Jean Rogers

Jean Rogers

Jean Rogers, born Eleanor Dorothy Lovegren, was an American actress who starred in serial films in the 1930s and low–budget feature films in the 1940s as a leading lady. She is best remembered for playing Dale Arden in the science fiction serials Flash Gordon and Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars. She graduated from Belmont High School, and had hoped to study art, but in 1933, she won a beauty contest sponsored by Paramount Pictures that led to her career in Hollywood. Rogers starred in several serials for Universal between 1935 and 1938, including Ace Drummond and Flash Gordon. Rogers was one of seven women chosen out of 2,700 passengers on excursion boats and ferries who were interviewed for roles in Eight Girls in a Boat. The group began work in Hollywood on September 3, 1933. By 1937, Rogers was the only one of the seven featured as an actress. Rogers was assigned the role of Dale Arden in the first two Flash Gordon serials. Buster Crabbe and Rogers were cast as the hero and heroine in the first serial, Flash Gordon, and Rogers' beauty, long blonde hair, and revealing costumes endeared her to moviegoers. The evil ruler Ming the Merciless lusted after her, and Gordon was forced to rescue her from one situation after another. While filming the series in 1937, her costume caught fire and she suffered burns on her hands. Co-star Crabbe smothered the fire by wrapping a blanket on her. In the first serial, Arden competed with Princess Aura for Gordon's attention. Rogers' character was fragile, small-chested, diminutive, and totally dependent on Gordon for her survival; Lawson's Princess Aura was domineering, independent, voluptuous, conniving, sly, ambitious, and determined to make Gordon her own. The competition for Gordon's attention is one of the highlights of the film. In Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, the second serial, Rogers sported a totally different look. She had dark hair and wore the same modest costume in each episode. Rogers matured after the first serial, and no sexual overtones are seen in Trip to Mars. Rogers told writer Richard Lamparski that she was not eager to do the second serial and asked her studio to excuse her from the third. Despite starring in serial films, Rogers felt she was not going to improve her career unless she could participate in feature films. She discovered that it was more tedious working in feature films. She played John Wayne's leading lady in the 1936 full-length motion picture Conflict and co-starred with Boris Karloff in the horror film Night Key the following year. During the 1940s, Rogers appeared solely in feature films, including The Man Who Wouldn't Talk with Lloyd Nolan, Viva Cisco Kid with Cesar Romero as the Cisco Kid, Design for Scandal with Rosalind Russell and Walter Pidgeon, Whistling in Brooklyn with Red Skelton, A Stranger in Town with Frank Morgan, Backlash, and Speed to Spare with Richard Arlen. Still, she was unhappy with the studios, possibly because she was relegated to B-movie productions on a lower salary. She decided to freelance with companies such as 20th Century Fox and MGM. Her last appearance was in a supporting role in the suspense film The Second Woman, made in 1950 by United Artists. She died in Sherman Oaks in 1991 at the age of 74 following surgery. She was later cremated and her ashes returned to her family.

  • Nav: Jean Rogers
  • Popularity: 2.968
  • Tê zanîn: Acting
  • Rojbûn: 1916-03-25
  • Min jî birîya te Kirîye: Belmont, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Jî Weke Naskirî ye: Eleanor Dorothy Lovegren, Eleanor Lovegren, Элинор Лавгрен, Джин Роджерс
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  • 1936
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    Flash Gordon

    Flash Gordon

    6.3 1936 HD

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  • 1946
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    Hot Cargo

    Hot Cargo

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1937
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    Night Key

    Night Key

    6.172 1937 HD

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  • 1945
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    The Strange Mr. Gregory

    The Strange Mr. Gregory

    5.1 1945 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Second Woman

    The Second Woman

    5.5 1950 HD

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  • 1947
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    Backlash

    Backlash

    4.9 1947 HD

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  • 1940
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    Charlie Chan in Panama

