Gertrude Michael

Gertrude Michael

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1911-06-01
Deathday: 1964-12-31 (53 years old)

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Biography

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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Filmography

all 63

Movies 53

TV Shows 10

Director 1

Letitia Clunker
The Continental Twist

The Continental Twist (1961)

Movie
Kay Salisbury
The Case of the Dangerous Robin

The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960)

TV
Sea Hunt

Sea Hunt (1958)

TV
Helen Rucker
Perry Mason

Perry Mason (1957)

TV
4.33
The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)

TV
Chief Matron Sturgess
Women's Prison

Women's Prison (1955)

Movie
Olga Valerie Lewis
No Escape

No Escape (1953)

Movie
Actress
Your Favorite Story

Your Favorite Story (1953)

TV
Major Pauline Cushman
Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America (1952)

TV
Fanny
Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse (1952)

TV
May
Bugles in the Afternoon

Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)

Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

TV
8.33
The Duchess
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)

TV
Mrs. Rossiter
Darling, How Could You!

Darling, How Could You! (1951)

Movie
Georgia Harrison
Caged

Caged (1950)

Movie
Millie
Flamingo Road

Flamingo Road (1949)

Movie
Amanda / Marian Tannen / Mme. Duval
Fireside Theater

Fireside Theater (1949)

TV
Hetty - Powder Room Attendant
Club Havana

Club Havana (1945)

Movie
Gladys Smith
Allotment Wives

Allotment Wives (1945)

Movie
Sophie Whipple
Three's a Crowd

Three's a Crowd (1945)

Movie
Nora Brooks
Faces in the Fog

Faces in the Fog (1944)

Movie
District Director Schneider
Women in Bondage

Women in Bondage (1943)

Movie
Nell Wilson
Where Are Your Children?

Where Are Your Children? (1943)

Movie
Elinor Cantwell
Behind Prison Walls

Behind Prison Walls (1943)

Movie
Toni Chase
Prisoner of Japan

Prisoner of Japan (1942)

Movie
Duchess
Slightly Tempted

Slightly Tempted (1940)

Movie
Magda Delys
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940)

Movie
Clarice Sheldon
The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter (1940)

Movie
Collette Menthe
Parole Fixer

Parole Fixer (1940)

Movie
Mrs. Irene Reynolds
Pound Foolish

Pound Foolish (1940)

Movie
Ann Heston
Just like a Woman

Just like a Woman (1939)

Movie
Virginia Garfield
Hidden Power

Hidden Power (1939)

Movie
Yester
Star of the Circus

Star of the Circus (1938)

Movie
Sophie Lang
Sophie Lang Goes West

Sophie Lang Goes West (1937)

Movie
Jessica Stafford
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)

Movie
Miss Eleanor Emerson
Make Way for a Lady

Make Way for a Lady (1936)

Movie
Virginia Howard
Second Wife

Second Wife (1936)

Movie
Sophie Lang aka Ethel Thomas
The Return of Sophie Lang

The Return of Sophie Lang (1936)

Movie
Elsa Duranyi
Till We Meet Again

Till We Meet Again (1936)

Movie
Barbara 'Buff' Andrews
Woman Trap

Woman Trap (1936)

Movie
Rosemary
The Last Outpost

The Last Outpost (1935)

Movie
Mrs. Sylvia Temple
Four Hours to Kill!

Four Hours to Kill! (1935)

Movie
Vania Nardi
It Happened in New York

It Happened in New York (1935)

Movie
Evelyn Fischer
Father Brown, Detective

Father Brown, Detective (1934)

Movie
Helen Chalmers
Menace

Menace (1934)

Movie
Calpurnia
Cleopatra

Cleopatra (1934)

Movie
Sophie Lang
The Notorious Sophie Lang

The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)

Movie
Jane Davis
Murder on the Blackboard

Murder on the Blackboard (1934)

Movie
Rita Ross
Murder at the Vanities

Murder at the Vanities (1934)

Movie
Margaret Price
The Witching Hour

The Witching Hour (1934)

Movie
Pamela Banks
I Believed in You

I Believed in You (1934)

Movie
Dorothy Lamont
Hold That Girl

Hold That Girl (1934)

Movie
Miss Lee
George White's Scandals

George White's Scandals (1934)

Movie
Lady D'Argon
Bolero

Bolero (1934)

Movie
Jean Strange
Search for Beauty

Search for Beauty (1934)

Movie
Marcella
Cradle Song

Cradle Song (1933)

Movie
Alicia Hatton
I'm No Angel

I'm No Angel (1933)

Movie
Mona Dolphin
Ann Vickers

Ann Vickers (1933)

Movie
6
Sarah Rinehart
Night of Terror

Night of Terror (1933)

Movie
Louise
A Bedtime Story

A Bedtime Story (1933)

Movie
Kay Whitney
Sailor Be Good

Sailor Be Good (1933)

Movie
Marjorie
Unashamed

Unashamed (1932)

Movie
Mary Morton
Wayward

Wayward (1932)

Movie

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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1911-06-01

Deathday
1964-12-31 (53 years old)

Birth Place
Talladega, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Lillian Gertrude Michael


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