Jody Gilbert | |
|---|---|
 Jody Gilbert in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, 1941 | |
| Born | March 18, 1916 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | February 3, 1979 (aged 62) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1937–1978 |
Jody Gilbert (March 18, 1916 – February 3, 1979) was an American actress.
Biography
Gilbert was born in Fort Worth, Texas. She studied voice and acting at Columbia University, and she was a graduate of Pasadena Playhouse.[1]
One of her early roles was in the W.C. Fields film Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, playing a quick-witted diner waitress who has a verbal duel with Fields. She appeared in numerous roles in the movies, radio and television, often in supporting roles as "sizeable" but confident women.[2]
Gilbert died from complications from an auto accident in 1979.[1]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Confession | Actress | uncredited |
| 1939 | Chasing Danger | Teena | |
| 1939 | New Frontier | Rusty's Dance Partner | uncredited |
| 1939 | No Place to Go | Mrs. Hazelhurst | uncredited |
| 1939 | Ninotchka | Streetcar Conductress - Moscow Roommate | uncredited |
| 1939 | Everything Happens at Night | Hilda | |
| 1940 | Little Old New York | Hilda | |
| 1940 | Seventeen | Ethel Boke | uncredited |
| 1940 | Star Dust | Swedish Maid | |
| 1940 | Ski Patrol | Fanni Nerkuu | |
| 1940 | Grand Ole Opry | Women's Club President | uncredited |
| 1940 | Brigham Young | Stout Woman Who Can't Swim | uncredited |
| 1940 | Flowing Gold | Tillie / Mrs. Harris | |
| 1940 | Hit Parade of 1941 | uncredited | |
| 1941 | Hudson's Bay | Germaine | |
| 1941 | Maisie Was a Lady | Curly the Bearded Lady | uncredited |
| 1941 | Pot o' Gold | Helga Svenson | uncredited |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Fat Woman | uncredited |
| 1941 | Wild Geese Calling | Swede | uncredited |
| 1941 | Never Give a Sucker an Even Break | The Waitress | |
| 1941 | Shadow of the Thin Man | Lana - Spider Webb's Girl | uncredited |
| 1941 | Hellzapoppin' | Louie's Girlfriend | uncredited |
| 1941 | Remember the Day | Mrs. Martha Avery | |
| 1942 | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Moonbeam | uncredited |
| 1942 | The Tuttles of Tahiti | Effie | |
| 1942 | The Affairs of Martha | Hadwig | uncredited |
| 1942 | Iceland | Fat Girl | uncredited |
| 1942 | Wrecking Crew | Hefty Girl | uncredited |
| 1942 | The Black Swan | Flossy Woman with Tommy | uncredited |
| 1942 | Journey for Margaret | Madame Bornholm | uncredited |
| 1942 | Reunion in France | Brunhilde - Stout Customer | uncredited |
| 1943 | The Hard Way | Anderson - Masseuse | uncredited |
| 1943 | Hers to Hold | Babe | uncredited |
| 1943 | Wings Over the Pacific | Native Woman with Black Eye | |
| 1943 | Hi Diddle Diddle | Agitated Wife | uncredited |
| 1943 | Hi'ya, Sailor | Plump Hostess | uncredited |
| 1943 | The Unknown Guest | Mrs. Green | uncredited |
| 1943 | Princess O'Rourke | Woman Truck Driver | uncredited |
| 1944 | The Story of Dr. Wassell | Head Nurse | uncredited |
| 1944 | Ladies of Washington | Nurse's Aide | uncredited |
| 1944 | Marriage Is a Private Affair | Girl Taxi Driver | uncredited |
| 1944 | Lost in a Harem | Native Laundress | uncredited |
| 1944 | Music for Millions | Burly Woman Cab Driver | uncredited |
| 1944 | Together Again | Fat Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid | uncredited |
| 1944 | Can't Help Singing | Bath House Attendant | uncredited |
| 1945 | Roughly Speaking | Woman in Store | uncredited |
| 1945 | Christmas in Connecticut | Mrs. Gerseg | uncredited |
| 1945 | That Night with You | Masseuse | uncredited |
| 1945 | Strange Confession | Mrs. Todd | uncredited |
| 1945 | Hold That Blonde | Matron | uncredited |
| 1945 | Life with Blondie | Buxom Woman | uncredited |
| 1945 | Texas Panhandle | Millie the Blacksmith | uncredited |
| 1946 | Partners in Time | The Bad Cook | uncredited |
| 1946 | Deadline for Murder | Tiny | |
| 1946 | Two Guys from Milwaukee | Big Woman | uncredited |
| 1946 | Singing on the Trail | Casey | uncredited |
| 1946 | Decoy | Mrs. Noonan | uncredited |
| 1946 | Cross My Heart | Miss Stewart | uncredited |
| 1946 | The Show-Off | Woman | scenes deleted |
| 1947 | Blondie's Holiday | Cynthia Thompson (Class of '32) | |
| 1947 | Fun on a Weekend | Customer in Clothing Shop | uncredited |
| 1947 | Second Chance | Policewoman | uncredited |
| 1947 | Roses Are Red | Jill's Landlady | uncredited |
| 1947 | Heading for Heaven | Mable Foster | uncredited |
| 1948 | Albuquerque | Pearl Eager | |
| 1948 | Are You with It? | Mrs. Minerva Henkle | |
| 1948 | Casbah | American Woman | uncredited |
| 1948 | Shaggy | Tessie | |
| 1948 | Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven | Lady | uncredited |
| 1948 | Million Dollar Weekend | Big Woman at Airline Counter | uncredited |
| 1948 | My Dear Secretary | Hilda Sneebacher | uncredited |
| 1948 | Bungalow 13 | Mrs. Martha Barton | |
| 1948 | The Paleface | Woman in Bathhouse | uncredited |
| 1949 | Knock on Any Door | Gussie | uncredited |
| 1949 | The Lost Tribe | Zulta, the Barmaid | uncredited |
| 1949 | The Lovable Cheat | Madame Violette | |
| 1949 | Hellfire | Full Moon | |
| 1949 | One Last Fling | Amy Dearing | |
| 1949 | Brimstone | Fat Lady on Stage | uncredited |
| 1949 | The Doctor and the Girl | Mrs. Vlacsek | uncredited |
| 1950 | The Blonde Bandit | Bertha Fannon | |
| 1950 | Blonde Dynamite | Sarah Dumbrowski | |
| 1950 | House by the River | Flora Bantam | |
| 1950 | The Yellow Cab Man | Cecil's Mother | uncredited |
| 1950 | My Friend Irma Goes West | Fat Woman | uncredited |
| 1951 | Gene Autry and The Mounties | Squaw | uncredited |
| 1951 | Slaughter Trail | Fat Woman at Dance | uncredited |
| 1952 | Something to Live For | Woman in Telephone Booth | uncredited |
| 1952 | Actor's and Sin | Mrs. Egelhofer | (segment "Woman of Sin") |
| 1952 | Jumping Jacks | Mr. White's Secretary | uncredited |
| 1953 | Houdini | Fat Girl | uncredited |
| 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Large Woman | |
| 1971 | Willard | Charlotte Stassen | |
| 1976 | Lifeguard | Woman |
References
- 1 2 "Funeral Services Set for Actress Jody Gilbert". Los Angeles Times. February 2, 1979. Retrieved December 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Jo Gilbert/Allmovie.com biography". Retrieved November 14, 2021.
External links
- Jody Gilbert at IMDb
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