Shirley Jean Rickert
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 25, 1926
- Died
- February 6, 2009 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Classic Comedy Teams
Movie · as Shirley (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)
The A-B-Cs of Love
Movie · as Gilda
Singin' in the Rain
Movie · as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Royal Wedding
Movie · as Dancer in Haiti Number (uncredited)
Mickey the Great
Movie · as Self
Best Foot Forward
Movie · as Dancer
Get Hep to Love
Movie · as Student
The Major and the Minor
Movie · as College Girl (uncredited)
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
Movie · as Kiki
Crash Donovan
Movie · as Young Girl (uncredited)
The Drunkard
Movie · as Julia
I Live My Life
Movie · as Child at Christmas Party (Uncredited)
Straight from the Heart
Movie · as Austin's Daughter
The Scarlet Letter
Movie · as Humility Crakstone
'Neath the Arizona Skies
Movie · as Nina
Mickey's Medicine Man
Movie · as Tomboy Taylor
Mickey's Minstrels
Movie · as Tomboy Taylor
Mickey's Rescue
Movie · as Tomboy Taylor
Mickey's Touchdown
Movie · as 'Tomboy' Taylor
Mickey's Tent Show
Movie · as Tomboy Taylor
Mickey's Covered Wagon
Movie · as Tomboy Taylor
Love Pains
Movie · as Girl at Ice Cream Counter (uncredited)
Once in a Lifetime
Movie · as Flower Girl (uncredited)
The Stolen Jools
Movie · as Shirley Jean
Helping Grandma
Movie · as Shirley
Love Business
Movie · as Shirley
Little Daddy
Movie · as Shirley
Bargain Day
Movie · as Shirley
Fly My Kite
Movie · as Shirley
How's My Baby?
Movie · as The Baby
Follow Thru
Movie · as Cherub (uncredited)