Name
Gertrude Olmstead
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1897-11-12
Deathday
1975-01-18 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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, most often portraying the heroine. With the advent of sound film her career stalled, and she retired from acting in 1929.
In 1926 she met MGM director Robert Z. Leonard and they were married June 8 of that year. Leonard and Olmstead remained married until his death in 1968.
After Leonard's death, Olmstead remained in the Los Angeles area, and died in Beverly Hills on January 18, 1975.
Known For
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- 1926 Sweet Adeline as Adeline
- 1929 The Time, the Place and the Girl as Mae Ellis
- 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
- 1921 The Driftin' Kid
- 1921 Sweet Revenge
- 1921 The Fightin' Fury
- 1921 Out o' Luck
- 1921 The Cactus Kid
- 1921 Kickaroo
- 1925 California Straight Ahead as Betty Browne
- 1926 The Boob as Amy
- 1926 The Cheerful Fraud as Ann Kent
- 1922 The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
- 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 Bringing Up Father as Ellen
- 1924 A Girl of the Limberlost as Edith Cart
- 1927 Life in Hollywood No. 7 as Herself
- 1927 Becky as Nan Estabrook
- 1925 1925 Studio Tour as Self
- 1928 Midnight Life as Betty Brown
- 1924 The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
- 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 The Big Adventure as Sally
- 1921 The Fighting Lover as Jean Forsdale
- 1923 The Wandering Two
- 1927 The Callahans and the Murphys as Monica Murphy
- 1923 One of Three
- 1924 Life's Greatest Game as Nora Malone
- 1922 The Scrapper as Eileen McCarthy
- 1928 Hit of the Show as Kathlyn Carson
- 1924 George Washington, Jr. as Dolly Johnson
- 1928 Green Grass Widows as Betty Worthing
- 1928 Hey Rube! as Lutie
- 1928 A Woman Against the World as Bernice Crane, Bride
- 1925 Time, the Comedian as Ruth Dakon
