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.
Acting
Movie
Singin' in the Rain
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
1952
Movie
The Major and the Minor
as College Girl (uncredited)
1942
Movie
Royal Wedding
as Dancer in Haiti Number (uncredited)
1951
Movie
'Neath the Arizona Skies
as Nina
1934
Movie
The Stolen Jools
as Shirley Jean
1931
Movie
The Scarlet Letter
as Humility Crakstone
1934
Movie
I Live My Life
as Child at Christmas Party (Uncredited)
1935
Movie
Helping Grandma
as Shirley
1931
Movie
Little Daddy
as Shirley
1931
Movie
Fly My Kite
as Shirley
1931
Movie
Love Business
as Shirley
1931
Movie
Follow Thru
as Cherub (uncredited)
1930
Movie
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
as Kiki
1940
Movie
Best Foot Forward
as Dancer
1943
Movie
Bargain Day
as Shirley
1931
Movie
The A-B-Cs of Love
as Gilda
1953
Movie
Once in a Lifetime
as Flower Girl (uncredited)
1932
Movie
Get Hep to Love
as Student
1942
Movie
How's My Baby?
as The Baby
1930
Movie
The Drunkard
as Julia
1935
Movie
Mickey's Tent Show
as Tomboy Taylor
1933
Movie
Mickey's Touchdown
as 'Tomboy' Taylor
1933
Movie
Mickey's Medicine Man
as Tomboy Taylor
1934
Movie
Mickey's Minstrels
as Tomboy Taylor
1934