Occupation Actress Parents Lew Short, Estelle Short Role Film actress | Name Gertrude Short Years active 1912-1945 | |
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Full Name Carmen Gertrude Short Born April 6, 1902 ( 1902-04-06 ) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. Died July 31, 1968, Hollywood, California, United States Movies Laughing Sinners, Beggar on Horseback Siblings Antrim Short, Florence Short Similar People Hobart Henley, Frank Reicher, Edward Carewe, William K Howard, W S Van Dyke | ||
Gertrude Short (April 6, 1902 – July 31, 1968) was an American film actress of the silent and early sound era. She appeared in 132 films between 1912 and 1945. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and died in Hollywood, California, aged 66, from a heart attack.
Filmography
Actress
1946
Gettin' Glamour (Short) as
Gussie (uncredited)
1945
Smart Boy (Short) as
Waitress (uncredited)
1945
Man Alive as
Mrs. Fogarty (uncredited)
1945
Guest Pests (Short)
1945
Week-End at the Waldorf as
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1945
Sheriff of Cimarron as
Portly Woman (uncredited)
1942
Two for the Money (Short)
1942
Her Cardboard Lover as
Hotel Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1941
Tom, Dick and Harry as
Bridge Matron (scenes deleted)
1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as
Mother (scenes deleted)
1940
Spots Before Your Eyes (Short)
1939
Dog-Gone (Short) as
Hilda, the Maid
1939
Broadway Serenade as
Second 5&10 Salesgirl (uncredited)
1939
You Can't Get Away with Murder as
Peg (uncredited)
1938
Tip-Off Girls as
'Boots' Milburn
1937
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round as
Danny's Nightclub Date (uncredited)
1937
Stella Dallas as
Carrie Jenkins (uncredited)
1937
Wild Money as
Miss Green
1937
The Singing Marine as
Mamie - Mike's Girl (uncredited)
1937
Penny Wisdom (Short) as
Chloe Smudge (uncredited)
1937
Park Avenue Logger as
Margy MacLean
1936
The Big Broadcast of 1937 as
Suzie - Waitress (uncredited)
1936
13 Hours by Air as
Waitress in Omaha (uncredited)
1936
Follow the Fleet as
Cashier in Paradise Ballroom (uncredited)
1935
The Affair of Susan as
Girl in Candy Shop (uncredited)
1935
Woman Wanted as
Gertie
1935
Front Page Woman as
Miss Dunn (uncredited)
1935
'G' Men as
Collins' Moll (uncredited)
1935
Hollywood Trouble (Short) as
Miss Kelly
1934
Helldorado as
Mae (uncredited)
1934
The St. Louis Kid as
Babe Smith - the Girl Buck Picks Up
1934
Happiness Ahead as
Party Reveller (uncredited)
1934
Death on the Diamond as
Player's Wife (uncredited)
1934
The Key as
Evie - a Barmaid
1934
The Thin Man as
Marion (uncredited)
1934
Love Birds as
Burlesque Girl
1934
A Trifle Backward (Short)
1933
Son of Kong as
Reporter (uncredited)
1933
Secret Sinners as
Sue's Chum - the Chorus Girl
1933
The Girl in 419 as
Lucy - Housekeeper
1933
Scandal (Short)
1932
Blonde Venus as
Receptionist (uncredited)
1932
Make Me a Star as
Girl with the Pattersons (uncredited)
1932
Niagara Falls (Short)
1932
What Price Hollywood? as
Waitress Letting Mary Serve Max (uncredited)
1932
Gigolettes (Short) as
Gertie
1932
Only Men Wanted (Short)
1931
Easy to Get (Short) as
Gertrude
1931
Take 'em and Shake 'em (Short)
1931
June First (Short) as
Gertrude
1931
Laughing Sinners as
Edna
1931
A Butter 'n' Yeggman (Short)
1930
Sin Takes a Holiday as
Bobbie (uncredited)
1930
Once a Gentleman as
Dolly
1930
Little Accident as
Miss Clark
1930
The Last Dance as
Sybil Kelly
1929
The Broadway Hoofer as
Annabelle
1929
Gold Diggers of Broadway as
Topsy
1929
The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait as
Maizie
1929
Bulldog Drummond as
Barmaid
1929
The Three Outcasts as
June
1929
Trial Marriage as
Prudence
1928
None But the Brave (unconfirmed)
