Personal Info
Lillian Gertrude Michael
Beck Michael
Gertrude Michael
Acting
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.
In 1929 in Cincinnati she made her stage debut in a stock company. She subsequently appeared on Broadway in Rachel Crothers' Caught Wet (1931). Sh…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Continental Twist
as Letitia Clunker
Women's Prison
as Chief Matron Sturgess
No Escape
as Olga Valerie Lewis
Bugles in the Afternoon
as May
Darling, How Could You!
as Mrs. Rossiter
Caged
as Georgia Harrison
Flamingo Road
as Millie
Club Havana
as Hetty - Powder Room Attendant
Allotment Wives
as Gladys Smith
Three's a Crowd
as Sophie Whipple
TV Shows
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
as Kay Salisbury · 1 ep.
Sea Hunt
1 ep.
Perry Mason
as Helen Rucker · 1 ep.
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1 ep.
Four Star Playhouse
as Fanny · 1 ep.
Cavalcade of America
as Major Pauline Cushman · 1 ep.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1 ep.
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1 ep.