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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.

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

Classic Comedy Teams

1986

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Gilda

The A-B-Cs of Love

1953

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Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Singin' in the Rain

1952

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Dancer in Haiti Number (uncredited)

Royal Wedding

1951

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Self

Mickey the Great

1945

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Dancer

Best Foot Forward

1943

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Student

Get Hep to Love

1942

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College Girl (uncredited)

The Major and the Minor

1942

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Kiki

Five Little Peppers in Trouble

1940

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Young Girl (uncredited)

Crash Donovan

1936

Credits

Classic Comedy Teams

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

1986

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The A-B-Cs of Love

as Gilda

1953

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Singin' in the Rain

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

1952

8.1

Royal Wedding

as Dancer in Haiti Number (uncredited)

1951

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Mickey the Great

as Self

1945

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Best Foot Forward

as Dancer

1943

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Get Hep to Love

as Student

1942

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The Major and the Minor

as College Girl (uncredited)

1942

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Five Little Peppers in Trouble

as Kiki

1940

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Crash Donovan

as Young Girl (uncredited)

1936

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I Live My Life

as Child at Christmas Party (Uncredited)

1935

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The Drunkard

as Julia

1935

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Straight from the Heart

as Austin's Daughter

1935

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'Neath the Arizona Skies

as Nina

1934

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The Scarlet Letter

as Humility Crakstone

1934

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Mickey's Medicine Man

as Tomboy Taylor

1934

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Mickey's Rescue

as Tomboy Taylor

1934

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Mickey's Minstrels

as Tomboy Taylor

1934

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Mickey's Covered Wagon

as Tomboy Taylor

1933

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Mickey's Tent Show

as Tomboy Taylor

1933

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Mickey's Touchdown

as 'Tomboy' Taylor

1933

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Once in a Lifetime

as Flower Girl (uncredited)

1932

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Love Pains

as Girl at Ice Cream Counter (uncredited)

1932

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Fly My Kite

as Shirley

1931

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Bargain Day

as Shirley

1931

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The Stolen Jools

as Shirley Jean

1931

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Little Daddy

as Shirley

1931

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Love Business

as Shirley

1931

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Helping Grandma

as Shirley

1931

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Follow Thru

as Cherub (uncredited)

1930

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How's My Baby?

as The Baby

1930

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