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