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