Gertrude Olmstead

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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.

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1929
The Show of Shows
Movie Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
1929
The Time, the Place and the Girl
Movie Mae Ellis
1929
Sonny Boy
Movie Mary
1929
The Lone Wolf's Daughter
Movie Helen Fairchild
1928
Hey Rube!
Movie Lutie
1928
Midnight Life
Movie Betty Brown
1928
Hit of the Show
Movie Kathlyn Carson
1928
Green Grass Widows
Movie Betty Worthing
1928
Bringing Up Father
Movie Ellen
1928
Sporting Goods
Movie Alice Elliott
1928
A Woman Against the World
Movie Bernice Crane, Bride
1928
The Cheer Leader
Movie Jean Howard
1927
Buttons
Movie Ruth Stratton
1927
Becky
Movie Nan Estabrook
1927
Life in Hollywood No. 7
Movie Herself
1927
The Callahans and the Murphys
Movie Monica Murphy