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
- Aces Wild as Martha Worth
- Slippery Silks as Model's Assistant (uncredited)
- The Champ's a Chump as Gertie
- Blazing Justice as Virginia Peterson
1935
- Wild Waters as Mary
- Wagon Trail as Joan Collins
- Adventurous Knights as Princess Carmencita
- Melody Trail as Cowgirl Cuddles
- The Fighting Pilot as Jean Reynolds
- The Rider of the Law as Ann Carver
- Social Error as June Merton
- Roaring Roads as Gertrude 'Gertie' McDowell
- Rustler's Paradise as Connie
1934
- Crack-Up as Mary
- Anne of Green Gables as Diana
- Hat, Coat and Glove as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- Love Past Thirty as Zelda Burt
1933
- The Woman Accused as Evelyn Craig (uncredited)
1932
- Madame Racketeer as Patsy Hicks
- Lawless Valley as Rosita Huff
- Sinister Hands as Betty Lange
- Hidden Valley as Joyce Lanners
- Boy Oh Boy!
- Riders of the Desert as Barbara (as Gertie Messenger)
1931
- High Gear as Gertie
- Love Fever as Gertie
- The Kick-Off! as Gertie
- Blood and Thunder as Gertie Daniels (uncredited)
- Let's Do Things as Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
- Call a Cop! as Gertie
- Mama Loves Papa as Gertie Culpepper
- Air-Tight as Gertie
1930
- Doctor's Orders as Gertie
- The Rampant Age as Julie
- Ladies Last as Gertie
- Bigger and Better as Gertie
1929
- The Jazz Age as Marjorie
- Whose Baby? as Betty
- Two Weeks Off as Tessie McCann
1923
- Penrod and Sam as Marjorie Jones
- The Barefoot Boy as Mary Truesdale - as a Child
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
- The Babes in the Woods
- A Bit o' Heaven as A Raggedy Ruggles
- Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp as Yasmini
- Jack and the Beanstalk