Gertrude Messinger
Born: 1911-04-28 in Spokane, Washington, USA
Died: 1995-11-08
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia (The Free Encyclopedia) Gertrude Dolores Messinger was an American film actress known for her B-movie roles from the 1930s through the 1950s. She began as a child actor in silent films, but found her greatest fame in talkies of the 1930s. During her career she appeared in more than 50 motion pictures, with particular success in westerns.
Filmography
1950
- Sunset Boulevard as Hairdresser (uncredited)
1949
- Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch as Nurse
1943
- Destroyer as Girl
- Redhead from Manhattan as Club Patron
1941
- Niagara Falls as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- The Miracle Kid as Marge
1940
- Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride as Ms. Robinson
1939
- Zenobia as Party Guest
- Feud of the Range as Madge Allen
- Our Leading Citizen as Phone Operator
1937
- Secret Valley as Martin's Secretary (uncredited)
1936
- Blazing Justice as Virginia Peterson
- Aces Wild as Martha Worth
- Slippery Silks as Model's Assistant (uncredited)
- The Champ's a Chump as Gertie
1935
- The Rider of the Law as Ann Carver
- Melody Trail as Cowgirl Cuddles
- Social Error as June Merton
- Adventurous Knights as Princess Carmencita
- Wagon Trail as Joan Collins
- Roaring Roads as Gertrude 'Gertie' McDowell
- Rustler's Paradise as Connie
- The Fighting Pilot as Jean Reynolds
- Wild Waters as Mary
1934
- Crack-Up as Mary
- Anne of Green Gables as Diana
- Love Past Thirty as Zelda Burt
- Hat, Coat and Glove as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1933
- The Woman Accused as Evelyn Craig (uncredited)
1932
- Riders of the Desert as Barbara (as Gertie Messenger)
- Boy Oh Boy!
- Madame Racketeer as Patsy Hicks
- Sinister Hands as Betty Lange
- Lawless Valley as Rosita Huff
- Hidden Valley as Joyce Lanners
1931
- Mama Loves Papa as Gertie Culpepper
- High Gear as Gertie
- Call a Cop! as Gertie
- Let's Do Things as Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
- The Kick-Off! as Gertie
- Love Fever as Gertie
- Blood and Thunder as Gertie Daniels (uncredited)
- Air-Tight as Gertie
1930
- Ladies Last as Gertie
- The Rampant Age as Julie
- Doctor's Orders as Gertie
- Bigger and Better as Gertie
1929
- Two Weeks Off as Tessie McCann
- Whose Baby? as Betty
- The Jazz Age as Marjorie
1923
- The Barefoot Boy as Mary Truesdale - as a Child
- Penrod and Sam as Marjorie Jones
1921
- Rip Van Winkle as Meenie Van Winkle, 20 years later
1920
- The Luck of the Irish as The Kid's Romance
1918
- Fan Fan
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves as Morgianna
- The Girl with the Champagne Eyes as Miner's Child
1917
- Treasure Island
- Jack and the Beanstalk
- The Babes in the Woods
- A Bit o' Heaven as A Raggedy Ruggles
- Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp as Yasmini