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.
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 (Movies)
Classic Comedy Teams
Character:Shirley (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1986
The A-B-Cs of Love
Character:Gilda
Release Date:01/01/1953
Singin' in the Rain
Character:Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Release Date:10/04/1952
Royal Wedding
Character:Dancer in Haiti Number (uncredited)
Release Date:08/03/1951
Mickey the Great
Character:Self
Release Date:06/04/1945
Best Foot Forward
Character:Dancer
Release Date:08/10/1943
Get Hep to Love
Character:Student
Release Date:02/10/1942
The Major and the Minor
Character:College Girl (uncredited)
Release Date:16/09/1942
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
Character:Kiki
Release Date:01/09/1940
Crash Donovan
Character:Young Girl (uncredited)
Release Date:01/08/1936
I Live My Life
Character:Child at Christmas Party (Uncredited)
Release Date:04/10/1935
The Drunkard
Character:Julia
Release Date:03/04/1935
Straight from the Heart
Character:Austin's Daughter
Release Date:22/03/1935
'Neath the Arizona Skies
Character:Nina
Release Date:05/12/1934
The Scarlet Letter
Character:Humility Crakstone
Release Date:18/09/1934
Mickey's Medicine Man
Character:Tomboy Taylor
Release Date:17/05/1934
Mickey's Rescue
Character:Tomboy Taylor
Release Date:22/03/1934
Mickey's Minstrels
Character:Tomboy Taylor
Release Date:10/01/1934
Mickey's Covered Wagon
Character:Tomboy Taylor
Release Date:29/11/1933
Mickey's Tent Show
Character:Tomboy Taylor
Release Date:26/10/1933
Mickey's Touchdown
Character:'Tomboy' Taylor
Release Date:13/10/1933
Once in a Lifetime
Character:Flower Girl (uncredited)
Release Date:02/10/1932
Love Pains
Character:Girl at Ice Cream Counter (uncredited)
Release Date:13/02/1932
Fly My Kite
Character:Shirley
Release Date:30/05/1931
Bargain Day
Character:Shirley
Release Date:01/05/1931
The Stolen Jools
Character:Shirley Jean
Release Date:04/04/1931
Little Daddy
Character:Shirley
Release Date:28/03/1931
Love Business
Character:Shirley
Release Date:14/02/1931
Helping Grandma
Character:Shirley
Release Date:03/01/1931
Follow Thru
Character:Cherub (uncredited)
Release Date:26/09/1930
How's My Baby?
Character:The Baby
Release Date:22/06/1930