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Gertrude Michael

Gertrude Michael

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Born June 1, 1911 in Talladega, Alabama, USA

Died December 31, 1964

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Gertrude Michael (June 1, 1911, Talladega, Alabama – December 31, 1964, Beverly Hills, California) was an American film, stage and television actress.

Born as Lillian Gertrude Michael in Talladega, Alabama, she reportedly graduated from high school at the age of 14. She became a radio singer on the radio. She attended the University of Alabama and Converse College, Cincinnati. Her childhood home in Talladega, Alabama was destroyed by fire in 2007.

In 1929 in Cincinnati she made her stage debut in a stock company. She subsequently appeared on Broadway in Rachel Crothers' Caught Wet (1931). She entered the movies playing Richard Arlen's finaceé in Wayward (1932), but her best-remembered role is probably as Rita Ross in Murder at the Vanities (1934), one of the last pre-Code films, in which she sang an ode to marijuana (Sweet Marijuana).

She had an affair with writer Paul Cain (aka Peter Ruric).After they broke up, Cain wrote the role of the alcoholic lover (based on Michael) in his only novel published during his lifetime, Fast One.

Gertrude Michael died, aged 53, from undisclosed causes, in Beverly Hills, California.

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The Last Half Hour: The Mayerling Story TV Movie2006Elizabeth, Empress of Austria

Grass Documentary1999Self

Day in Court TV Series19631 episode, 1963

The Continental Twist Poster

The Continental Twist Feature Film1961Letitia Clunker

The Outsider Poster

The Outsider Feature Film1961Clubwoman

The Case of the Dangerous Robin Poster

The Case of the Dangerous Robin TV Series19601 episode, 1961

Manhunt TV Series1959Connie

Sea Hunt Poster

Sea Hunt TV Series1958Mrs. Friedrich

Perry Mason Poster

Perry Mason TV Series1957Helen Rucker

The New Adventures of Charlie Chan Poster

The New Adventures of Charlie Chan TV Series1957Mrs. Joyce Fenton

The 20th Century-Fox Hour Poster

The 20th Century-Fox Hour TV Series1955Kate

Women's Prison Poster

Women's Prison Feature Film1955Chief Matron Sturgess

Crusader Against Cruelty TV Movie1954

Meet Corliss Archer Poster

Meet Corliss Archer TV Series1954Mrs. Wilson

The Reluctant Redeemer TV Movie1954Bithieh

No Escape Poster

No Escape Feature Film1953Olga Valerie Lewis

Private Secretary Poster

Private Secretary TV Series1953Hollywood Star

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse Poster

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse TV Series1953Coralee

Your Favorite Story Poster

Your Favorite Story TV Series1953

Your Play Time TV Series1953Coralee

Bugles in the Afternoon Poster

Bugles in the Afternoon Feature Film1952May

Cavalcade of America Poster

Cavalcade of America TV Series1952Major Pauline Cushman

Chevron Theatre Poster

Chevron Theatre TV Series19521 episode, 1953

Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson Poster

Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson TV Series1952Lisa Jenssen

