Shirley Jean Rickert
Acting
31
Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Singin' in the Rain
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
The Major and the Minor
College Girl (uncredited)
Royal Wedding
Dancer in Haiti Number (uncredited)
I Live My Life
Child at Christmas Party (Uncredited)
'Neath the Arizona Skies
Nina
Get Hep to Love
Student
Once in a Lifetime
Flower Girl (uncredited)
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
Kiki
Filmography
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
as Shirley (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)
The A-B-Cs of Love
1953
as Gilda
Singin' in the Rain
1952
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Royal Wedding
1951
as Dancer in Haiti Number (uncredited)
Mickey the Great
1945
as Self
Best Foot Forward
1943
as Dancer
Get Hep to Love
1942
as Student
The Major and the Minor
1942
as College Girl (uncredited)
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
1940
as Kiki
Crash Donovan
1936
as Young Girl (uncredited)
The Drunkard
1935
as Julia
I Live My Life
1935
as Child at Christmas Party (Uncredited)
Straight from the Heart
1935
as Austin's Daughter
The Scarlet Letter
1934
as Humility Crakstone
'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934
as Nina
Mickey's Medicine Man
1934
as Tomboy Taylor
Mickey's Minstrels
1934
as Tomboy Taylor
Mickey's Rescue
1934
as Tomboy Taylor
Mickey's Tent Show
1933
as Tomboy Taylor
Mickey's Touchdown
1933
as 'Tomboy' Taylor
Mickey's Covered Wagon
1933
as Tomboy Taylor
Love Pains
1932
as Girl at Ice Cream Counter (uncredited)
Once in a Lifetime
1932
as Flower Girl (uncredited)
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Shirley Jean
Helping Grandma
1931
as Shirley
Love Business
1931
as Shirley
Little Daddy
1931
as Shirley
Bargain Day
1931
as Shirley
Fly My Kite
1931
as Shirley
How's My Baby?
1930
as The Baby
Follow Thru
1930
as Cherub (uncredited)