Ge Ge Pearson

{{More citations needed|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Ge Ge Pearson | birth_name = Virginia Pearson | birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|4|19}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|6|19|1917|4|19}} | death_place = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1940s–1965 | spouse = Hal Gerard (1943–19??) }}

'''Ge Ge Pearson''' (born '''Virginia Pearson'''; April 19, 1917 – June 19, 1975) was an American radio and television actress. She appeared in various cartoons, radio, and television shows.

== Early years == Pearson's father had a traveling stock theater company. She debuted with that troupe when she was 2 years old and continued acting with it for the next 12 years.<ref name="lat">{{cite news|title='3 for Tonite' Star Started Work Early|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20110454/ge_ge_pearson/|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=March 16, 1952|location=California, Los Angeles|page=Part IV - 2|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 15, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> When she was 3 years old, her father operated the only showboat that ever worked on the Pacific Coast.<ref>{{cite news |title=Marshall and Ge Ge Recall Heritabe |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press/171272919/ |access-date=April 28, 2025 |work=The Pittsburgh Press |date=July 29, 1945 |page=28|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref>

== Career == On radio, Pearson played Mrs. Willy Lump Lump on ''The Red Skelton Show''<ref name="rp">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows|date=1999|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|isbn=978-0-7864-4513-4|page=282}}</ref> and Daisy Mulligan on ''The Gallant Heart'',<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dunning|first1=John|title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio|date=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199770786|page=[https://archive.org/details/onairencyclop00dunn/page/276/mode/1up 276]|url=https://archive.org/details/onairencyclop00dunn|url-access=registration|quote=Ge Ge Pearson.|accessdate=16 May 2018|language=en}}</ref> both on NBC.

On television, Pearson was the voice of Crusader Rabbit in the second series of the show of that title.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed.|date=2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786486410|page=222|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&q=%22Ge+Ge+Pearson%22&pg=PA222|accessdate=16 May 2018|language=en}}</ref>

Pearson's ability to speak with dialects led to her being thought of as one of the most accomplished dialecticians in Hollywood.<ref name="vt">{{cite news |title=Ge Ge Pearson One of Hollywood Top Dialecticians |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/valley-times-ge-ge-pearson/171271980/ |access-date=April 28, 2025 |work=Valley Times |date=March 11, 1952 |location=California, North Hollywood |page=8|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref>

==Personal life== On December 31, 1943, Pearson married Hal Gerard at El Rancho Vegas.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Six-Way Pick-Up|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gQwEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Ge+Ge+Pearson%22&pg=PT9|accessdate=16 May 2018|magazine=Billboard|date=January 22, 1944|page=10}}</ref>

==Filmography== * ''Looney Tunes'' * ''The Bugs n' Daffy Show'' * ''That's Warner Bros'' * ''Space Angel'' * ''Top Cat'' * ''The Huckleberry Hound Show'' * ''Tales of Wells Fargo'' * ''Crusader Rabbit'' * ''Ethel Barrymore Theatre'' * ''Damon Runyon Theater'' * ''I Love Lucy'' * ''Lux Video Theatre'' * ''Mr. & Mrs. North'' * ''Hollywood Theatre Time'' * ''Groan and Grunt'' * ''Campus Rhythm''

===Radio=== * ''The Red Skelton Show'' * ''Amos 'n' Andy'' * ''My Favorite Husband'' * ''On Stage'' * ''Let George Do It'' * The Amazing Mr. Malone * The Man Called X

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Portal|Biography|Radio|Film|Television}} * {{IMDb name|0669257}}

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