Gertrude Short

Actor 1912–1946 (34 year career)

5.3 avg rating

Highest Rated

A Bit o' Heaven

1917 · as A Raggedy Ruggles

10.0

The Thin Man

1934 · as Marian (uncredited)

7.5

Barbara Frietchie

1924 · as Sue Rogers

7.5

Known For

Film

The Thin Man

Marian (uncredited)

Film

Blonde Venus

Sally, Receptionist at Talent Agency (uncredited)

Film

'G' Men

Collins' Moll (uncredited)

Film

The Son of Kong

Persistent Reporter (uncredited)

Film

What Price Hollywood?

Waitress Letting Mary Serve Max (uncredited)

Film

Bulldog Drummond

Barmaid

Film

The Blot

Neighbor Olsen's Daughter (uncredited)

Film

You Can't Get Away with Murder

Peg (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (95)

Movies (95)

Gettin' Glamour

1946

as Gussie (uncredited)

Guest Pests

1945

6.0

Smart Boy

1945

as Waitress

Tom, Dick and Harry

1941

as Bridge Matron (uncredited)

5.9

Spots Before Your Eyes

1940

Dog-Gone

1939

as Hilda, the Maid

Broadway Serenade

1939

as 2nd 5&10 Salesgirl (uncredited)

6.2

You Can't Get Away with Murder

as Peg (uncredited)

Tip-Off Girls

as 'Boots' Milburn

Park Avenue Logger

as Margy MacLean

Wild Money

as Miss Green

Penny Wisdom

1937

as Chloe Smudge (uncredited)

6.2

Front Page Woman

1935

as Miss Dunn (uncredited)

5.8

'G' Men

1935

as Collins' Moll (uncredited)

6.6

Helldorado

1935

as Mae

Woman Wanted

as Gertie

Love Birds

as Burlesque Girl

The St. Louis Kid

as Babe Smith - the Girl Buck Picks Up

5.8

The Thin Man

1934

as Marian (uncredited)

The Key

as Evie, the barmaid

Happiness Ahead

as Party Reveller

The Son of Kong

as Persistent Reporter (uncredited)

5.4

Secret Sinners

1933

as Sue's Chum - the Chorus Girl

5.0

The Girl in 419

1933

as Lucy - Housekeeper

3.5

Scandal

1933

as Gertrude Short

Gigolettes

1932

as Gertie

1.0

Blonde Venus

1932

as Sally, Receptionist at Talent Agency (uncredited)

6.8

What Price Hollywood?

1932

as Waitress Letting Mary Serve Max (uncredited)

Niagara Falls

Laughing Sinners

as Edna

Take 'em and Shake 'em

Easy to Get

as Gertrude

Once a Gentleman

as Dolly

Sin Takes a Holiday

1930

as Bobbie (uncredited)

5.4

Little Accident

1930

as Miss Clark

The Broadway Hoofer

1929

as Annabelle

1.0

The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait

1929

as Maizie

Trial Marriage

1929

as Prudence

Bulldog Drummond

1929

as Barmaid

6.5

Gold Diggers of Broadway

as Topsy

None But the Brave

Women's Wares

as Maisie Duncan

Ladies at Ease

1927

as Mabel

Tillie the Toiler

1927

as Bubbles

The Masked Woman

1927

as Mimi

Adam and Evil

The Show

as Lena Driskai

Polly of the Movies

as Polly Primrose

Ladies of Leisure

1926

as Marian Forrest

7.0

The Lily

1926

as Lucie Plock

Sweet Adeline

1926

as Cabaret Dancer

A Poor Girl's Romance

1926

as Anne Beaudeau

The People vs. Nancy Preston

1925

as Agnes

Tessie

1925

as Mame McQuire

My Lady's Lips

1925

as Crook girl

The Talker

1925

as Maud Fells

1.0

The Narrow Street

1925

as Nell Mangan

Beggar on Horseback

1925

as Gladys Cady

6.0

Her Market Value

1925

as Kitty

Code of the West

1925

as Mollie Thurman

The Other Woman's Story

1925

as Mildred Van

4.0

Money to Burns

1924

as Sadie

Sherlock's Home

as Sadie

Leap Year

as Molly Morris

Barbara Frietchie

as Sue Rogers

Faster Foster

The Gold Diggers

as Topsy St. John

Crinoline and Romance

1923

as Sibil Vane

The Prisoner

1923

as Lady Jane

The Man Life Passed By

1923

as Paula

1.0

Rent Free

1922

as Justine Tate

Headin' West

1922

as Potato Polly

Boy Crazy

1922

as Evelina Skinner

Youth to Youth

1922

as Luella

The Blot

1921

as Neighbor Olsen's Daughter (uncredited)

6.2

She Couldn't Help It

1920

as Mag Monahan

You Never Can Tell

1920

as Vera

Cinderella's Twin

1920

as Marcia Valentine

Blackie's Redemption

1919

as Baby Doll

The Heart of Youth

1919

as Cora

In Mizzoura

1919

as Lisbeth Vernon

Riddle Gawne

1918

as Jane Gawne

The Only Road

1918

as Bianca

Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley

1918

as Gossip (uncredited)

A Bit o' Heaven

as A Raggedy Ruggles

Skinny Gets a Goat

as The New Cashier

A Little Princess

as Ermigarde

The Hostage

as Sophia (her sister)

Luke's Movie Muddle

1916

4.9

The Purple Mask

1916

as Mary MacLean

The Test

The Fruit of Evil

Thieves

as Billy Barr

A Cracksman Santa Claus

1913

as Dot's Sister

The Driver Of The Deadwood Coach

1912

as Driver's Daughter