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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Get Hep to Love | Student | 1942-10-02 |
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The Major and the Minor | College Girl (uncredited) | 1942-09-16 |
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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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I Live My Life | Child at Christmas Party (Uncredited) | 1935-10-04 |
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The Drunkard | Julia | 1935-04-03 |
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Mickey's Rescue | Tomboy Taylor | 1934-03-22 |
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Mickey's Medicine Man | Tomboy Taylor | 1934-05-17 |
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The Scarlet Letter | Humility Crakstone | 1934-09-18 |
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'Neath the Arizona Skies | Nina | 1934-12-05 |
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Mickey's Minstrels | Tomboy Taylor | 1934-01-10 |
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Mickey's Covered Wagon | Tomboy Taylor | 1933-11-29 |
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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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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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The Stolen Jools | Shirley Jean | 1931-04-04 |
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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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How's My Baby? | The Baby | 1930-06-22 |
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Follow Thru | Cherub (uncredited) | 1930-09-26 |
