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