Shirley Jean Rickert
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1953 · The A-B-Cs of Love as Gilda
- 1952 · Singin' in the Rain as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- 1951 · Royal Wedding as Dancer in Haiti Number (uncredited)
- 1945 · Mickey the Great as Self
- 1943 · Best Foot Forward as Dancer
- 1942 · Get Hep to Love as Student
- 1942 · The Major and the Minor as College Girl (uncredited)
- 1940 · Five Little Peppers in Trouble as Kiki
- 1936 · Crash Donovan as Young Girl (uncredited)
- 1935 · I Live My Life as Child at Christmas Party (Uncredited)
- 1935 · The Drunkard as Julia
- 1934 · 'Neath the Arizona Skies as Nina
- 1934 · The Scarlet Letter as Humility Crakstone
- 1934 · Mickey's Medicine Man as Tomboy Taylor
- 1934 · Mickey's Rescue as Tomboy Taylor
- 1934 · Mickey's Minstrels as Tomboy Taylor
- 1933 · Mickey's Covered Wagon as Tomboy Taylor
- 1933 · Mickey's Tent Show as Tomboy Taylor
- 1933 · Mickey's Touchdown as 'Tomboy' Taylor
- 1932 · Once in a Lifetime as Flower Girl (uncredited)
- 1932 · Love Pains as Girl at Ice Cream Counter (uncredited)
- 1931 · Fly My Kite as Shirley
- 1931 · Bargain Day as Shirley
- 1931 · The Stolen Jools as Shirley Jean
- 1931 · Little Daddy as Shirley
- 1931 · Love Business as Shirley
- 1931 · Helping Grandma as Shirley
- 1930 · How's My Baby? as The Baby