Gertrude Short
Acting
Biography
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Born: April 6, 1902
Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Known For
A Bit o' Heaven
A young disabled girl invites a poor family, that she often watches playing in the street, over for Christmas dinner.
The Thin Man
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Barbara Frietchie
Two lovers in a small town in Maryland are torn apart by the Civil War--she is loyal to the south while he heads north to join the federal army, determined to protect the Union. Eventually his unit arrives in his hometown and he is reunited with his lover, but things aren't the way they used to be.
Gold Diggers of Broadway
Three Broadway chorus girls seek rich husbands.
Ladies of Leisure
Rich, spoiled Marian pressures Eric to marry her. Her brother is in love with her friend Mamie, but a scheming ex-husband tries to blackmail her. Mamie is saved from suicide by Eric, who's in a compromising position when he brings her home.
Blonde Venus
In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.
What Price Hollywood?
Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.
'G' Men
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.
Bulldog Drummond
Bulldog Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the humdrum existence of civilian life. He gets what he's looking for when a girl requests his help in freeing her uncle from a nursing home. She believes the home is just a front and that her uncle is really being held captive while the culprits try to extort his fortune from him.
Woman Wanted
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another car. Ann escapes and ends up in lawyer Tony Baxter's car. Tony realizes Ann is innocent, so he vows to help her prove it, risking his neck in the process. Tony and Ann are pursued by the police and by Smiley Gordon, a mob boss who engineered Ann's escape thinking that she can lead him to a $250,000 stash.
Filmography
as Bridge Matron (uncredited)
as 2nd 5&10 Salesgirl (uncredited)
as Peg (uncredited)
as 'Boots' Milburn
as Miss Green
as Chloe Smudge (uncredited)
as Margy MacLean
as Gertie
as Miss Dunn (uncredited)
as Collins' Moll (uncredited)
as Mae
as Babe Smith - the Girl Buck Picks Up
as Party Reveller
as Evie, the barmaid
as Marian (uncredited)
as Burlesque Girl
as Persistent Reporter (uncredited)
as Sue's Chum - the Chorus Girl
as Lucy - Housekeeper
as Sally, Receptionist at Talent Agency (uncredited)
as Waitress Letting Mary Serve Max (uncredited)
as Gertrude
as Edna
as Bobbie (uncredited)
as Miss Clark
as Annabelle
as Topsy
as Barmaid
as Prudence
as Polly Primrose
as Maisie Duncan
as Bubbles
as Lena Driskai
as Mimi
as Lucie Plock
as Anne Beaudeau
as Marian Forrest
as Cabaret Dancer
as Mildred Van
as Agnes
as Crook girl
as Gladys Cady
as Maud Fells
as Mollie Thurman
as Kitty
as Nell Mangan
as Sue Rogers
as Sadie
as Molly Morris
as Paula
as Topsy St. John
as Lady Jane
as Sibil Vane
as Luella
as Evelina Skinner
as Potato Polly
as Justine Tate
as Neighbor Olsen's Daughter (uncredited)
as Marcia Valentine
as Mag Monahan
as Vera
as Lisbeth Vernon
as Cora
as Baby Doll
as Jane Gawne
as Bianca
as Gossip (uncredited)
as Ermigarde
as Sophia (her sister)
as A Raggedy Ruggles
as Mary MacLean
as Driver's Daughter