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person_profile-Helen Burgess

Helen Burgess Died at age: 20

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Helen Burgess

Date of Birth:

Apr 26, 1916

Country of birth:

Portland - Oregon - USA

Died:

Apr 07, 1937

Biography of

Helen Burgess

    Young and full of promise, Paramount contract player Helen Burgess possessed a lovely, sweet-faced quality, but made only four films during her lifetime. Born April 26, 1916, the rather demure Portland, Oregon beauty was given an auspicious debut in Cecil B. DeMille's epic bio-western The Plainsman (1936). Discovered by DeMille himself with only brief stage experience behind her, the film starred Gary Cooper as Wild Bill Hickok and Jean Arthur as Calamity Jane. Helen was fifth billed as Louisa Frederici Cody, the young bride of Wild West showman Buffalo Bill Cody, played by James Ellison. Helen went on to co-star in lesser "B" pictures, one opposite George Bancroft in the drama A Doctor's Diary (1937), and a second femme lead in King of Gamblers (1937) supporting Claire Trevor. She was busy filming her fourth movie Night of Mystery(1937) when she caught a chill that resulted in a serious cold. This, in turn, developed into lobar pneumonia. Helen died in Beverly Hills on April 7, 1937, weeks before reaching her 21st birthday, and only months after the release of her first and best known film "The Plainsman." 

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Helen Burgess

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Filmography of

Helen Burgess

Found 4 Movies in total

Night of Mystery

Ada Greene ( Actor )

... 1937

King of Gamblers

Jackie Nolan ( Actor )

... 1937

A Doctor's Diary

Ruth Hanlon ( Actor )

... 1937

The Plainsman

Louisa Cody ( Actor )

... 1936