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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 25, 1926
Deathday: February 06, 2009
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Singin' in the Rain
1952-04-09
Singin' in the Rain
Overview: In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-09
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The Scarlet Letter
1934-09-18
The Scarlet Letter
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-18
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'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934-12-05
'Neath the Arizona Skies
Overview: 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
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-05
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How's My Baby?
1930-06-22
How's My Baby?
Overview: 1930 Comedy short
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-06-22
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The Drunkard
1935-04-03
The Drunkard
Overview: An unscrupulous lawyer uses alcohol to swindle an innocent family.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-03
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The A-B-Cs of Love
1953-01-01
The A-B-Cs of Love
Overview: Filmed version of a burlesque performance, featuring strippers, songs and comedy routines.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-01
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Mickey's Tent Show
1933-10-26
Mickey's Tent Show
Overview: Mickey and the gang put on their own circus, but Stinky Davis and his pals constantly try to disrupt it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-26
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Mickey's Touchdown
1933-10-13
Mickey's Touchdown
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-13
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Mickey's Medicine Man
1934-05-17
Mickey's Medicine Man
Overview: The final Mickey McGuire comedy finds Mickey and the gang putting together a medicine show in order to help out Hambone's Uncle Nemo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-17
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Mickey's Minstrels
1934-01-10
Mickey's Minstrels
Overview: In order to pay back Stinky Davis, Mickey becomes an organ grinder, and later put on a minstrel show.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-10
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Five Little Peppers in Trouble
1940-09-01
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
Overview: The last of the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the children having a hard time adjusting to their new boarding school.
Genres: Family Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-01
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The Stolen Jools
1931-04-04
The Stolen Jools
Overview: Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-04
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Love Pains
1932-02-13
Love Pains
Overview: Mickey and Grady are left behind when a new kid comes to town and all the girls fall for him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-13
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Mickey the Great
1945-04-06
Mickey the Great
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-06
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Mickey's Rescue
1934-03-22
Mickey's Rescue
Overview: When Billy get adopted by a rich couple, Mickey and the gang spring into action to bring their pal back home.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-22
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Mickey's Covered Wagon
1933-11-29
Mickey's Covered Wagon
Overview: Mickey and the gang go prospecting, but find themselves in a haunted house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-29
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Once in a Lifetime
1932-10-02
Once in a Lifetime
Overview: Story of a Hollywood studio during the transition from silents to talkies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-02
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Royal Wedding
1951-03-08
Royal Wedding
Overview: 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 British love interest, Ellen with Lord John Brindale and Tom with dancer Anne Ashmond.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-08
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I Live My Life
1935-10-04
I Live My Life
Overview: A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-04
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Helping Grandma
1931-01-03
Helping Grandma
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-03
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Love Business
1931-02-14
Love Business
Overview: Miss Crabtree, the teacher Jackie has a crush on, rents a room at Jackie's house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-14
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Little Daddy
1931-03-28
Little Daddy
Overview: Farina plans a going-away party for Stymie as authorities prepare to place him in an orphanage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-03-28
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Get Hep to Love
1942-10-02
Get Hep to Love
Overview: Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-02
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Best Foot Forward
1943-10-08
Best Foot Forward
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-10-08
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Bargain Day
1931-05-01
Bargain Day
Overview: Wheezer and Stymie, door-to-door salesmen, meet a lonely little rich girl.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-01
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Crash Donovan
1936-08-01
Crash Donovan
Overview: A California Highway Patrolman gets involved with a smuggling ring.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-01
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The Major and the Minor
1942-09-16
The Major and the Minor
Overview: Returning to her hometown from New York, Susan Applegate learns that she hasn't enough for the train fare and disguises herself as a twelve-year-old to travel for half the price. She hides from the conductors in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby, a military school instructor, who takes the "child" under his wing.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-16
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Fly My Kite
1931-05-30
Fly My Kite
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-30
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