Gertrude Chorre

Gertrude Chorre (April 30, 1885 – September 3, 1972) was an American film actress and talent scout based in southern California.

Early life Gertrude Martinez was born in southern California, to Estefano Martinez (1824–1902) and Regina Guassac (1858–1905). She was an enrolled member of the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, and a fluent speaker of Luiseño. The Guassac family was described as a "pioneering cattle raising family"; artist Fritz Scholder was her great-nephew.

Career Chorre appeared in films from the 1920s to the 1950s, including credits in In Old California (1929) and Frozen Justice (1929). She was often in small roles in Westerns, including appearances in War Paint (1926), Western Frontier (1935), The Outlaw Tamer (1935), Call of the Wild (1935), Lawless Riders (1935), Ramona (1936), A Tenderfoot Goes West (1936), Rio Grande Ranger (1936), Join the Marines (1937), Flaming Frontiers (1938), Hawk of the Wilderness (1938), Murder on the Yukon (1940), Navajo Kid (1945), Late in life, she assisted French linguist André Malécot with language studies. She was also active in the American Indian Woman's Club in Los Angeles.

Personal life Gertrude Martinez married Andres Moro (or Morrow); her second husband was butcher Joseph C. Chorre (1890–1958), an alumnus of the Sherman Institute. She had several children, including Marie (1919–1989), who appeared in White Fang (1936), Bennie, who appeared in Boys Town, and Joseph, known as "Sonny" (1914–1987), who was later known as wrestler Suni War Cloud. Her gravesite is in Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery in Santa Monica.