 She made her screen debut at the age of four in the short "How's My Baby" (1930), soon followed by her "Our Gang" debut, "Helping Grandma" in 1931.Rickert's most notable appearances were in the films "Love Business" and "Bargain Day", in which her spit-curls were the centerpiece of her precocious performance.After Rickert left the "Our Gang" series, she had a brief movie career, including starring roles as Tomboy Teri Taylor alongside Mickey Rooney in eight "Mickey McGuire" comedies, followed by a string of jobs including driving trucks for the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.