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
- The Champ's a Chump as Gertie
- Slippery Silks as Model's Assistant (uncredited)
- Aces Wild as Martha Worth
- Blazing Justice as Virginia Peterson
1935
- The Rider of the Law as Ann Carver
- Wagon Trail as Joan Collins
- Rustler's Paradise as Connie
- Roaring Roads as Gertrude 'Gertie' McDowell
- Social Error as June Merton
- Melody Trail as Cowgirl Cuddles
- The Fighting Pilot as Jean Reynolds
- Adventurous Knights as Princess Carmencita
- Wild Waters as Mary
1934
- Anne of Green Gables as Diana
- Crack-Up as Mary
- Hat, Coat and Glove as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- Love Past Thirty as Zelda Burt
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
- Let's Do Things as Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
- Blood and Thunder as Gertie Daniels (uncredited)
- Mama Loves Papa as Gertie Culpepper
- Call a Cop! as Gertie
- High Gear as Gertie
- The Kick-Off! as Gertie
- Love Fever as Gertie
- 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
- Whose Baby? as Betty
- Two Weeks Off as Tessie McCann
- 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
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves as Morgianna
- The Girl with the Champagne Eyes as Miner's Child
- Fan Fan
1917
- A Bit o' Heaven as A Raggedy Ruggles
- Jack and the Beanstalk
- The Babes in the Woods
- Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp as Yasmini
- Treasure Island