Shirley Jean Rickert
Birthday
1926/03/25
Day of death
2009/02/06 (82 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Seattle, Washington, USA
Also know as
Shirley Jean , Shirley Jean Rickert Measures, Shirley Jean Measures, Shirley Jane Rickert , Shirley Jeane Rickert, Shirley Rickert, Shirley Jean Ricketts, Shirley Ricketts
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 t...Read more
Acting
(1952) Singin' in the Rain
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
(1934) The Scarlet Letter
as Humility Crakstone
(1934) 'Neath the Arizona Skies
as Nina
(1930) How's My Baby?
as The Baby
(1935) The Drunkard
as Julia
(1953) The A-B-Cs of Love
as Gilda
(1933) Mickey's Tent Show
as Tomboy Taylor
(1933) Mickey's Touchdown
as 'Tomboy' Taylor
(1934) Mickey's Medicine Man
as Tomboy Taylor
(1934) Mickey's Minstrels
as Tomboy Taylor
(1940) Five Little Peppers in Trouble
as Kiki
(1931) The Stolen Jools
as Shirley Jean
(1932) Love Pains
as Girl at Ice Cream Counter (uncredited)
(1945) Mickey the Great
as Self
(1934) Mickey's Rescue
as Tomboy Taylor
(1933) Mickey's Covered Wagon
as Tomboy Taylor
(1932) Once in a Lifetime
as Flower Girl (uncredited)
(1951) Royal Wedding
as Dancer in Haiti Number (uncredited)
(1935) I Live My Life
as Child at Christmas Party (Uncredited)
(1931) Helping Grandma
as Shirley
(1931) Love Business
as Shirley
(1931) Little Daddy
as Shirley
(1942) Get Hep to Love
as Student
(1943) Best Foot Forward
as Dancer
(1931) Bargain Day
as Shirley
(1936) Crash Donovan
as Young Girl (uncredited)
(1942) The Major and the Minor
as College Girl
(1931) Fly My Kite
as Shirley