Gertrude Olmstead

Born: 1897-11-12

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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Torrent

as Remedios
Released: 1926-02-21

A young girl and her father are kicked out of their house by a cruel noblewoman, and the girl's...

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Mr. Wu

as Hilda Gregory
Released: 1927-03-26

When Mandarin Wu's unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance.

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Show of Shows

as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
Released: 1929-11-21

Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see...

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Bringing Up Father

as Ellen
Released: 1928-03-18

The wealthy Jiggs is tired of being left out of the swanky parties thrown by his social-climbing...

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The Monster

as Betty Watson
Released: 1925-03-16

A general store clerk and aspiring detective investigates a mysterious disappearance that took...

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The Time, the Place and the Girl

as Mae Ellis
Released: 1929-07-07

A musical comedy that follows the progress of a college All America football player whose...

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Cobra

as Mary Drake
Released: 1925-01-02

Rodrigo, an impoverished Italian nobleman takes a job with a New York antique dealer he met...

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The Callahans and the Murphys

as Monica Murphy
Released: 1927-06-18

The story of two feuding Irish immigrant families living in a tenement.

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The Boob

as Amy (as Gertrude Olmsted)
Released: 1926-05-17

To impress the girl he loves, a naive country boy tries to capture a group of local bootleggers.

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Cameo Kirby

as Adele Randall
Released: 1923-10-20

Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true...

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The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

as uncredited
Released: 1922-03-27

An 18-part silent American adventure film serial now considered to be lost. Chapter Titles: 1....

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The Fox

as Stella Fraser
Released: 1921-07-24

Santa Fe, a tramp, is saved from a jeering mob in the desert town of Caliente by Annette, the...

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The Loaded Door

as Molly Grainger
Released: 1922-08-14

Bert Lyons returns to the Grainger spread from the "outside world" to find his former employer...

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Dreams of Monte Carlo

as Sally Roxford
Released: 1926-11-15

Three girls from a small town win a trip to Monte Carlo. The trip was sponsored by their local...

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The Cactus Kid

as uncredited
Released: 1921-03-26

A slicker sells a fake oil lease to Gertrude's father. Later the villain discovers that the...

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Life in Hollywood No. 7

as Herself
Released: 1927-08-25

Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.

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The Cheerful Fraud

as Ann Kent
Released: 1926-12-27

A young man fakes his identity to impress a girl.

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Sonny Boy

as Mary
Released: 1929-04-18

Sonny Boy's parents are in the midst of a bitter divorce when the boy's mother talks her sister...

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The Lone Wolf's Daughter

as Helen Fairchild
Released: 1929-02-18

Michael Lanyard, a reformed cracks-man, adopts Adrienne, the daughter of an old friend, and goes...

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1925 Studio Tour

as Self
Released: 1925-04-09

A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and...

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Buttons

as Ruth Stratton
Released: 1927-12-24

Working as a pageboy on an ocean liner, a street orphan and his friend Slugger end up on the...

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The Wandering Two

as uncredited
Released: 1923-05-28

13th episode in the first 'Leather Pushers' series of two-reel boxing shorts.

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The Cheer Leader

as Jean Howard
Released: 1928-01-01

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Sporting Goods

as Alice Elliott
Released: 1928-02-11

Sports-loving inventor Richard Shelby develops an "Elasto-Tweed" golf suit then hits the road in...

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Empty Hands

as Typsy
Released: 1924-08-17

Claire Endicott throws a wild party and her father walks in to find her flirting with the very...

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The Fighting Lover

as Jean Forsdale
Released: 1921-06-13

Andrew Forsdale bets his friend Ned Randolph $10,000 that Ned will fall in love with one of...

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Trilby

as Miss Bagot
Released: 1923-07-29

The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.

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Sweet Adeline

as Adeline
Released: 1926-01-14

A shy and sensitive young man is disregarded by his parents and his older brother. Bill becomes...

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California Straight Ahead

as Betty Browne
Released: 1925-09-12

Wealthy racing driver Tom Hayden loses his inheritance and his fiancé due to a wacky mishap on...

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Becky

as Nan Estabrook
Released: 1927-11-12

Becky (1927) film

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The Big Adventure

as Sally
Released: 1921-04-01

Patches, a kind-hearted orphan of the slums, finds life unbearable under the cruel abuse of his...

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Ladies to Board

as Edith Oliver
Released: 1924-02-03

While traveling through the prarie, an elderly and cantankerous lady loses control of her car....

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Babbitt

as Eunice Littlefield
Released: 1924-06-15

A small-town businessman bumbles into blackmail and a real-estate swindle.

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