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.

Rickert's most notable appearances were in the films Love Business and Bargain Day, in which her split-curls were the centerpiece of her precocious performance. After Rickert left the Our Gang series, she had a brief movie career, 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 until 1959.^{[citation needed]}

In the mid-1970s, she became a traveling saleswoman for industrial hardware. Late in life, she performed in local theater productions, helped maintain a Web site for her fans and occasionally appeared at film festivals and conventions. She also sold her crafts at a local shop with her daughter's family.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Mrs. Shirley Rickert Measures died on February 6, 2009, aged 82, in a nursing home after a long illness.

External links

• Shirley Jean Rickert at the Internet Movie Database
• Shirley Jean Rickert at Allmovie
• Shirley Jean Rickert at Find a Grave
• Shirley Jean Rickert's home page
• Shirley Jean Rickert's New York Times obituary

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