Gertrude Olmstead
Actor
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.
Filmography
Mr. Wu
as Hilda Gregory 1927
1925 Studio Tour
as Self 1925
Cobra
as Mary Drake 1925
The Boob
as Amy 1926
Cameo Kirby
as Adele Randall 1923
Torrent
as Remedios 1926
Bringing Up Father
as Ellen 1928
California Straight Ahead
as Betty Browne 1925
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited) 1929
Buttons
as Ruth Stratton 1927
The Cheerful Fraud
as Ann Kent 1926
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
1922
The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
1924
Sweet Adeline
as Adeline 1926
The Time, the Place and the Girl
as Mae Ellis 1929
Empty Hands
as Typsy 1924