Shirley Jean Rickert
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1926-03-25
Day of Death
2009-02-06 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Seattle, Washington, USA
Shirley Jean Rickert
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
Acting
(1986)
Classic Comedy Teams
as Shirley (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)
(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)
The Major and the Minor
as College Girl (uncredited)
(1942)
Get Hep to Love
as Student
(1940)
(1936)
Crash Donovan
as Young Girl (uncredited)
(1935)
I Live My Life
as Child at Christmas Party (Uncredited)
(1935)
Straight from the Heart
as Austin's Daughter
(1935)
The Drunkard
as Julia
(1934)
Mickey's Medicine Man
as Tomboy Taylor
(1934)
Mickey's Rescue
as Tomboy Taylor
(1934)
Mickey's Minstrels
as Tomboy Taylor
(1934)
The Scarlet Letter
as Humility Crakstone
(1934)
'Neath the Arizona Skies
as Nina
(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)
Love Business
as Shirley
(1931)
Fly My Kite
as Shirley
(1931)
Helping Grandma
as Shirley
(1931)
Bargain Day
as Shirley
(1931)
The Stolen Jools
as Shirley Jean
(1931)
Little Daddy
as Shirley
(1930)
How's My Baby?
as The Baby
(1930)
Follow Thru
as Cherub (uncredited)