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Shirley Jean Rickert
Born March 25, 1926 (Age: 100)
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Seattle, Washington, USA
Biography
Shirley Jean Rickert (March 25, 1926 – February 6, 2009) was an American child actress who was briefly the "blonde girl" for the Our Gang series in 1931, during the Hal Roach talkie period. At 18 months of age, Rickert won a local baby beauty contest, which emboldened her mother to move the family to Hollywood. She made her screen debut at the age of four in the short How's My Baby (1930), soon followed by her Our Gang debut, Helping Grandma in 1931. Rickert's most notable appearances were in the films Love Business and Bargain Day. After Rickert left the Our Gang series, she had a brief movie career, including starring roles as Tomboy Teri Taylor alongside Mickey Rooney in eight Mickey McGuire comedies, followed by a string of jobs including driving trucks for the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. She later worked in burlesque as an exotic dancer, billed as Gilda and Her Crowning Glory (after her long blonde hair), retiring from burlesque in 1959. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shirley Jean Rickert, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Shirley Jean Rickert (March 25, 1926 – February 6, 2009) was an American child actress who was briefly the "blonde girl" for the Our Gang series in 1931, during the Hal Roach talkie period. At 18 months of age, Rickert won a local baby beauty contest, which emboldened her mother to move the family to Hollywood. She made her screen debut at the age of four in the short How's My Baby (1930), soon followed by her Our Gang debut, Helping Grandma in 1931. Rickert's most notable appearances were in the films Love Business and Bargain Day.
After Rickert left the Our Gang series, she had a brief movie career, including starring roles as Tomboy Teri Taylor alongside Mickey Rooney in eight Mickey McGuire comedies, followed by a string of jobs including driving trucks for the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. She later worked in burlesque as an exotic dancer, billed as Gilda and Her Crowning Glory (after her long blonde hair), retiring from burlesque in 1959. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shirley Jean Rickert, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
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as Shirley (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)
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Age: 59
The A-B-Cs of Love
1953
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as Gilda
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Age: 26
Mickey the Great
1945
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as Self
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Age: 19
Get Hep to Love
1942
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as Student
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Age: 16
The Major and the Minor
1942
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as College Girl (uncredited)
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Age: 16
Once in a Lifetime
1932
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as Flower Girl (uncredited)
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Age: 6
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Love Pains
1932
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as Girl at Ice Cream Counter (uncredited)
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Age: 5
Fly My Kite
1931
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as Shirley
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Age: 5
Bargain Day
1931
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as Shirley
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Age: 5
The Stolen Jools
1931
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as Shirley Jean
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Age: 5
Little Daddy
1931
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as Shirley
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Age: 5
Love Business
1931
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as Shirley
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Age: 4
Helping Grandma
1931
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as Shirley
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Age: 4
Follow Thru
1930
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as Cherub (uncredited)
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Age: 4
How's My Baby?
1930
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as The Baby
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Age: 4