Mildred Kornman

Mildred Gene Kornman[1] (born July 10, 1925), also billed as Ricki VanDusen, is a former American actress, model, businesswoman, and photographer.

Kornman was born in Hollywood.[2] She is the younger sister of fellow child actress Mary Kornman.[3] 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.[1] She majored in art, English, and Spanish at UCLA.[4]

When she was nine months old, Kornman appeared with her sister in The Fourth Alarm.[3] 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