Gertrude Olmstead
Date of birth: 1897-11-12
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Gertrude Olmsted
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.
Movie Credits
Sweet Adeline
1926-01-14
A shy and sensitive young man is disregarded by his parents and his older brother. Bill becomes jeal
The Time, the Place and the Girl
1929-07-07
A musical comedy that follows the progress of a college All America football player whose swollen he
The Monster
1925-03-16
A general store clerk and aspiring detective investigates a mysterious disappearance that took place
Empty Hands
1924-08-17
Claire Endicott throws a wild party and her father walks in to find her flirting with the very marri
Ladies to Board
1924-02-03
While traveling through the prarie, an elderly and cantankerous lady loses control of her car. One o
The Fox
1921-07-24
Santa Fe, a tramp, is saved from a jeering mob in the desert town of Caliente by Annette, the sherif
Sporting Goods
1928-02-11
Sports-loving inventor Richard Shelby develops an "Elasto-Tweed" golf suit then hits the road in hop
Torrent
1926-02-21
A young girl and her father are kicked out of their house by a cruel noblewoman, and the girl's hear
The Loaded Door
1922-08-14
Bert Lyons returns to the Grainger spread from the "outside world" to find his former employer dead
Babbitt
1924-06-15
A small-town businessman bumbles into blackmail and a real-estate swindle.
Tipped Off
1920-11-27
Ranchmen try to play a joke on one of their associates by signing his name to a letter addressed to
The Driftin' Kid
1921-01-08
A "drifting" cowpuncher tries to find a place where he can be happy, but never actually succeeding.
Sweet Revenge
1921-01-13
Hoot is the only cattleman in the neighborhood and he is about to be run off the range by the wealth
Out o' Luck
1921-04-19
While riding over the plains Hoot encounters some officers searching for two escaped lunatics. Later
Kickaroo
1921-01-22
Hoot is a cowpuncher, somewhat addicted to liquor (when he can get it). His sweetheart, the rancher'
The Fightin' Fury
1921-02-05
A villain robs a safe in the town bank and leaves evidence to convict the hero.
The Cactus Kid
1921-03-26
A slicker sells a fake oil lease to Gertrude's father. Later the villain discovers that the lease is
California Straight Ahead
1925-09-12
Wealthy racing driver Tom Hayden loses his inheritance and his fiancé due to a wacky mishap on his w
The Boob
1926-05-17
To impress the girl he loves, a naive country boy tries to capture a group of local bootleggers.
The Cheerful Fraud
1926-12-27
A young man fakes his identity to impress a girl.
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
1922-03-27
An 18-part silent American adventure film serial now considered to be lost. Chapter Titles: 1. The
Cameo Kirby
1923-10-20
Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villa
Mr. Wu
1927-03-26
When Mandarin Wu's unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance.
Cobra
1925-01-02
Rodrigo, an impoverished Italian nobleman takes a job with a New York antique dealer he met overseas
The Show of Shows
1929-11-21
Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and
Lovers' Lane
1924-08-10
Silent film comedy drama...
Puppets
1926-06-20
Nicola Riccobini, a puppet master in New York's Italian quarter, is an energetic and domineering man
Monte Carlo
1926-03-01
Three girls from a small town win a trip to Monte Carlo. The trip was sponsored by their local newsp
Bringing Up Father
1928-03-18
The wealthy Jiggs is tired of being left out of the swanky parties thrown by his social-climbing wif
A Girl of the Limberlost
1924-04-28
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A Girl of the Limberlost is a 1924 American silent film, pro
Life in Hollywood No. 7
1927-08-25
Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.
Becky
1927-11-12
Rebecca (Sally O'Neil) is a salesgirl who gets a chance at a Broadway show; there, she attracts and
1925 Studio Tour
1925-04-09
A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and giv
Midnight Life
1928-08-28
When his buddy is murdered a dedicated cop, goes after the gang responsible.
The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
1924-03-21
The City of Stars is structured as a "coming attractions" promo within the fictional framework of an
The Cheer Leader
1928-01-01
The Lone Wolf's Daughter
1929-02-18
Michael Lanyard, a reformed cracks-man, adopts Adrienne, the daughter of an old friend, and goes to
Trilby
1923-07-29
The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.
Buttons
1927-12-24
Working as a pageboy on an ocean liner, a street orphan and his friend Slugger end up on the wrong s
Sonny Boy
1929-04-18
Sonny Boy's parents are in the midst of a bitter divorce when the boy's mother talks her sister into
The Big Adventure
1921-04-01
Patches, a kind-hearted orphan of the slums, finds life unbearable under the cruel abuse of his step
The Fighting Lover
1921-06-13
Andrew Forsdale bets his friend Ned Randolph $10,000 that Ned will fall in love with one of three gi
The Wandering Two
1923-05-28
13th episode in the first 'Leather Pushers' series of two-reel boxing shorts.
The Callahans and the Murphys
1927-06-18
The story of two feuding Irish immigrant families living in a tenement.
One of Three
1923-01-01
An adventuress traps Norroy into her apartment, then, with the aid of several men, gets the new secr
Life's Greatest Game
1924-09-28
Jack Donovan, a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, refuses to throw a game for gambler Mike Moran. Moran
The Scrapper
1922-02-06
Malloy, a young Irish construction engineer just out of college, is assigned to a project and immedi