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
- Our Leading Citizen as Phone Operator
- Feud of the Range as Madge Allen
1937
- Secret Valley as Martin's Secretary (uncredited)
1936
- Aces Wild as Martha Worth
- Blazing Justice as Virginia Peterson
- Slippery Silks as Model's Assistant (uncredited)
- The Champ's a Chump as Gertie
1935
- The Rider of the Law as Ann Carver
- Rustler's Paradise as Connie
- Social Error as June Merton
- Melody Trail as Cowgirl Cuddles
- Wagon Trail as Joan Collins
- Adventurous Knights as Princess Carmencita
- Roaring Roads as Gertrude 'Gertie' McDowell
- The Fighting Pilot as Jean Reynolds
- Wild Waters as Mary
1934
- Anne of Green Gables as Diana
- Hat, Coat and Glove as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- Love Past Thirty as Zelda Burt
- Crack-Up as Mary
1933
- The Woman Accused as Evelyn Craig (uncredited)
1932
- Madame Racketeer as Patsy Hicks
- Lawless Valley as Rosita Huff
- Riders of the Desert as Barbara (as Gertie Messenger)
- Hidden Valley as Joyce Lanners
- Sinister Hands as Betty Lange
- Boy Oh Boy!
1931
- High Gear as Gertie
- Let's Do Things as Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
- Call a Cop! as Gertie
- Love Fever as Gertie
- Mama Loves Papa as Gertie Culpepper
- Blood and Thunder as Gertie Daniels (uncredited)
- The Kick-Off! as Gertie
- Air-Tight as Gertie
1930
- Doctor's Orders as Gertie
- Ladies Last as Gertie
- Bigger and Better as Gertie
- The Rampant Age as Julie
1929
- Two Weeks Off as Tessie McCann
- The Jazz Age as Marjorie
- Whose Baby? as Betty
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
- The Girl with the Champagne Eyes as Miner's Child
- Fan Fan
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves as Morgianna
1917
- Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp as Yasmini
- Treasure Island
- Jack and the Beanstalk
- A Bit o' Heaven as A Raggedy Ruggles
- The Babes in the Woods