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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.

Personal information

Birthday

1916-03-25

Birth Place

Belmont, Massachusetts, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Stranger in Town

A Stranger in Town

1943

6.5

Movie
Ace Drummond

Ace Drummond

1936

6.5

Movie
Always in Trouble

Always in Trouble

1938

6.0

Movie
Backlash

Backlash

1947

4.9

Movie
Brigham Young

Brigham Young

1940

4.4

Movie
Charlie Chan in Panama

Charlie Chan in Panama

1940

6.8

Movie
Conflict

Conflict

1936

2.0

Movie
Crash Donovan

Crash Donovan

1936

0.0

Movie
Design for Scandal

Design for Scandal

1941

5.2

Movie
Dr. Kildare's Victory

Dr. Kildare's Victory

1942

5.8

Movie
Fighting Back

Fighting Back

1948

6.0

Movie
Fighting Youth

Fighting Youth

1935

7.0

Movie
Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon

1936

6.3

Movie
Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars

Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars

1938

0.0

Movie
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars

1938

6.0

Movie
Gay Blades

Gay Blades

1946

0.0

Movie
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

1939

6.3

Movie
His Night Out

His Night Out

1935

0.0

Movie
Hot Cargo

Hot Cargo

1946

0.0

Movie
Hotel for Women

Hotel for Women

1939

6.0

Movie
Inside Story

Inside Story

1939

0.0

Movie
Let's Make Music

Let's Make Music

1941

5.6

Movie
Manhattan Moon

Manhattan Moon

1935

0.0

Movie
Mars Attacks the World

Mars Attacks the World

1938

6.0

Movie
My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey

1936

7.6

Movie
Mysterious Crossing

Mysterious Crossing

1936

0.0

Movie
Night Key

Night Key

1937

6.2

Movie
Pacific Rendezvous

Pacific Rendezvous

1942

6.0

Movie
Personalities

Personalities

1942

0.0

Movie
Reported Missing

Reported Missing

1937

0.0

Movie
Rocket Ship

Rocket Ship

1938

4.8

Movie
Rough, Tough and Ready

Rough, Tough and Ready

1945

0.0

Movie
Secret Agent X-9

Secret Agent X-9

1937

6.7

Movie
Spaceship to the Unknown

Spaceship to the Unknown

1966

6.0

Movie
Speed to Spare

Speed to Spare

1948

5.0

Movie
Squadron of Doom

Squadron of Doom

1949

0.0

Movie
Stand Up and Cheer!

Stand Up and Cheer!

1934

4.8

Movie
Stop, Look and Love

Stop, Look and Love

1939

5.0

Movie
Stormy

Stormy

1935

0.0

Movie
Sunday Punch

Sunday Punch

1942

5.0

Movie
Swing Shift Maisie

Swing Shift Maisie

1943

6.5

Movie
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery

Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery

1935

6.0

Movie
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

1936

4.0

Movie
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

1940

4.0

Movie
The Second Woman

The Second Woman

1950

5.5

Movie
The Strange Mr. Gregory

The Strange Mr. Gregory

1945

5.1

Movie
The War Against Mrs. Hadley

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

1942

4.8

Movie
The Wildcatter

The Wildcatter

1937

0.0

Movie
Time Out for Murder

Time Out for Murder

1938

6.0

Movie
Twenty Million Sweethearts

Twenty Million Sweethearts

1934

6.0

Movie
Viva Cisco Kid

Viva Cisco Kid

1940

5.5

Movie
When Love Is Young

When Love Is Young

1937

0.0

Movie
While New York Sleeps

While New York Sleeps

1938

0.0

Movie
Whistling in Brooklyn

Whistling in Brooklyn

1943

6.3

Movie
Yesterday's Heroes

Yesterday's Heroes

1940

0.0

Movie