1927
Polly of the Movies as
Polly Primrose
1927
Women's Wares as
Maisie Duncan
1927
Ladies at Ease as
Mabel
1927
Adam and Evil as
Dora Dell
1927
Tillie the Toiler as
Bubbles
1927
The Show as
Lena
1927
The Masked Woman as
Mimi
1926
Dangerous Friends as
Linda Betts
1926
The Lily as
Lucie Plock
1926
A Poor Girl's Romance as
Anne Beaudeau
1926
Ladies of Leisure as
Marian Forrest
1926
Sweet Adeline as
Cabaret Dancer
1925
The Other Woman's Story as
Gertie Van
1925
The People vs. Nancy Preston as
Agnes
1925
Tessie as
Mame McQuire
1925
My Lady's Lips as
Crook girl
1925
Beggar on Horseback as
Gladys Cady
1925
The Talker as
Maud Fells
1925
Her Market Value as
Kitty
1925
Code of the West as
Mollie Thurman
1925
The Narrow Street as
Nell Mangan
1924
Barbara Frietchie as
Sue Rogers
1924
Faster Foster (Short)
1924
Love and Learn (Short) as
Hazel
1924
The Square Sex (Short) as
Hazel
1924
For the Love of Mike (Short) as
Sadie
1924
William Tells (Short) as
Sadie
1924
King Leary (Short) as
Sadie
1924
Sherlock's Home (Short) as
Hazel Killian - Switchboard Operator
1924
Money to Burns (Short) as
Sadie
1924
When Knighthood Was in Tower (Short) as
Sadie
1924
Julius Sees Her (Short) as
Sadie
1924
Leap Year as
Molly Morris
1923
The Man Life Passed By as
Paula
1923
Breaking Into Society as
Sally
1923
The Gold Diggers as
Topsy St. John
1923
The Prisoner as
Lady Jane
1923
Crinoline and Romance as
Sibil Vane
1922
Youth to Youth as
Luella
1922
Boy Crazy as
Evelina Skinner
1922
Headin' West as
Potato Polly
1922
Rent Free as
Justine Tate
1921
Fool's Paradise as
Child (uncredited)
1921
The Blot as
Miss Olsen (uncredited)
1920
She Couldn't Help It as
Mag Monahan
1920
Cinderella's Twin as
Marcia Valentine
1920
You Never Can Tell as
Vera
1919
In Mizzoura as
Lisbeth Vernon
1919
The Heart of Youth as
Cora
1919
Blackie's Redemption as
Baby Doll
1918
Riddle Gawne as
Jane Gawne
1918
The Only Road as
Bianca
1918
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley as
Freida Shultz The Gossip (uncredited)
1917
A Little Princess as
Ermigarde
1917
The Hostage as
Sophia (her sister)
1917
A Bit o' Heaven as
A Raggedy Ruggles
1917
Skinny Gets a Goat (Short) as
The New Cashier
1916
The Purple Mask as
Mary MacLean
1916
Luke's Movie Muddle (Short)
1915
The Broken Coin as
Young girl
1915
The Cowboy and the Lady
1915
Fatty's Infatuation (Short) as
Fatty's Sweetheart
1914
The Little Angel of Canyon Creek as
Olaf Tryggvesson
1914
Jess of the Mountain Country as
May Gibbons (Jack's Sister)
1914
The Hopes of Blind Alley (Short) as
Child (uncredited)
1914
The Fruit of Evil (Short)
1914
Thieves (Short) as
Billy Barr
1914
Captain Junior (Short) as
Captain Junior
1914
The Test (Short)
1914
The Embezzler (Short)
1914
Her Father's Guilt (Short) as
Marie
1914
The Honor of the Mounted (Short)
1914
Secret of the Bulb (Short) as
Little Nellie
1913
A Cracksman Santa Claus (Short) as
Dot's Sister
1913
Playmates (Short) as
Dorothy
1913
The Kid (Short) as
Gertrude
1913
The Echo of a Song (Short) as
Fagin's Younger Daughter
1913
Chivalry Days (Short)
1913
In the Coils of the Python (Short) as
Oswald Bainbridge - the Child
1913
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Short) as
Eva
1913
The Sea Urchin (Short)
1913
Campaigning with Custer (Short) as
Gertrude (Gen. Custer's Niece)
1913
When Sherman Marched to the Sea (Short) as
Gertie
1913
Why Rags Left Home (Short) as
Maggie
1913
Cinders (Short) as
Katy, a Child
1913
The Darling of the Regiment (Short) as
Gertrude - the Darling of the Regiment
1912
The Driver of the Deadwood Coach (Short) as
Driver's Daughter
1912
Early's Awakening (Short) as
Gertie - Poor Little Girl
1912
Hearts in Conflict (Short) as
Jeanne
References
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