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