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Shirley Jean Rickert
Actor
Born March 25, 1926Died February 6, 2009 (82 years)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 1994 | The Our Gang Story · as Shirley |
| 1986 | Classic Comedy Teams · as Shirley (segment "our Gang") (archive Footage) |
| 1955 | The Little Rascals (TV Series) · as Shirley (1955) |
| 1954 | The Human Jungle · as Stripper |
| 1953 | I Love Melvin · as Chorus Member |
| 1953 | The A-B-C's of Love · as Gilda |
| 1952 | Singin' in the Rain · as Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Pace That Thrills · as Girl |
| 1951 | Royal Wedding · as Dancer In Haiti Number (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Good News · as Dancer |
| 1947 | The Long Night · as Girl In The Theater |
| 1946 | If I'm Lucky · as Dancer |
| 1944 | Once Upon a Time · as Chorus Girl |
| 1944 | The Mummy's Ghost · as Blonde Girl Studying In Library |
| 1944 | Meet the People · as Dancer |
| 1943 | In Old Oklahoma · as Dancer |
| 1943 | Best Foot Forward · as Dancer |
| 1943 | It Comes Up Love · as Debutante |
| 1942 | The Major and the Minor · as College Girl (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Get Hep to Love · as Student |
| 1940 | Let's Make Music · as School Student |
| 1940 | Five Little Peppers in Trouble · as Kiki |
| 1937 | When You're in Love · as Performing Arts Student |
| 1936 | Crash Donovan · as Young Girl (uncredited) |
| 1935 | I Live My Life · as Child At Christmas Party (uncredited) |
| 1934 | One Hour Late · as Child |
| 1934 | 'Neath the Arizona Skies · as Nina |
| 1934 | The Scarlet Letter · as Humility Crakstone |
| 1933 | Stage Mother · as Shirley Lorraine As A Child |
| 1932 | Once in a Lifetime · as Flower Girl (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Everything's Rosie · as Rosie As A Child |
| 1931 | Fly My Kite · as Shirley |
| 1931 | Bargain Day · as Shirley |
| 1931 | The Stolen Jools · as Shirley Jean |
| 1930 | Follow Thru · as Cherub (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Night Work · as Orphan |
| 1930 | The Sins of the Children · as Taylor Child |