Four Star Playhouse Poster

Four Star Playhouse TV Series1952Fanny

Rebound TV Series1952Linda

The Ford Television Theatre Poster

The Ford Television Theatre TV Series1952Belle

The Unexpected TV Series1952Elsa Carren

This Is the Life Poster

This Is the Life TV Series1952Mrs. Barton

Your Jeweler's Showcase Poster

Your Jeweler's Showcase TV Series19521 episode, 1952

Darling, How Could You! Poster

Darling, How Could You! Feature Film1951Mrs. Rossiter

Schlitz Playhouse Poster

Schlitz Playhouse TV Series1951The Duchess

Caged Feature Film1950Georgia Harrison

Cameo Theatre Poster

Cameo Theatre TV Series19501 episode, 1955

Fireside Theatre Poster

Fireside Theatre TV Series1949Amanda

Flamingo Road Poster

Flamingo Road Feature Film1949Millie

That Wonderful Urge Poster

That Wonderful Urge Feature Film1948Mrs. Whitson

Allotment Wives Poster

Allotment Wives Feature Film1945Gladys Smith

Club Havana Poster

Club Havana Feature Film1945Hetty - Powder Room Attendant

Three's a Crowd Poster

Three's a Crowd Feature Film1945Sophie Whipple

Faces in the Fog Poster

Faces in the Fog Feature Film1944Nora Brooks

Behind Prison Walls Poster

Behind Prison Walls Feature Film1943Elinor Cantwell

Where Are Your Children? Poster

Where Are Your Children? Feature Film1943Nell Lawson

Women in Bondage Poster

Women in Bondage Feature Film1943District Director Schneider

Prisoner of Japan Poster

Prisoner of Japan Feature Film1942Toni Chase

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby Poster

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby Feature Film1940Magda Delys

Parole Fixer Poster

Parole Fixer Feature Film1940Collette Menthe

Pound Foolish Poster

Pound Foolish Short Film1940Mrs. Irene Reynolds

Slightly Tempted Poster

Slightly Tempted Feature Film1940Duchess

The Farmer's Daughter Poster

The Farmer's Daughter Feature Film1940Clarice Sheldon

Hidden Power Poster

Hidden Power Feature Film1939Virginia Garfield

Just Like a Woman Poster

Just Like a Woman Feature Film1938Ann Heston

The Hidden Menace Feature Film1938Yester

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air Poster

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air Feature Film1937Jessica Stafford

Round the Film Studios TV Series1937Self - Actress

Sophie Lang Goes West Poster

Sophie Lang Goes West Feature Film1937Sophie Lang

Forgotten Faces Poster

Forgotten Faces Feature Film1936Cleo

Make Way for a Lady Poster

Make Way for a Lady Feature Film1936Miss Eleanor Emerson

Second Wife Poster

Second Wife Feature Film1936Virginia Howard

The Return of Sophie Lang Poster

The Return of Sophie Lang Feature Film1936Sophie Lang aka Ethel Thomas

Till We Meet Again Poster

Till We Meet Again Feature Film1936Elsa Duranyi

Woman Trap Poster

Woman Trap Feature Film1936Barbara 'Buff' Andrews

Four Hours to Kill! Poster

Four Hours to Kill! Feature Film1935Mrs. Sylvia Temple

It Happened in New York Poster

It Happened in New York Feature Film1935Vania Nardi

The Last Outpost Poster

The Last Outpost Feature Film1935Rosemary

Bolero Feature Film1934Lady D'Argon

Cleopatra Poster

Cleopatra Feature Film1934Calpurnia

Father Brown, Detective Poster

Father Brown, Detective Feature Film1934Evelyn Fischer

George White's Scandals Poster

George White's Scandals Feature Film1934Miss Lee

Hold That Girl Poster

Hold That Girl Feature Film1934Dorothy Lamont

I Believed in You Poster

I Believed in You Feature Film1934Pamela Banks

Menace Feature Film1934Helen Chalmers

Murder at the Vanities Poster

Murder at the Vanities Feature Film1934Rita Ross

Murder on the Blackboard Poster

Murder on the Blackboard Feature Film1934Jane Davis

Search for Beauty Poster

Search for Beauty Feature Film1934Jean Strange

The Notorious Sophie Lang Poster

The Notorious Sophie Lang Feature Film1934Sophie Lang

The Witching Hour Poster

The Witching Hour Feature Film1934Margaret Price

A Bedtime Story Poster

A Bedtime Story Feature Film1933Louise

Ann Vickers Poster

Ann Vickers Feature Film1933Mona Dolphin

Cradle Song Poster

Cradle Song Feature Film1933Sister Marcella

Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 Short Film1933Self

I'm No Angel Poster

I'm No Angel Feature Film1933Alicia Hatton

Night of Terror Poster

Night of Terror Feature Film1933Sarah Rinehart

Sailor Be Good Poster

Sailor Be Good Feature Film1933Kay Whitney

Unashamed Poster

Unashamed Feature Film1932Marjorie

Wayward Feature Film1932Mary Morton

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