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Shirley Jean Rickert

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,[3] 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."


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Born:
Movie/TV Credits:
18
First Appeared:
In the movie Helping Grandma 1931-01-03
Latest Project:
Movie The A-B-Cs of Love 1953-01-01
Known For
Poster of The Stolen Jools
Filmography
Movie The A-B-Cs of Love Gilda 1953-01-01
Movie Singin' in the Rain Chorus Girl (uncredited) 1952-04-09
Movie Royal Wedding Dancer in Haiti Number (uncredited) 1951-03-08
Movie Best Foot Forward Dancer 1943-10-08
Movie The Major and the Minor College Girl (uncredited) 1942-09-16
Movie Get Hep to Love Student 1942-10-02
Movie Five Little Peppers in Trouble Kiki 1940-09-01
Movie I Live My Life Child at Christmas Party (Uncredited) 1935-10-04
Movie Mickey's Rescue Tomboy Taylor 1934-03-22
Movie 'Neath the Arizona Skies Nina 1934-12-05
Movie The Scarlet Letter Humility Crakstone 1934-09-18
Movie Love Pains Girl at Ice Cream Counter (uncredited) 1932-02-13
Movie Once in a Lifetime Flower Girl (uncredited) 1932-10-02
Movie Helping Grandma Shirley 1931-01-03
Movie Love Business Shirley 1931-02-14
Movie Fly My Kite Shirley 1931-05-30
Movie The Stolen Jools Shirley Jean 1931-04-04
Movie Little Daddy Shirley 1931-03-28
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