Mildred Kornman


Mildred Gene Kornman, also billed as Ricki VanDusen, is a former American actress, model, businesswoman, and photographer.

Biography

Kornman was born in Hollywood. She is the younger sister of fellow child actress Mary Kornman. Their mother was actress Verna Kornman, who appeared in several films and their father was Eugene Kornman, a professional still photographer who was employed by Harold Lloyd at the time of Kornman's birth. She majored in art, English, and Spanish at UCLA.
When she was nine months old, Kornman appeared with her sister in The Fourth Alarm. After graduating Hollywood High School, she along with her sister became leading ladies of the silent film genre and featured in the Our Gang short films series, Mildred was initially a regular in the series with appearances from 1926–1928, and returned for a second stint from 1930 until 1935, in uncredited parts without had no speaking roles and appeared when many children were needed for a scene such as a classroom.
She later became an adult actress at 20th Century Fox, albeit only in uncredited roles, under the name Ricki VanDusen. and also was a model who featured in magazines including Vogue and Harpers Bazaar, and in television commercials.
see: Our Gang filmography Kornman married Norton Hinsey on December 30, 1943.

Filmography