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
- Redhead from Manhattan as Club Patron
- Destroyer as Girl
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
- Social Error as June Merton
- Wagon Trail as Joan Collins
- Rustler's Paradise as Connie
- Melody Trail as Cowgirl Cuddles
- The Fighting Pilot as Jean Reynolds
- Adventurous Knights as Princess Carmencita
- Wild Waters as Mary
- Roaring Roads as Gertrude 'Gertie' McDowell
1934
- Anne of Green Gables as Diana
- Crack-Up as Mary
- 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
- Lawless Valley as Rosita Huff
- Sinister Hands as Betty Lange
- Hidden Valley as Joyce Lanners
1931
- Mama Loves Papa as Gertie Culpepper
- Let's Do Things as Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
- High Gear as Gertie
- Love Fever as Gertie
- Blood and Thunder as Gertie Daniels (uncredited)
- Air-Tight as Gertie
- The Kick-Off! as Gertie
- Call a Cop! 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
- The Jazz Age as Marjorie
- Two Weeks Off as Tessie McCann
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
- The Girl with the Champagne Eyes as Miner's Child
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves as Morgianna
1917
- The Babes in the Woods
- A Bit o' Heaven as A Raggedy Ruggles
- Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp as Yasmini
- Treasure Island
- Jack and the Beanstalk