1926-03-25 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 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.
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Classic Comedy Teams | Shirley (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage) | 1986-01-01 |
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The A-B-Cs of Love | Gilda | 1953-01-01 |
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Singin' in the Rain | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | 1952-04-10 |
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Royal Wedding | Dancer in Haiti Number (uncredited) | 1951-03-08 |
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Mickey the Great | Self | 1945-04-06 |
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Best Foot Forward | Dancer | 1943-10-08 |
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The Major and the Minor | College Girl (uncredited) | 1942-09-16 |
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Get Hep to Love | Student | 1942-10-02 |
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Five Little Peppers in Trouble | Kiki | 1940-09-01 |
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Crash Donovan | Young Girl (uncredited) | 1936-08-01 |
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Straight from the Heart | Austin's Daughter | 1935-03-22 |
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The Drunkard | Julia | 1935-04-03 |
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I Live My Life | Child at Christmas Party (Uncredited) | 1935-10-04 |
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Mickey's Rescue | Tomboy Taylor | 1934-03-22 |
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'Neath the Arizona Skies | Nina | 1934-12-05 |
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The Scarlet Letter | Humility Crakstone | 1934-09-18 |
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Mickey's Medicine Man | Tomboy Taylor | 1934-05-17 |
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Mickey's Minstrels | Tomboy Taylor | 1934-01-10 |
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Mickey's Touchdown | 'Tomboy' Taylor | 1933-10-13 |
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Mickey's Tent Show | Tomboy Taylor | 1933-10-26 |
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Mickey's Covered Wagon | Tomboy Taylor | 1933-11-29 |
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Once in a Lifetime | Flower Girl (uncredited) | 1932-10-02 |
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Love Pains | Girl at Ice Cream Counter (uncredited) | 1932-02-13 |
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Fly My Kite | Shirley | 1931-05-30 |
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Bargain Day | Shirley | 1931-05-01 |
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Helping Grandma | Shirley | 1931-01-03 |
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Love Business | Shirley | 1931-02-14 |
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Little Daddy | Shirley | 1931-03-28 |
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The Stolen Jools | Shirley Jean | 1931-04-04 |
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How's My Baby? | The Baby | 1930-06-22 |
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Follow Thru | Cherub (uncredited) | 1930-09-26 |
