Overview

• Gay died on June 13, 2025, in Bakersfield, California, a loss confirmed by her close friend Bob Satterfield on Facebook.
• She joined the Our Gang Comedies in 1935 at age six as Effie, Alfalfa’s on-screen girlfriend, and remained with the series until 1938.
• Following her Little Rascals tenure, Gay appeared in over 40 feature films, including Tom Sawyer, A Day at the Circus and Mystery Plane.
• After yodeling in a 1941 Columbia Pictures short, she won the California State Yodeling Championship in both 1945 and 1946 and became a familiar voice on radio programs.
• Gay married Thomas Cashen in 1954, raised five children and maintained public ties to her legacy with a 2014 reunion appearance and a 2019 YouTube tribute.