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Gertrude Michael
Actor
Born June 1, 1911Died December 31, 1964 (53 years)
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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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
| 1961 | The Outsider · as Clubwoman |
| 1961 | The Continental Twist · as Letitia Clunker |
| 1960 | The Case of the Dangerous Robin (TV Series) · as Kay Salisbury |
| 1958 | Sea Hunt (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Helen Rucker |
| 1957 | The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (TV Series) · as Mrs. Joyce Fenton |
| 1955 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Women's Prison · as Chief Matron Sturgess |
| 1954 | Meet Corliss Archer (TV Series) · as Mrs. Wilson |
| 1953 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV Series) · as Coralee |
| 1953 | No Escape · as Olga Valerie Lewis |
| 1953 | Private Secretary (TV Series) · as Hollywood Star |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Belle |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Major Pauline Cushman |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Fanny |
| 1952 | This Is The Life (TV Series) · as Mrs. Barton |
| 1952 | Bugles in the Afternoon · as May |
| 1952 | The Unexpected (TV Series) · as Elsa Carren |
| 1952 | Rebound (TV Series) · as Linda |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as The Duchess |
| 1951 | Darling, How Could You! · as Mrs. Rossiter |
| 1950 | |
| 1949 | Flamingo Road · as Millie |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Amanda |
| 1948 | That Wonderful Urge · as Mrs. Whitson |
| 1945 | Club Havana · as Hetty - Powder Room Attendant |
| 1945 | Allotment Wives · as Gladys Smith |
| 1943 | Women in Bondage · as District Director Schneider |
| 1942 | Prisoner of Japan · as Toni Chase |
| 1940 | Slightly Tempted · as Duchess |
| 1940 | The Farmer's Daughter · as Clarice Sheldon |
| 1940 | Parole Fixer · as Collette Menthe |
| 1938 | The Hidden Menace · as Yester |
| 1937 | Mr. Dodd Takes the Air · as Jessica Stafford |
| 1936 | Make Way for a Lady · as Miss Eleanor Emerson |
| 1936 | The Return of Sophie Lang · as Sophie Lang |
| 1936 | Till We Meet Again · as Elsa Duranyi |
| 1935 | The Last Outpost · as Rosemary Haydon |
| 1935 | Four Hours to Kill! · as Mrs. Sylvia Temple |
| 1934 | Father Brown, Detective · as Evelyn Fischer |
| 1934 | Menace · as Helen Chalmers |
| 1934 | Cleopatra · as Calpurnia |
| 1934 | The Notorious Sophie Lang · as Sophie Lang |
| 1934 | Murder on the Blackboard · as Jane Davis |
| 1934 | Murder at the Vanities · as Rita Ross |
| 1934 | The Witching Hour · as Margaret Price |
| 1934 | George White's Scandals · as Miss Lee |
| 1934 | Bolero · as Lady D'argon |
| 1934 | Search for Beauty · as Jean Strange |
| 1933 | I'm No Angel · as Alicia Hatton |
| 1933 | Ann Vickers · as Mona Dolphin |
| 1933 | Night of Terror · as Sarah Rinehart |
| 1933 | A Bedtime Story · as Louise |
| 1932 | Unashamed · as Marjorie |
| 1932 | Wayward · as Mary Morton |