Actress. She was an original member of the "Our Gang" series, appearing in the first six shorts. She was the last surviving member of the original "Our Gang" group of children. Canadian-born Cartwright was one of Hollywood's earliest child actors (1915's "Birth of a Nation"). In 1932 she married comedian Phil Baker and they had four children: Margot, Stuart, Michael and Susan. They divorced in 1941. In 1962, she married African-American actor/activist Bill Walker (best remembered as 'Rev. Sykes' in the 1962 film classic "To Kill a Mockingbird"), making them one of the few interracial couples in Hollywood at the time. They were married 30 years, until Walker's death in 1992.
Actress. She was an original member of the "Our Gang" series, appearing in the first six shorts. She was the last surviving member of the original "Our Gang" group of children. Canadian-born Cartwright was one of Hollywood's earliest child actors (1915's "Birth of a Nation"). In 1932 she married comedian Phil Baker and they had four children: Margot, Stuart, Michael and Susan. They divorced in 1941. In 1962, she married African-American actor/activist Bill Walker (best remembered as 'Rev. Sykes' in the 1962 film classic "To Kill a Mockingbird"), making them one of the few interracial couples in Hollywood at the time. They were married 30 years, until Walker's death in 1992.
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