Gertrude Olmstead

Personal Info

Birthday

November 12, 1897

Day of Death

1975-01-18

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Gertrude Olmsted

Gertrude Olmstead

Biography

From Wikipedia Gertrude Olmstead (November 13, 1897 – January 18, 1975) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 56 films between 1920 and 1929.

Olmstead was born in Chicago, Illinois, and appeared in her first credited film role in the 1921 film The Fox. She obtained several more roles that same year, appearing in nine films in 1921, and another five in 1922. She would appear in seventeen more films by the time she received what is today her best-known role, opposite Rudolph Valentino in the 1925 film Cobra.

Known For

The Show of Shows

The Monster

Torrent

Monte Carlo

The Boob

The Time, the Place and the Girl

Sporting Goods

Sweet Adeline

Filmography

1929
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
The Time, the Place and the Girl
as Mae Ellis
Sonny Boy
as Mary
The Lone Wolf's Daughter
as Helen Fairchild
1928
Midnight Life
as Betty Brown
Bringing Up Father
as Ellen
Sporting Goods
as Alice Elliott
The Cheer Leader
as Jean Howard
1927
Buttons
as Ruth Stratton
Becky
as Nan Estabrook
Life in Hollywood No. 7
as Herself
The Callahans and the Murphys
as Monica Murphy
Mr. Wu
as Hilda Gregory
1926
The Cheerful Fraud
as Ann Kent
Puppets
as Angela
The Boob
as Amy
Monte Carlo
as Sally Roxford
Torrent
as Remedios
Sweet Adeline
as Adeline
1925
California Straight Ahead
as Betty Browne
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
The Monster
as Betty Watson
Cobra
as Mary Drake
1924
Empty Hands
as Typsy
Lovers' Lane
as Mary Larkin
Babbitt
as Eunice Littlefield
A Girl of the Limberlost
as Edith Cart
Ladies to Board
as Edith Oliver
1923
Cameo Kirby
as Adele Randall
Trilby
as Miss Bagot
1922
The Loaded Door
as Molly Grainger
1921
The Fox
as Stella Fraser
The Fighting Lover
as Jean Forsdale
The Big Adventure
as Sally
1920
Tipped Off
as Marion Ross