Shirley Jean Rickert (March 25, 1926 – February 6, 2009) was an American child actress who was briefly the "blonde girl" for the Our Gang series in 1931, during the Hal Roach early talkie period.

At 18 months of age, Rickert won a local baby beauty contest, which emboldened her mother to move the family to Hollywood.

[2] Rickert's most notable appearances were in the films Love Business and Bargain Day, in which her spit-curls, inspired by those of Ruth Taylor's in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,[3] were the centerpiece of her precocious performance.

Well, I'll tell you, I prefer burlesque because it's not so immoral as the movie business.In the mid-1970s, she became a traveling saleswoman for industrial hardware, surprising potential clients with her starring roles in Our Gang.

[4] Later, she performed in local theater productions, helped to maintain a Web fansite, and made occasional public appearances.