Gertrude Olmstead

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1897-11-12 (78 years old)

Deathday

1975-01-18

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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. Throughout the silent film era her career thrived. From 1925 through 1929 she appeared in twenty eight films, mos...

Acting

1926

Sweet Adeline

as Adeline

1925

The Monster

as Betty Watson

1924

Empty Hands

as Typsy

1924

Ladies to Board

as Edith Oliver

1921

The Fox

as Stella Fraser

1928

Sporting Goods

as Alice Elliott

1926

Torrent

as Remedios

1922

The Loaded Door

as Molly Grainger

1924

Babbitt

as Eunice Littlefield

1920

Tipped Off

as Marion Ross

1925

1926

The Boob

as Amy

1926

1923

Cameo Kirby

as Adele Randall

1927

Mr. Wu

as Hilda Gregory

1925

Cobra

as Mary Drake

1929

The Show of Shows

as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)

1924

Lovers' Lane

as Mary Larkin

1926

Puppets

as Angela

1926

Monte Carlo

as Sally Roxford

1928

1924

1927

Becky

as Nan Estabrook

1925

1928

Midnight Life

as Betty Brown

1928

The Cheer Leader

as Jean Howard

1929

The Lone Wolf's Daughter

as Helen Fairchild

1923

Trilby

as Miss Bagot

1927

Buttons

as Ruth Stratton

1929

Sonny Boy

as Mary

1921

1921

The Fighting Lover

as Jean Forsdale

1927

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