Shirley Jean Rickert

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

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Gender

Female

Birthday

25-Mar-1926

Age

(100 years old)

Place of Birth

Seattle, Washington, USA

Also Known As
  • Shirley Jean
  • Shirley Jean Rickert Measures
  • Shirley Jean Measures
  • Shirley Jane Rickert
  • Shirley Jeane Rickert
  • Shirley Rickert
  • Shirley Jean Ricketts
  • Shirley Ricketts

Shirley Jean Rickert

Biography

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.


Credits

Mickey's Minstrels Mickey's Minstrels (1934) Character: Tomboy Taylor
In order to pay back Stinky Davis, Mickey becomes an organ grinder, and later put on a minstrel show.
Mickey's Rescue Mickey's Rescue (1934) Character: Tomboy Taylor
When Billy get adopted by a rich couple, Mickey and the gang spring into action to bring their pal back home.
Love Pains Love Pains (1932) Character: Girl at Ice Cream Counter (uncredited)
Mickey and Grady are left behind when a new kid comes to town and all the girls fall for him.
Mickey's Touchdown Mickey's Touchdown (1933) Character: 'Tomboy' Taylor
Mickey and the gang get ready for a big game of football. But Stinky Davis has a few tricks up his sleeve to stop the gang from winning. Special guest star USC coach Howard Jones.
Mickey's Tent Show Mickey's Tent Show (1933) Character: Tomboy Taylor
Mickey and the gang put on their own circus, but Stinky Davis and his pals constantly try to disrupt it.
Mickey's Covered Wagon Mickey's Covered Wagon (1933) Character: Tomboy Taylor
Mickey and the gang go prospecting, but find themselves in a haunted house.
Mickey's Medicine Man Mickey's Medicine Man (1934) Character: Tomboy Taylor
The final Mickey McGuire comedy finds Mickey and the gang putting together a medicine show in order to help out Hambone's Uncle Nemo.
Mickey the Great Mickey the Great (1945) Character: Self
A group of young actresses reminisces about their days as part of a gang of kids, headed by Mickey McGuire. Their memories take the form of clips from episodes of the long running Mickey McGuire series of short comedies.
How's My Baby? How's My Baby? (1930) Character: The Baby
1930 Comedy short
The A-B-Cs of Love The A-B-Cs of Love (1953) Character: Gilda
Filmed version of a burlesque performance, featuring strippers, songs and comedy routines.
Classic Comedy Teams Classic Comedy Teams (1986) Character: Shirley (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)
Steve Allen hosts this collection of clips of some of the greatest comedy teams in movie and television history, including Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy, The Marx Brothers, Burns and Allen, The Three Stooges, The East-Side Kids, Abbott and Costello, and Martin and Lewis.
Singin' in the Rain Singin' in the Rain (1952) Character: Chorus Girl (uncredited)
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
Bargain Day Bargain Day (1931) Character: Shirley
Wheezer and Stymie, door-to-door salesmen, meet a lonely little rich girl.
The Drunkard The Drunkard (1935) Character: Julia
An unscrupulous lawyer uses alcohol to swindle an innocent family.
Straight from the Heart Straight from the Heart (1935) Character: Austin's Daughter
In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to help him blackmail the incumbent by using a little baby as evidence in a paternity suit. The girl goes along with it until she learns that the mayor is innocent.
Little Daddy Little Daddy (1931) Character: Shirley
Farina plans a going-away party for Stymie as authorities prepare to place him in an orphanage.
Once in a Lifetime Once in a Lifetime (1932) Character: Flower Girl (uncredited)
Story of a Hollywood studio during the transition from silents to talkies.
The Stolen Jools The Stolen Jools (1931) Character: Shirley Jean
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)
The Major and the Minor The Major and the Minor (1942) Character: College Girl (uncredited)
Low on funds, working-class girl Susan Applegate disguises herself as a youngster in order to pay half fare home. But little 'Sue Sue' finds herself in a whole heap of grownup trouble when she hides out in a compartment with handsome Major Philip Kirby.
Royal Wedding Royal Wedding (1951) Character: Dancer in Haiti Number (uncredited)
A brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London during the Royal Wedding.
Five Little Peppers in Trouble Five Little Peppers in Trouble (1940) Character: Kiki
The last of the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the children having a hard time adjusting to their new boarding school.
'Neath the Arizona Skies 'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934) Character: Nina
Chris Morrell, the guardian of half-Indian girl Nina, is helping her find her missing white father. so she can cash in on her late mother's oil lease. Outlaw Sam Black is after the girl and her father as well. Besides dealing with the Black gang, Morrell has to find another robber, Jim Moore, who switches clothes with him after he finds Chris unconscious from a fight with Sam Black. Along the way, he meets a lady who's the sister of Jim Moore, another bad hombre who's in cahoots with Jim Moore, and an old friend who takes in Nina and helps Chris locate Nina's father and fight off the various desperadoes
Crash Donovan Crash Donovan (1936) Character: Young Girl (uncredited)
A California Highway Patrolman gets involved with a smuggling ring.
Follow Thru Follow Thru (1930) Character: Cherub (uncredited)
Lora Moore, the club champion, loses a golf match to a woman from another golf club. Then Jerry Downs, a handsome golf pro, and his goofy friend, Jack Martin, show up. Lora takes him on as her golf teacher to work on her putt. She falls for him, but so do several other women. Meanwhile Angie Howard, Lora's friend, chases after Jack. A lot of silliness ensues.
Helping Grandma Helping Grandma (1931) Character: Shirley
The kids' adopted grandma decides to sell her store, but can't decide whom to sell it to. The kids try to help her out.
I Live My Life I Live My Life (1935) Character: Child at Christmas Party (Uncredited)
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
Get Hep to Love Get Hep to Love (1942) Character: Student
Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.
Best Foot Forward Best Foot Forward (1943) Character: Dancer
Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.
The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter (1934) Character: Humility Crakstone
In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing a child out of wedlock.
Fly My Kite Fly My Kite (1931) Character: Shirley
A greedy man tries to get rid of his mother by putting her in an old folks home until he discovers she has a fortune in stock certificates.
Love Business Love Business (1931) Character: Shirley
Miss Crabtree, the teacher Jackie has a crush on, rents a room at Jackie's house.



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