Shirley Jean Rickert
Age: 82 | From: Seattle, Washington, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1926-03-25 21:32:04
Death: 2009-02-06 21:32:04
Aliases: Shirley Jean , Shirley Jean Rickert Measures , Shirley Jean Measures , Shirley Jane Rickert , Shirley Jeane Rickert , Shirley Rickert , Shirley Jean Ricketts , Shirley Ricketts
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Seattle, Washington, USA
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Movie Involvements: 10
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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, in which her spit-curls were the centerpiece of her precocious performance. 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. People are so amazed to hear I went from movies into burlesque. Well, I'll tell you, I prefer burlesque because it's not so immoral as the movie business. — Shirley Jean Rickert, 1955 news article In the mid-1970s, she became a traveling saleswoman for industrial hardware, surprising potential clients with her starring roles in Our Gang. Later, she performed in local theater productions, helped to maintain a Web fansite, and made occasional public appearances. She also sold her crafts at a local shop with her daughter's family.
Most Famous Work
'Neath the Arizona Skies
(1934) Nina
The Scarlet Letter
(1934) Humility Crakstone
Crash Donovan
(1936) Young Girl (uncredited)
Get Hep to Love
(1942) Student
Mickey's Minstrels
(1934) Tomboy Taylor
Mickey's Tent Show
(1933) Tomboy Taylor
Mickey's Race
(1933) Tomboy Teri Taylor
Mickey's Medicine Man
(1934) Tomboy TaylorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Gilda | |
| 1952 | Chorus Girl (uncredited) | |
| 1951 | Dancer in Haiti Number (uncredited) | |
| 1943 | Dancer | |
| 1942 | Student | |
| College Girl (uncredited) | ||
| 1940 | Kiki | |
| 1936 | Young Girl (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | Child at Christmas Party (Uncredited) | |
| Julia | ||
| 1934 | Nina | |
| Humility Crakstone | ||
| Tomboy Taylor | ||
| Tomboy Taylor | ||
| 1933 | Tomboy Taylor | |
| 'Tomboy' Taylor | ||
| Tomboy Teri Taylor | ||
| 1932 | Flower Girl (uncredited) | |
| Girl at Ice Cream Counter (uncredited) | ||
| 1931 | Shirley | |
| Shirley Jean | ||
| Shirley | ||
| Shirley | ||
| Shirley | ||
| 1930 | The Baby | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