    Charlie Chan in Panama

    6.8 1940 HD

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  • 1949
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    Squadron of Doom

    Squadron of Doom

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1943
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    Whistling in Brooklyn

    Whistling in Brooklyn

    6.3 1943 HD

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  • 1940
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    Brigham Young

    Brigham Young

    4.4 1940 HD

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  • 1941
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    Design for Scandal

    Design for Scandal

    5.2 1941 HD

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  • 1943
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    Swing Shift Maisie

    Swing Shift Maisie

    6.5 1943 HD

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  • 1942
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    Sunday Punch

    Sunday Punch

    5 1942 HD

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  • 1942
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    The War Against Mrs. Hadley

    The War Against Mrs. Hadley

    4.8 1942 HD

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  • 1942
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    Pacific Rendezvous

    Pacific Rendezvous

    6 1942 HD

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  • 1938
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    While New York Sleeps

    While New York Sleeps

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1938
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    Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars

    Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars

    5.9 1938 HD

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  • 1942
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    Dr. Kildare's Victory

    Dr. Kildare's Victory

    5.8 1942 HD

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  • 1941
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    Let's Make Music

    Let's Make Music

    5.6 1941 HD

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  • 1939
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    Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

    Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

    6.3 1939 HD

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  • 1943
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    A Stranger in Town

    A Stranger in Town

    6.5 1943 HD

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  • 1937
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    Secret Agent X-9

    Secret Agent X-9

    6.7 1937 HD

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  • 1936
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    Ace Drummond

    Ace Drummond

    6.5 1936 HD

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  • 1939
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    Hotel for Women

    Hotel for Women

    6 1939 HD

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  • 1940
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    Viva Cisco Kid

    Viva Cisco Kid

    5.5 1940 HD

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  • 1948
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    Speed to Spare

    Speed to Spare

    5 1948 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

    The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

    4 1936 HD

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  • 1938
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    Always in Trouble

    Always in Trouble

    6 1938 HD

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  • 1937
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    The Wildcatter

    The Wildcatter

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1935
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    His Night Out

    His Night Out

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1936
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    Mysterious Crossing

    Mysterious Crossing

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1939
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    Inside Story

    Inside Story

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1937
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    Reported Missing

    Reported Missing

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1948
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    Fighting Back

    Fighting Back

    6 1948 HD

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  • 1936
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    Conflict

    Conflict

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

    The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

    4 1940 HD

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  • 1938
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    Rocket Ship

    Rocket Ship

    4.8 1938 HD

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  • 1945
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    Rough, Tough and Ready

    Rough, Tough and Ready

    1 1945 HD

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  • 1937
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    When Love Is Young

    When Love Is Young

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1939
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    Stop, Look and Love

    Stop, Look and Love

    5 1939 HD

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  • 1946
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    Gay Blades

    Gay Blades

    1 1946 HD

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  • 1935
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    Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery

    Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery

    6 1935 HD

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  • 1934
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    Twenty Million Sweethearts

    Twenty Million Sweethearts

    6 1934 HD

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  • 1938
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    Mars Attacks the World

    Mars Attacks the World

    6 1938 HD

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  • 1935
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    Manhattan Moon

    Manhattan Moon

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    Stormy

    Stormy

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1938
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    Time Out for Murder

    Time Out for Murder

    6 1938 HD

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  • 1935
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    Fighting Youth

    Fighting Youth

    7 1935 HD

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  • 1936
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    Crash Donovan

    Crash Donovan

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1942
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    Personalities

    Personalities

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1966
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    Spaceship to the Unknown

    Spaceship to the Unknown

    6 1966 HD

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  • 1936
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    My Man Godfrey

    My Man Godfrey

    7.6 1936 HD

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  • 1934
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    Stand Up and Cheer!

    Stand Up and Cheer!

    4.8 1934 HD

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  • 2001
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    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys

    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys

    6 2001 HD

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  • 1998
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    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

    6.1 1998 HD

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