- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 12, 1897
- Place of Birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- January 18, 1975
Gertrude Olmstead
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 un…
Filmography
movieThe Show of Shows
1929 · Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
movieThe Time, the Place and the Girl
1929 · Mae Ellis
movieSonny Boy
1929 · Mary
movieThe Lone Wolf's Daughter
1929 · Helen Fairchild
Hey Rube!
movieHey Rube!
1928 · Lutie
Midnight Life
movieMidnight Life
1928 · Betty Brown
movieHit of the Show
1928 · Kathlyn Carson
Green Grass Widows
movieGreen Grass Widows
1928 · Betty Worthing
movieBringing Up Father
1928 · Ellen
movieSporting Goods
1928 · Alice Elliott
movieThe Cheer Leader
1928 · Jean Howard
A Woman Against the World
movieA Woman Against the World
1928 · Bernice Crane, Bride
movieButtons
1927 · Ruth Stratton
movieBecky
1927 · Nan Estabrook
movieLife in Hollywood No. 7
1927 · Herself
movieThe Callahans and the Murphys
1927 · Monica Murphy
movieMr. Wu
1927 · Hilda Gregory
movieThe Cheerful Fraud
1926 · Ann Kent
Puppets
moviePuppets
1926 · Angela
movieThe Boob
1926 · Amy
movieMonte Carlo
1926 · Sally Roxford
movieTorrent
1926 · Remedios
movieSweet Adeline
1926 · Adeline
movieTime, the Comedian
1925 · Ruth Dakon
movieCalifornia Straight Ahead
1925 · Betty Browne
movie1925 Studio Tour
1925 · Self
movieThe Monster
1925 · Betty Watson
movieCobra
1925 · Mary Drake
movieLife's Greatest Game
1924 · Nora Malone
movieEmpty Hands
1924 · Typsy
movieLovers' Lane
1924 · Mary Larkin
movieBabbitt
1924 · Eunice Littlefield
movieA Girl of the Limberlost
1924 · Edith Cart
The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
movieThe City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
1924
movieLadies to Board
1924 · Edith Oliver
movieGeorge Washington, Jr.
1924 · Dolly Johnson
movieCameo Kirby
1923 · Adele Randall
movieTrilby
1923 · Miss Bagot
movieThe Wandering Two
1923
One of Three
movieOne of Three
1923
movieThe Loaded Door
1922 · Molly Grainger
movieThe Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
1922
movieThe Scrapper
1922 · Eileen McCarthy
movieThe Fox
1921 · Stella Fraser
movieThe Fighting Lover
1921 · Jean Forsdale
Out o' Luck
movieOut o' Luck
1921
movieThe Big Adventure
1921 · Sally
movieThe Cactus Kid
1921
The Fightin' Fury
movieThe Fightin' Fury
1921
Kickaroo
movieKickaroo
1921
Sweet Revenge
movieSweet Revenge
1921
The Driftin' Kid
movieThe Driftin' Kid
1921
Tipped Off
movieTipped Off
1920 · Marion Ross