
Known for
Acting
Born
June 1, 1911
Birthplace
Talladega, Alabama, USA
Died
December 31, 1964 (aged 53)
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...
1961
as Letitia Clunker
1960
1958
1957
1955
1955
as Chief Matron Sturgess
1953
as Olga Valerie Lewis
1952
1952
1952
as May
1951
1951
1951
as Mrs. Rossiter
1950
as Georgia Harrison
1949
as Millie
1945
as Hetty - Powder Room Attendant
1945
as Gladys Smith
1945
as Sophie Whipple
1944
as Nora Brooks
1943
as District Director Schneider
1943
as Nell Wilson
1943
as Elinor Cantwell
1942
as Toni Chase
1940
as Duchess
1940
as Magda Delys