Gertrude Olmstead (November 13, 1897[1] – January 18, 1975) was an American actress of the silent era.

[1][2] Olmstead was born in Chicago, Illinois,[3] and was noticed after winning a 5,900-entrant[4] contest to represent "The Spirit of America" at the 1920 Elks Club national convention.

In 1926 she met MGM director Robert Z. Leonard and they were married in Santa Barbara[1] on June 8.

[10] After Leonard's death, Olmstead remained in the Los Angeles area, and died in Beverly Hills on January 18, 1975.

[3] She is interred at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, near her husband.