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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

62

Gender

Female

Birthday

1897-11-24

Day of Death

1940-09-04 (43 years old)

Place of Birth

Chadwicks, New York, USA

Also Known As

Mary Helene Chadwick

Helen Chadwick

Helene Chadwick

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

Father and Son

1929

Father and Son

as

Miss White

Go-Get-Em Garringer

1919

Go-Get-Em Garringer

as

Wilma Wharton

The Naulahka

1918

The Naulahka

as

Kate Sheriff

The Last of the Carnabys

1917

The Last of the Carnabys

as

The Kept Woman

The Border Legion

1924

The Border Legion

as

Joan Randle

The Sin Flood

1922

The Sin Flood

as

Poppy

The Glorious Fool

1922

The Glorious Fool

as

Jane Brown

Quicksands

1923

Quicksands

as

The Girl

Trouping with Ellen

1924

Trouping with Ellen

as

Ellen Llewellyn

The Bachelor's Baby

1927

The Bachelor's Baby

as

Eleanor Carter

Night World

1932

Night World

as

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

The Honest Thief

1918

The Honest Thief

as

Edith Marbury

The Yellow Ticket

1918

The Yellow Ticket

as

Miss Seaton

Frisco Kid

1935

Frisco Kid

as

Saloon Girl (uncredited)

The Perfect Set-Up

1936

The Perfect Set-Up

as

Mary (uncredited)

The Old Nest

1921

The Old Nest

as

Emily at 22

The Cup of Fury

1920

The Cup of Fury

as

Marie Louise - 'Mamise'

Cupid the Cowpuncher

1920

Cupid the Cowpuncher

as

Macie Sewell

The Angel Factory

1917

The Angel Factory

as

Florence Lamont

Reno

1923

Reno

as

Mrs. Emily Dysart Tappan

Gimme

1923

Gimme

as

Fanny Daniels

The Long Arm of Mannister

1919

The Long Arm of Mannister

as

Sylvia De La Mere

Employees' Entrance

1933

Employees' Entrance

as

Attendee at Meeting of Department Heads (uncredited)

Hard Boiled

1926

Hard Boiled

as

Marjorie Gregg

The House of Hate

1918

The House of Hate

as

Queenie Kate

Women Who Dare

1928

Women Who Dare

as

Stella Mowbray

Mary Burns, Fugitive

1935

Mary Burns, Fugitive

as

Prison Matron (uncredited)

The Bad Sister

1931

The Bad Sister

as

Amy, Sam's Wife (uncredited)

The Dark Swan

1924

The Dark Swan

as

Cornelia Quinn

Managed Money

1934

Managed Money

as

Mrs. George Myers

Merrily Yours

1933

Merrily Yours

as

Mrs. Rogers

Say It with Sables

1928

Say It with Sables

as

Helen Caswell

Godless Men

1920

Godless Men

as

Ruth Lytton

Why Men Leave Home

1924

Why Men Leave Home

as

Irene Emerson

A Wicked Woman

1934

A Wicked Woman

as

Mother (uncredited)

Good Dame

1934

Good Dame

as

Mrs. Crosby

Men Are Like That

1930

Men Are Like That

as

Clara Hyland

Dancing Days

1926

Dancing Days

as

Alice Hedman

The Golden Cocoon

1925

The Golden Cocoon

as

Molly Shannon

So Big!

1932

So Big!

as

Townsperson (uncredited)

School for Girls

1934

School for Girls

as

Larson

Made in Heaven

1921

Made in Heaven

as

Claudia Royce

Hell Bound

1931

Hell Bound

as

Sanford's Sister

Dangerous Curve Ahead

1921

Dangerous Curve Ahead

as

Phoebe (Mabee) Jones

The Challenge

1916

The Challenge

as

Alberta Bradley

The Masked Dancer

1924

The Masked Dancer

as

Betty Powell

Her Own Free Will

1924

Her Own Free Will

as

Nan Everard

Mississippi

1935

Mississippi

as

Atendee at Opening (uncredited)

Blind Man's Luck

1917

Blind Man's Luck

as

Helen

Vengeance Is Mine

1917

Vengeance Is Mine

as

Marion De Long

Love of Women

1924

Love of Women

as

Cynthia Redfield

Morning Glory

1933

Morning Glory

as

Secretary (uncredited)

The Still Alarm

1926

The Still Alarm

as

Lucy Fay

The Dust Flower

1922

The Dust Flower

as

Letty Gravely

An Adventure in Hearts

1919

An Adventure in Hearts

as

Countess Lucia Bonavia D'Orano

Stolen Pleasures

1927

Stolen Pleasures

as

Doris Manning

Production

Crew

Directing