Gertrude Dolores Messinger (April 28, 1911 – November 8, 1995) was an American film actress known for her B-movie roles from the 1930s through the 1950s.

She began as a child actor in silent films, but found her greatest fame in talkies of the 1930s.

Her most active year was 1935 when she starred in eight feature films, most notably The Fighting Pilot with Richard Talmadge and Wagon Trail opposite Harry Carey.

[2] In 1939, she married cameraman Schuyler Sanford, who later won an Oscar for his work on the film Around the World in 80 Days.

Gertrude Messinger died of congestive heart failure on November 8, 1995, aged 84.