Gertrude Michael

Personal Info

Birthday

June 1, 1911

Day of Death

1964-12-31

(53 years old)

Place of Birth

Talladega, Alabama, USA

Also Known As

Lillian Gertrude Michael

Beck Michael

Gertrude Michael

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.

Known For

Perry Mason

Four Star Playhouse

Cavalcade of America

The Case of the Dangerous Robin

Caged

Allotment Wives

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Cleopatra

Filmography

1961
The Continental Twist
as Letitia Clunker
1955
Women's Prison
as Chief Matron Sturgess
1953
No Escape
as Olga Valerie Lewis
1952
Bugles in the Afternoon
as May
1951
Darling, How Could You!
as Mrs. Rossiter
1950
Caged
as Georgia Harrison
1949
Flamingo Road
as Millie
1945
Club Havana
as Hetty - Powder Room Attendant
Allotment Wives
as Gladys Smith
Three's a Crowd
as Sophie Whipple
1944
Faces in the Fog
as Nora Brooks
1943
Women in Bondage
as District Director Schneider
Where Are Your Children?
as Nell Wilson
Behind Prison Walls
as Elinor Cantwell
1942
Prisoner of Japan
as Toni Chase
1940
Slightly Tempted
as Duchess
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
as Magda Delys
The Farmer's Daughter
as Clarice Sheldon
Parole Fixer
as Collette Menthe
Pound Foolish
as Mrs. Irene Reynolds
1939
Just like a Woman
as Ann Heston
Hidden Power
as Virginia Garfield
1938
Star of the Circus
as Yester
1937
Sophie Lang Goes West
as Sophie Lang
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Jessica Stafford
1936
Make Way for a Lady
as Miss Eleanor Emerson
Second Wife
as Virginia Howard
The Return of Sophie Lang
as Sophie Lang
Forgotten Faces
as Cleo / Harry's wife
Till We Meet Again
as Elsa Duranyi
Woman Trap
as Barbara 'Buff' Andrews
1935
The Last Outpost
as Rosemary Haydon
Four Hours to Kill!
as Mrs. Sylvia Temple
It Happened in New York
as Vania Nardi
1934
Father Brown, Detective
as Evelyn Fischer
Menace
as Helen Chalmers
Cleopatra
as Calpurnia
The Notorious Sophie Lang
as Sophie Lang
Murder on the Blackboard
as Jane Davis
Murder at the Vanities
as Rita Ross
The Witching Hour
as Margaret Price
I Believed in You
as Pamela Banks
Hold That Girl
as Dorothy Lamont
George White's Scandals
as Miss Lee
Bolero
as Lady D'Argon
Search for Beauty
as Jean Strange
1933
Cradle Song
as Marcella
I'm No Angel
as Alicia Hatton
Ann Vickers
as Mona Dolphin
Night of Terror
as Sarah Rinehart
A Bedtime Story
as Louise
Sailor Be Good
as Kay Whitney
1932
Unashamed
as Marjorie
Wayward
as Mary Morton