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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 24, 1897
Died
September 4, 1940
Place of Birth
Chadwicks, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Mary Helene Chadwick
- Helen Chadwick
Helene Chadwick
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Biography
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.
Known For
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Mary (uncredited)
The Perfect Set-Up
1936
6.8
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Frisco Kid
1935
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Prison Matron (uncredited)
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
6.7
Atendee at Opening (uncredited)
Mississippi
1935
4.0
Mother (uncredited)
A Wicked Woman
1934
6.0
Larson
School for Girls
1934
5.5
Mrs. Crosby
Good Dame
1934
4.6
Mrs. George Myers
Managed Money
1934
4.8
Mrs. Rogers
Merrily Yours
1933
6.1
Secretary (uncredited)
Morning Glory
1933
Credits
The Perfect Set-Up
as Mary (uncredited)
1936
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Frisco Kid
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
1935
6.8
Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Prison Matron (uncredited)
1935
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Mississippi
as Atendee at Opening (uncredited)
1935
6.7
A Wicked Woman
as Mother (uncredited)
1934
4.0
School for Girls
as Larson
1934
6.0
Good Dame
as Mrs. Crosby
1934
5.5
Managed Money
as Mrs. George Myers
1934
4.6
Merrily Yours
as Mrs. Rogers
1933
4.8
Morning Glory
as Secretary (uncredited)
1933
6.1
Employees' Entrance
as Attendee at Meeting of Department Heads (uncredited)
1933
6.1
Night World
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1932
6.7
So Big!
as Townsperson (uncredited)
1932
5.6
Hell Bound
as Sanford's Sister
1931
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The Bad Sister
as Amy, Sam's Wife (uncredited)
1931
5.4
Men Are Like That
as Clara Hyland
1930
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Father and Son
as Miss White
1929
7.0
Say It with Sables
as Helen Caswell
1928
5.0
Modern Mothers
as Adele Dayton
1928
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Women Who Dare
as Stella Mowbray
1928
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The Bachelor's Baby
as Eleanor Carter
1927
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Stolen Pleasures
as Doris Manning
1927
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Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
as Helene
1926
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Dancing Days
as Alice Hedman
1926
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Hard Boiled
as Marjorie Gregg
1926
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The Still Alarm
as Lucy Fay
1926
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The Golden Cocoon
as Molly Shannon
1925
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The Woman Hater
1925
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The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
as Betty Joe
1925
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The Dark Swan
as Cornelia Quinn
1924
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The Border Legion
as Joan Randle
1924
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Trouping with Ellen
as Ellen Llewellyn
1924
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Her Own Free Will
as Nan Everard
1924
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Love of Women
as Cynthia Redfield
1924
0.0
Why Men Leave Home
as Irene Emerson
1924
1.0
The Masked Dancer
as Betty Powell
1924
1.0
Reno
as Mrs. Emily Dysart Tappan
1923
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Quicksands
as The Girl
1923
5.0
Gimme
as Fanny Daniels
1923
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The Sin Flood
as Poppy
1922
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The Dust Flower
as Letty Gravely
1922
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Yellow Men and Gold
as Bessie
1922
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The Glorious Fool
as Jane Brown
1922
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Dangerous Curve Ahead
as Phoebe (Mabee) Jones
1921
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The Old Nest
as Emily at 22
1921
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Made in Heaven
as Claudia Royce
1921
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Godless Men
as Ruth Lytton
1920
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Cupid the Cowpuncher
as Macie Sewell
1920
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The Cup of Fury
as Marie Louise - 'Mamise'
1920
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An Adventure in Hearts
as Countess Lucia Bonavia D'Orano
1919
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The Long Arm of Mannister
as Sylvia De La Mere
1919
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The Solitary Sin
as Mary
1919
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Girls
as Kate West
1919
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Go-Get-Em Garringer
as Wilma Wharton
1919
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The Honest Thief
as Edith Marbury
1918
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The Yellow Ticket
as Miss Seaton
1918
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The Naulahka
as Kate Sheriff
1918
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The House of Hate
as Queenie Kate
1918
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Vengeance Is Mine
as Marion De Long
1917
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The Angel Factory
as Florence Lamont
1917
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The Last of the Carnabys
as The Kept Woman
1917
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Blind Man's Luck
as Helen
1917
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The Mystery of the Double Cross
1917
6.0
The Challenge
as Alberta Bradley
1916
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