Jean Rogers played the role of Dale Arden in the serials Flash Gordon (1936) and Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938). Jean Rogers was born as Eleanor Lovegren on March 25th 1916 in Belmont, Massachusetts. She began a career in Hollywood after winning a Paramount Pictures beauty contest at the age of 17. It was, however, Universal who signed her up and by 1936 she was playing leading roles in the serials Ace Drummond and Flash Gordon. Rogers passed away on February 24th, 1991 at the age of 74.