
Gertrude Olmstead
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1897-11-12
Day of Death
1975-01-18 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gertrude Olmstead
Biography
From Wikipedia
Gertrude Olmstead (November 13, 1897 – January 18, 1975) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 56 films between 1920
and 1929.
Olmstead was born in Chicago, Illinois, and appeared in her first credited film role in the 1921 film The Fox. She obtained several more roles that same year, appearing in nine films in 1921, and another five in 1922. She would appear in seventeen more films by the time she received what is today her best-known role, opposite Rudolph Valentino in the 1925 film Cobra.
Throughout the silent film era her career thrived. From 1925 through 1929 she appeared in twenty eight films, most often portraying the heroine. With the advent of sound film her career stalled, and she retired from acting in 1929.
In 1926 she met MGM director Robert Z. Leonard and they were married June 8 of that year. Leonard and Olmstead remained married until his death in 1968.
After Leonard's death, Olmstead remained in the Los Angeles area, and died in Beverly Hills on January 18, 1975.
Acting
(1929)
The Time, the Place and the Girl
as Mae Ellis
(1929)
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
(1929)
The Lone Wolf's Daughter
as Helen Fairchild
(1929)
Sonny Boy
as Mary
(1928)
Sporting Goods
as Alice Elliott
(1928)
Bringing Up Father
as Ellen
(1928)
Midnight Life
as Betty Brown
(1928)
The Cheer Leader
as Jean Howard
(1927)
Mr. Wu
as Hilda Gregory
(1927)
Buttons
as Ruth Stratton
(1927)
Life in Hollywood No. 7
as Herself
(1927)
The Callahans and the Murphys
as Monica Murphy
(1927)
Becky
as Nan Estabrook
(1926)
Torrent
as Remedios
(1926)
The Boob
as Amy
(1926)
Sweet Adeline
as Adeline
(1926)
Monte Carlo
as Sally Roxford
(1926)
Puppets
as Angela
(1926)
The Cheerful Fraud
as Ann Kent
(1925)
The Monster
as Betty Watson
(1925)
Cobra
as Mary Drake
(1925)
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
(1925)
California Straight Ahead
as Betty Browne
(1924)
(1924)
Empty Hands
as Typsy
(1924)
Lovers' Lane
as Mary Larkin
(1924)
Babbitt
as Eunice Littlefield
(1924)
Ladies to Board
as Edith Oliver
(1924)
A Girl of the Limberlost
as Edith Cart
(1923)
Cameo Kirby
as Adele Randall
(1923)
(1923)
Trilby
as Miss Bagot
(1923)
(1922)
(1922)
The Loaded Door
as Molly Grainger
(1921)
The Fox
as Stella Fraser
(1921)
(1921)
(1921)
(1921)
(1921)
The Big Adventure
as Sally
(1921)
(1921)
The Fighting Lover
as Jean Forsdale
(1921)
(1920)
Tipped Off
as Marion Ross