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Gertrude Michael(1911-1964)

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Gertrude Michael
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Caged (1950)
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Gertrude Michael was born in Talladega, Alabama, on June 1, 1911. After graduating from high school, she appeared on radio, as a musician and "Home Arts" advisor. A piano prodigy, she dropped out of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music at age 18 to pursue acting. It was in Cincinnati, in 1929, that she made her stage debut in a stock company headed by Stuart Walker. She subsequently appeared on Broadway in Rachel Crothers's "Caught Wet" (1931). She entered the movies playing Richard Arlen's fiancée in Wayward (1932). Arguably her best remembered role is the jealous "Rita Ross" of Murder at the Vanities (1934). She died in Hollywood on December 31, 1964, having never married. She was interred at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, California.
BornJune 1, 1911
DiedDecember 31, 1964(53)
BornJune 1, 1911
DiedDecember 31, 1964(53)
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Robert Armstrong, Buster Crabbe, James Gleason, and Gertrude Michael in Search for Beauty (1934)
Ray Milland and Gertrude Michael in Four Hours to Kill! (1935)
Bruce Cabot and Gertrude Michael in Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
Bruce Cabot and Gertrude Michael in Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
Bruce Cabot and Gertrude Michael in Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
Gertrude Michael and Edna May Oliver in Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
Maurice Chevalier, Gertrude Michael, and Helen Twelvetrees in A Bedtime Story (1933)
Ray Milland, Paul Cavanagh, Berton Churchill, and Gertrude Michael in Menace (1934)
Gertrude Michael and Vivienne Osborne in Sailor Be Good (1933)
Gertrude Michael in Menace (1934)
Gertrude Michael in The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)
Robert Gleckler and Gertrude Michael in Forgotten Faces (1936)

Known for

Cary Grant in The Last Outpost (1935)
The Last Outpost
6.0
  • Rosemary
  • 1935
Alan Baxter, Ernst Deutsch, and Gertrude Michael in Prisoner of Japan (1942)
Prisoner of Japan
4.6
  • Toni Chase
  • 1942
Murder at the Vanities (1934)
Murder at the Vanities
6.5
  • Rita Ross
  • 1934
I'm No Angel (1933)
I'm No Angel
6.9
  • Alicia Hatton
  • 1933

Credits

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Actress

  • Day in Court
  • Tony Curtis in The Outsider (1961)
    The Outsider
    • (uncredited)
  • The Continental Twist (1961)
    The Continental Twist
  • Lloyd Bridges in Sea Hunt (1958)
    Sea Hunt
  • The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960)
    The Case of the Dangerous Robin
  • Manhunt (1959)
    Manhunt
  • Perry Mason (1957)
    Perry Mason
  • The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957)
    The New Adventures of Charlie Chan
  • Hal Baylor, Hans Conried, and Chuck Hicks in Schlitz Playhouse (1951)
    Schlitz Playhouse
  • The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955)
    The 20th Century-Fox Hour
  • Cameo Theatre (1950)
    Cameo Theatre
  • Your Play Time
  • Fireside Theatre (1949)
    Fireside Theatre
    • ...
  • Jan Sterling, Ida Lupino, and Cleo Moore in Women's Prison (1955)
    Women's Prison
  • Four Star Playhouse (1952)
    Four Star Playhouse

Soundtrack

  • Grass (1999)
    Grass
  • Murder at the Vanities (1934)
    Murder at the Vanities
    • (uncredited)

Videos2

Flamingo Road
Trailer 1:59
Flamingo Road
Caged (1950)
Trailer 2:05
Caged (1950)

Personal details

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    • June 1, 1911
    • Talladega, Alabama, USA
    • December 31, 1964
    • Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared in "Calling All Stars" on Broadwau. Musical revue. Dialogue / sketches directed by Lew Brown and Thomas Mitchell. Dances / ensembles directed by Maurice L. Kussel. Scenic Design by Nat Karson. Costume Design by Billi Livingston; Lighting Design by Abe Feder. Strauss dances directed by Sara Mildred Strauss. Entire production supervised / produced by Lew Brown. Hollywood Theatre: 13 Dec 1934-12 Jan 1935 (36 performances). Cast: Edna Abbey, Janet Abbott, Eunice Altea, Alice Anderson, Alice Anthon, Arthur Auerbach, Phil Baker, Alice Bankert, Al Bernie, Babette Bissinger, Alice Blair, Anthony Blair, Mary Bolles, Patricia Bowman, George Brady, Ann Budnik, Emma Burke, Olga Burke, Dolores Campbell, Ann Canova, Judy Canova, Peter Canova, Zeke Canova, Gloria Claire, Catherine Clark, Marie Cole, Irene Coleman, Nathalie Crandall, Marguerite De Coursey, Rena Dell, Anita Ferne, Pat C. Flick, Gladys Glancy, George Gordon, Roxy Green, Revalie Haber, Billy Hale, Marion Heemsath, Orchid Henson, Lou Holtz, George Hunter, Estelle Jayne, Eddie Johnson, Sel Jos, Iris Kingsley, Viola Lenn, Clark Leston, Ella Logan, Eleanor Low, Helen Mack, Ned Maisel, Joan Manners, Everett Marshall, Camilla Masters, Gloria Mausier, Mitzi Mayfair, Sara Mazo, June McGraol, Harry McNaughton, June McNulty, William Meader, Ann Metzger, Elsie Mindell, Ruth Morgan, June Murphy, Gertrude Niesen, Rose Palmer, Grace Patterson, Harry Patterson, Ellen Pratt, Grace Pearce, Jean Rauley, Martha Raye, D. Raymond, Grace Rochester, Sara Mildred Strauss Dancers, Munice Sich, Frances Sinclair, Polly Sturgeon, Jack Tally, Peggy Taylor and Her Dancing Pirates, Lorraine Teatom, June Tempest, Bobby Theiss, Cynthia Thompson, Emily Von Hoven, Marguerite White, Jack Whiting, Joan Whitney.
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    • 5 Pictorials

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  • Trivia
    Had a love-affair with hard-boiled short story writer Paul Cain, who wrote for the screen under the pseudonym Peter Ruric. After they broke up, Cain wrote about her in the only novel of his published during his lifetime, "Fast One." Both Gertrude and Cain were alcoholics, and in the novel published several years later after they called it quits, she was the inspiration for the dipsomaniac lover, Granquist.

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