Gertrude Michael

Actor

About

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Also Known As

Lilian Gertrude Michael

Birth Place

Talladega, Alabama, USA

Born

June 01, 1910

Died

December 31, 1964

Filmography

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Twist All Night (1961)

Women's Prison (1955)

Matron Sturgess

No Escape (1953)

Olga [Valerie] Lewis

Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)

Darling, How Could You! (1951)

Georgia Harrison

Photos & Videos

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Caged (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Hype The New Fish

Flamingo Road -- (Movie Clip) No Therapeutic Value

Family & Companions

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George Ruric

Companion

Writer; screenwriter. Born in 1902; wrote pulp fiction; had relationship with Michael in the 1930s; died in 1966.

Rouben Mamoulian

Companion

Director. Reportedly were engaged c. 1934 to c. 1936.

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Twist All Night (1961)

Women's Prison (1955)

Matron Sturgess

No Escape (1953)

Olga [Valerie] Lewis

Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)

Darling, How Could You! (1951)

Georgia Harrison

Flamingo Road (1949)

That Wonderful Urge (1949)

Club Havana (1945)

Three's a Crowd (1945)

Allotment Wives (1945)

Faces in the Fog (1944)

Where Are Your Children? (1944)

Women in Bondage (1944)

Gertrude Schneider

Behind Prison Walls (1943)

Elinor Cantwell

Prisoner of Japan (1942)

Slightly Tempted (1940)

I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby (1940)

The Farmer's Daughter (1940)

Clarice Sheldon

Parole Fixer (1940)

Hidden Power (1939)

Virginia Garfield

Sophie Lang Goes West (1937)

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)

Jessica Stafford

Forgotten Faces (1936)

Till We Meet Again (1936)

The Return of Sophie Lang (1936)

Sophie Lang [also known as Ethel Thomas]

Woman Trap (1936)

Barbara ["Buff"] Andrews

Second Wife (1936)

Virginia Howard Carpenter

Make Way for a Lady (1936)

Eleanor Emerson

It Happened in New York (1935)

The Last Outpost (1935)

Rosemary [Haydon]

Four Hours to Kill! (1935)

Mrs. [Sylvia] Temple

The Witching Hour (1934)

George White's Scandals (1934)

Search for Beauty (1934)

Murder at the Vanities (1934)

Cleopatra (1934)

The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)

Father Brown, Detective (1934)

Murder on the Blackboard (1934)

I Believed in You (1934)

Hold That Girl (1934)

Ann Vickers (1933)

I'm No Angel (1933)

A Bedtime Story (1933)

Cradle Song (1933)

Night of Terror (1933)

[Aunt] Sarah Rinehart

Sailor Be Good! (1933)

Unashamed (1932)

Life Events

1926

After father's death, began appearing in local theater and radio shows in Talledega, Alabama

1929

Joined Stuart Walker's Stock Company in Cincinnati (date approximate)

1930

Worked with an acting company in East Islip, New York (date approximate)

1931

Broadway debut in the short-lived "Caught Wet"

1932

Film debut in bit role in "Wayward"

1933

Cast as Robert Young's socialite fiancee in "Unashamed"

1933

On loan to RKO, offered meaty turn as a drunken bad girl in "Sailor Be Good"

1933

Put under long-term contract by Paramount

1934

Suffered nervous breakdown

1934

Starred as "Notorious Sophie Lang"

1935

Injured in an automobile accident

1936

Reprised title character in "The Return of Sophie Lang"

1937

Starred in "Sophie Lang Goes West"

1938

Moved to London; acted in "Just Like a Woman" and "Star of the Circus/Hidden Menace"

1938

Returned to USA and acted in the radio drama "The Buccaneer" opposite Clark Gable

1946

Committed to Los Angeles General Hospital's psychiatric ward for alcoholism

1948

Arrested in July; sentenced to 10 days in jail or a fine; an unknown benefactor paid the fine

1949

Made something of a comeback as a waitress in "Flamingo Road"

1950

Had featured role in the women's prison film "Caged"

1955

Last film for six years, "Women's Prison", helmed by Ida Lupino

1961

Returned to features in "The Outsider"

1962

Made final film, "Twist All Night"

Photo Collections

The Last Outpost - Scene Stills

Here are several scene stills from Paramount Pictures' The Last Outpost (1935), starring Cary Grant, Claude Rains, and Gertrude Michael.

The Last Outpost - Lobby Cards

Here are several Lobby Cards from Paramount Pictures' The Last Outpost (1935), starring Cary Grant and Claude Rains. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

The Last Outpost - Movie Poster

Here is an original-release Window Card movie poster from The Last Outpost (1935), starring Cary Grant and Claude Rains. Window Cards were 14x22 mini posters designed to be placed in store windows around town during a film's engagement. A blank space at the top of the poster featured theater and playdate information. (The top has been trimmed from this example).

Videos

Caged (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Hype The New Fish New in the women's prison, Marie (Eleanor Parker) gets support from Kitty (Betty Garde), Smoochie (Jan Sterling), Claire (Joan Miller) and wacky Georgia (Gertrude Michael) in John Cromwell's Caged, 1950.

Flamingo Road -- (Movie Clip) No Therapeutic Value Having just been put up for state senate in a backroom deal, deputy Fielding Carlisle (Zachary Scott) bumps into singer Lane Bellamy (Joan Crawford), whom he'd helped out days before, in Michael Curtiz' Flamingo Road, 1949.

Family

Carl Michael

Father

Businessman. Owned Michael Supply Company; died in 1926 of heart failure.

Gertrude Michael

Mother

Arnold Michael

Brother

Older; survived her.

Allan Michael

Brother

Companions

George Ruric

Companion

Writer; screenwriter. Born in 1902; wrote pulp fiction; had relationship with Michael in the 1930s; died in 1966.

Rouben Mamoulian

Companion

Director. Reportedly were engaged c. 1934 to c. 1936.

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