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.
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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.488 |
Birthday | 1926-03-25 |
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, |
1952
Singin' in the Rain
8.2/3101
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
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Singin' in the Rain
1934
The Scarlet Letter
4.9/11
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.
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The Scarlet Letter
1934
'Neath the Arizona Skies
4.5/31
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....
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'Neath the Arizona Skies
1930
How's My Baby?
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1930 Comedy short
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How's My Baby?
1935
The Drunkard
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An unscrupulous lawyer uses alcohol to swindle an innocent family.
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The Drunkard
1953
The A-B-Cs of Love
1.5/2
Filmed version of a burlesque performance, featuring strippers, songs and comedy routines.
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The A-B-Cs of Love
1933
Mickey's Tent Show
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Mickey and the gang put on their own circus, but Stinky Davis and his pals constantly try to disrupt it.
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Mickey's Tent Show
1933
Mickey's Touchdown
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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...
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Mickey's Touchdown
1934
Mickey's Medicine Man
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The final Mickey McGuire comedy finds Mickey and the gang putting together a medicine show in order to help out Hambone's Uncle Nemo.
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Mickey's Medicine Man
1934
Mickey's Minstrels
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In order to pay back Stinky Davis, Mickey becomes an organ grinder, and later put on a minstrel show.
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Mickey's Minstrels
1940
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
6.7/3
The last of the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the children having a hard time adjusting to their new boarding school.
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Five Little Peppers in Trouble
1931
The Stolen Jools
5.6/28
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tubercu...
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The Stolen Jools
1932
Love Pains
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Mickey and Grady are left behind when a new kid comes to town and all the girls fall for him.
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Love Pains
1945
Mickey the Great
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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...
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Mickey the Great
1934
Mickey's Rescue
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When Billy get adopted by a rich couple, Mickey and the gang spring into action to bring their pal back home.
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Mickey's Rescue
1933
Mickey's Covered Wagon
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Mickey and the gang go prospecting, but find themselves in a haunted house.
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Mickey's Covered Wagon
1932
Once in a Lifetime
7/2
Story of a Hollywood studio during the transition from silents to talkies.
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Once in a Lifetime
1951
Royal Wedding
6.4/92
Tom and Ellen are asked to perform as a dance team in England at the time of Princess Elizabeth's wedding. As brother and sister, each develops a Brit...
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Royal Wedding
1935
I Live My Life
6.4/8
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
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I Live My Life
1931
Helping Grandma
6.8/6
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.
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Helping Grandma
1931
Love Business
6.9/5
Miss Crabtree, the teacher Jackie has a crush on, rents a room at Jackie's house.
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Love Business
1931
Little Daddy
7/6
Farina plans a going-away party for Stymie as authorities prepare to place him in an orphanage.
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Little Daddy
1942
Get Hep to Love
4/1
Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.
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Get Hep to Love
1943
Best Foot Forward
6/4
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-hun...
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Best Foot Forward
1931
Bargain Day
6/2
Wheezer and Stymie, door-to-door salesmen, meet a lonely little rich girl.
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Bargain Day
1936
Crash Donovan
0/0
A California Highway Patrolman gets involved with a smuggling ring.
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Crash Donovan
1942
The Major and the Minor
7/126
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The Major and the Minor
1931
Fly My Kite
7/5
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.
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