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person_profile-Helene Chadwick

Helene Chadwick Died at age: 42

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Helene Chadwick

Date of Birth:

Nov 24, 1897

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Sep 04, 1940

Biography of

Helene Chadwick

    From Wikipedia

    Helene Chadwick (November 25, 1897 – September 4, 1940) was an American actress in Silent and early sound films.

    Chadwick was born in the small town of Chadwicks, New York, which was named for her grandfather. Her mother was a singer who performed on the stage and her father was a businessman.

    She began making films for Pathe Pictures in Manhattan, New York. A director was impressed by Chadwick's talent as an equestrian, thus she began acting as a western star, but this did not continue with the exodus of film production from the east to the west coast. Signed by Samuel Goldwyn, Chadwick went to California in 1913 and entered silent movies in 1916. She was a star from 1920 through 1925. At the pinnacle of her acting career, she earned a salary estimated to have been $2,000 per week. From 1929 until 1935, she found success as a character actress when sound was being introduced to films.

    In the final five years of her life she was reduced to taking roles as an extra, playing "atmospheric parts". She was always optimistic that her fortunes would turn for the better. Helene made movies with Warner Brothers, Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount Pictures, and other studios.

    Her most noteworthy performances came in The Long Arm of Mannister (1919), The Cup of Fury (1920), Heartsease (1919), The Sin Flood (1922), Dangerous Curve Ahead (1921), From The Ground Up (1921), The Glorious Fool (1922), Yellow Men and Gold (1922), Dust Flower (1922), Godless Men (1920), and Quicksands (1923).

    In January 1919, Chadwick became engaged to Lieutenant William A. Wellman, an American pilot with the Lafayette Flying Corps. He had just returned from France and was cited for bravery for his valour in World War I. The couple had met at a party at the house of a friend. Wellman was signed to play a prominent role in an upcoming movie with Douglas Fairbanks Sr. The couple wed in July 1921, but in the summer of 1923 Chadwick sued Wellman for divorce on grounds of desertion and non-support. At the time of their separation William was directing movies for Fox Film. Wellman directed Wings, the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture, as well as many other notable films.

    Helene Chadwick died at St. Vincent's Hospital, Los Angeles, California, aged 42, in 1940. Her death was indirectly the result of an accident she suffered in June 1939.

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Helene Chadwick

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Filmography of

Helene Chadwick

Found 48 Movies in total

Frisco Kid

Saloon Girl (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Mary Burns, Fugitive

Prison Matron (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Mississippi

Atendee at Opening (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

A Wicked Woman

Mother (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

School for Girls

Larson ( Actor )

... 1934

Good Dame

Mrs. Crosby ( Actor )

... 1934

Morning Glory

Secretary (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

Employees' Entrance

Attendee at Meeting of Department Heads (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

Night World

Nightclub Patron (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

So Big!

Townsperson (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Hell Bound

Sanford's Sister ( Actor )

... 1931

The Bad Sister

Amy, Sam's Wife (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1931

Men Are Like That

Clara Hyland ( Actor )

... 1930

Father and Son

Miss White ( Actor )

... 1929

Say It with Sables

Helen Caswell ( Actor )

... 1928

The Bachelor's Baby

Eleanor Carter ( Actor )

... 1927

Stolen Pleasures

Doris Manning ( Actor )

... 1927

Hard Boiled

Marjorie Gregg ( Actor )

... 1926

The Still Alarm

Lucy Fay ( Actor )

... 1926

The Golden Cocoon

Molly Shannon ( Actor )

... 1925

... 1925

The Dark Swan

Cornelia Quinn ( Actor )

... 1924

The Border Legion

Joan Randle ( Actor )

... 1924

Trouping with Ellen

Ellen Llewellyn ( Actor )

... 1924

Why Men Leave Home

Irene Emerson ( Actor )

... 1924

Reno

Mrs. Emily Dysart Tappan ( Actor )

... 1923

Quicksands

The Girl ( Actor )

... 1923

Gimme

Fanny Daniels ( Actor )

... 1923

The Sin Flood

Poppy ( Actor )

... 1922

The Dust Flower

Letty Gravely ( Actor )

... 1922

Yellow Men and Gold

Bessie ( Actor )

... 1922

The Glorious Fool

Jane Brown ( Actor )

... 1922

Dangerous Curve Ahead

Phoebe (Mabee) Jones ( Actor )

... 1921

The Old Nest

Emily at 22 ( Actor )

... 1921

Made in Heaven

Claudia Royce ( Actor )

... 1921

Godless Men

Ruth Lytton ( Actor )

... 1920

Cupid the Cowpuncher

Macie Sewell ( Actor )

... 1920

The Cup of Fury

Marie Louise - 'Mamise' ( Actor )

... 1920

The Long Arm of Mannister

Sylvia De La Mere ( Actor )

... 1919

The Solitary Sin

Mary ( Actor )

... 1919

The Yellow Ticket

Miss Seaton ( Actor )

... 1918

The Naulahka

Kate Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1918

The House of Hate

Queenie Kate ( Actor )

... 1918

Vengeance Is Mine

Marion De Long ( Actor )

... 1917

The Angel Factory

Florence Lamont ( Actor )

... 1917

The Last of the Carnabys

The Kept Woman ( Actor )

... 1917

Blind Man's Luck

Helen ( Actor )

... 1917

... 1917