and another child model-turned-actress, Brooke Shields (who had starred in the original The Blue Lagoon years earlier). Jean Hagen (August 3, 1923 – August 29, 1977) was an American film actress. She speaks Serbian, Russian, French and English fluently. She has done extensive modeling since she was eleven-years-old.

The Jovovićs later moved to London, England and in 1981, when Milica was five years old, to Sacramento, California; just seven months later they settled in Los Angeles, California. Bogić, Milla's father, later joined him in Kiev where he and his sister graduated in medicine.[1] (http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.co.yu/arhiva/2000/07/18/srpski/F00071702.shtm). When he feared that he could be arrested again, he escaped to Albania and later came to Soviet Union, in Kiev. Later, communist government imprisoned him on Goli Otok.

Her grandfather Bogdan Jovović was commander of Pristina military area and later led finances in military areas of Skoplje and Sarajevo where he uncovered massive gold embezzlement; refusing to convict his friend for that, he was punished. Her great-grandfather Bogić Camić Jovović was flag-bearer of the Vasojevići tribe and officer of the guard of the King Nicholas I of Montenegro; his wife's name was also Militza. Milla's family is Montenegrin in origin, their estate being at Metohija in Zlopek near Peć. Her last name is pronounced "yo-vo-vitch".

She is an actress, musician and model (frequently referred to as a supermodel). Milla Jovovich (born December 17, 1975) was born in Kiev, Ukraine to Serb father Bogić Jovović and Russian mother Galina Loginova Jovović. Militza Natasha Jovovich a.k.a. Hollywood Goes Wild benefit compilation - "On the Hill" by her band, Plastic Has Memory.

The Million Dollar Hotel. the peopletree sessions - released August 1998. The Divine Comedy - released April 1994 (single: "Gentleman Who Fell"). Two Moon Junction (1988).

The Night Train to Kathmandu (1988) (TV). Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). Chaplin (1992). Kuffs (1992).

Dazed and Confused (1993). The Fifth Element (1997). He Got Game (1998). The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999).

The Million Dollar Hotel (2000). The Claim (2000) (formerly known as Kingdom Come). Zoolander (2001). Dummy (2002).

Resident Evil (2002). No Good Deed (formerly known as The House on Turk St.) (2002). You Stupid Man (2002). Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004).