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.

Most Known For

Singin' in the Rain

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

The Stolen Jools

as Shirley Jean

Royal Wedding

as Dancer in Haiti Number (uncredited)

The Major and the Minor

as College Girl (uncredited)

Best Foot Forward

as Dancer

'Neath the Arizona Skies

as Nina

Little Daddy

as Shirley

I Live My Life

as Child at Christmas Party (Uncredited)

Follow Thru

as Cherub (uncredited)

The Scarlet Letter

as Humility Crakstone

Once in a Lifetime

as Flower Girl (uncredited)

Crash Donovan

as Young Girl (uncredited)

Love Business

as Shirley

Five Little Peppers in Trouble

as Kiki

Straight from the Heart

as Austin's Daughter

Classic Comedy Teams

as Shirley (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)

Mickey's Covered Wagon

as Tomboy Taylor

The Drunkard

as Julia

Helping Grandma

as Shirley

Mickey's Rescue

as Tomboy Taylor