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, 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.

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Buttons1927 · Ruth StrattonHey Rube!1928 · LutieBabbitt1924 · Eunice LittlefieldThe Scrapper1922 · Eileen McCarthyThe Boob1926 · AmyCobra1925 · Mary DrakePuppets1926 · AngelaTrilby1923 · Miss BagotThe Lone Wolf's Daughter1929 · Helen FairchildBecky1927 · Nan EstabrookKickaroo1921 · Tipped Off1920 · Marion RossTorrent1926 · RemediosLife's Greatest Game1924 · Nora MaloneThe Loaded Door1922 · Molly GraingerA Woman Against the World1928 · Bernice Crane, BrideThe Fightin' Fury1921 · Hit of the Show1928 · Kathlyn CarsonThe Big Adventure1921 · SallyThe Cactus Kid1921 · George Washington, Jr.1924 · Dolly JohnsonSweet Revenge1921 · The Driftin' Kid1921 · Green Grass Widows1928 · Betty Worthing