- After she quit burlesque, she found a diverse variety of jobs to maintain an income: bartender, secretary, theater sales director, truck driver for the Air Force, dress shop saleslady, nuts- and- bolts saleslady, marketing director, and jewelry designer/painter.
- Married and divorced twice and had one daughter, Melody.
- Designed and printed a Shirley Jean Memorabilia Catalog which offers Our Gang items at a price the average Our Gang fan can afford. It is NOT for collectors, just people who still like the Our Gang/Little Rascals.
- After her film career (early 1950s) ended, she became a blonde-maned exotic dancer who professionally went by "Gilda and Her Crowning Glory" and worked both in the US and Canada.
- Her "Our Gang" spit-curled blonde character "look" was styled after Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty Ruth Taylor who was the star of the original "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" on stage.
- Died in a nursing home after a long illness.
- Body Cremated and Ashes given to family.
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