Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

94

Gender

Female

Birthday

1897-02-24

Day of Death

1990-01-27 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Helene Jerome Eddy

Helen Eddy

Helen Jerome Eddy

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Helen Jerome Eddy (February 25, 1897 – January 27, 1990) was a motion picture actress from New York, New York. She was noted as a character actress who played genteel heroines in films such as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917). Eddy was born on February 25, 1897, and was raised in Los Angeles, California. As a youth, she acted in productions put on by the Pasadena Playhouse. She became interested in films through the studios of Siegmund Lubin, which was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In her youth they opened a backlot in her Los Angeles neighborhood. Eddy died of heart failure on January 27, 1990, in Alhambra, California, at the age of 92. Eddy's first movie was The Discontented Man (1915). Soon after, she left Lubin and joined Paramount Pictures. At this time she began to play the roles for which she is best remembered. Other films in which the actress participated include The March Hare (1921), The Dark Angel, Camille, Quality Street, The Divine Lady (1929) and the first Our Gang talkie Small Talk (1929). She made Girls Demand Excitement in 1931 and her final film, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, in 1947. Even as a seasoned performer in the late 1920s it was remarked that Eddy looked "astonishingly young in appearance to have been in pictures for so many years".

Known For

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Bride of Frankenstein

Bride of Frankenstein

Acting

Blondie Brings Up Baby

1939

Blondie Brings Up Baby

as

Miss Ferguson

As the Twig Is Bent

1915

As the Twig Is Bent

as

Grace Thomas (as Helen Eddy)

Stowaway

1936

Stowaway

as

Mrs. Kruikshank

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

1932

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

as

Miss Reed

One More American

1918

One More American

as

Lucia

The Strange Case of Dr. Meade

1938

The Strange Case of Dr. Meade

as

Mrs. Lacey

A City Sparrow

1920

A City Sparrow

as

Hester Neil

13 Washington Square

1928

13 Washington Square

as

Olivetta

Madame la Presidente

1916

Madame la Presidente

as

Denise Galipaux (as Helen Eddy)

To the Ladies

1924

To the Ladies

as

Elsie Beebe

Show Boat

1936

Show Boat

as

Madame Butterfly

1932

Madame Butterfly

as

Cho-Cho's Mother

Frisco Jenny

1933

Frisco Jenny

as

Amah

Skippy

1931

Skippy

as

Mrs. Wayne

Klondike Annie

1936

Klondike Annie

as

Sister Annie Alden

Helldorado

1935

Helldorado

as

Miss Fife

Redeeming Love

1916

Redeeming Love

as

Katie

A Light Woman

1920

A Light Woman

as

Doris Kane

When Love Comes

1922

When Love Comes

as

Jane Coleridge

Railroadin'

1929

Railroadin'

as

Small Talk

1929

Small Talk

as

Wheezer's new mother

The Impatient Maiden

1932

The Impatient Maiden

as

Mrs. Gilman

Seven Keys to Baldpate

1946

Seven Keys to Baldpate

as

The Keeper of the Bees

1935

The Keeper of the Bees

as

Priscilla / Shorty

The Tong Man

1919

The Tong Man

as

Sen Chee

The Girl from 10th Avenue

1935

The Girl from 10th Avenue

as

Miss Mansfield

A Parisian Romance

1932

A Parisian Romance

as

Yvonne

The Forbidden Thing

1920

The Forbidden Thing

as

Joan

A Girl of the Limberlost

1934

A Girl of the Limberlost

as

Margaret Sinton

Jim Hanvey, Detective

1937

Jim Hanvey, Detective

as

Mrs. Tom Ellis

The Masquerader

1933

The Masquerader

as

Robbins

The Great Meadow

1931

The Great Meadow

as

Sally Tolliver

Reaching for the Moon

1930

Reaching for the Moon

as

Larry's Secretary

City Streets

1938

City Streets

as

Miss North

A Shot in the Dark

1935

A Shot in the Dark

as

Miss Lottie Case

The Country Doctor

1936

The Country Doctor

as

Mrs. Ogden

The Fair Barbarian

1917

The Fair Barbarian

as

Maid

The Night of June 13

1932

The Night of June 13

as

Martha Blake

Riptide

1934

Riptide

as

Celeste

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

1917

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

as

Hannah Randall

The Divine Lady

1928

The Divine Lady

as

Lady Nelson

The County Fair

1920

The County Fair

as

Sally Greenway

Strike Up the Band

1940

Strike Up the Band

as

Mrs. Brewster

The Fire Patrol

1924

The Fire Patrol

as

Emma Thatcher

Girls Demand Excitement

1931

Girls Demand Excitement

as

Gazella Perkins

Rendezvous at Midnight

1935

Rendezvous at Midnight

as

Emmy

Strictly Personal

1933

Strictly Personal

as

Mrs. Lovett (uncredited)

Manhattan Parade

1931

Manhattan Parade

as

Delman's Secretary

Breakers Ahead

1918

Breakers Ahead

as

Agnes Bowman

Tarnished Angel

1938

Tarnished Angel

as

Mrs. Thompson

Man's Castle

1933

Man's Castle

as

Mother (uncredited)

War Nurse

1930

War Nurse

as

Marion ("Kansas")

Good Girls Go to Paris

1939

Good Girls Go to Paris

as

Tearoom Hostess (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as

Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

1933

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

as

Esther

Quality Street

1927

Quality Street

as

Susan Throssel

Bride of Frankenstein

1935

Bride of Frankenstein

as

Gypsy's Wife (uncredited)

The Man Beneath

1919

The Man Beneath

as

Kate Erskine

Winterset

1936

Winterset

as

Maria Romagna

1932

Make Me a Star

as

Tessie Kearns

The Women Men Marry

1937

The Women Men Marry

as

Sister Martin

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

1939

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

as

Susan, Laboratory Analyst (uncredited)

Old Wives for New

1918

Old Wives for New

as

Norma Murdock

The Dark Angel

1925

The Dark Angel

as

Miss Bottles

Dr. Monica

1934

Dr. Monica

as

Miss Gelsey (uncredited)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1947

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

as

Lingerie Saleswoman (uncredited)

The Gentleman from Indiana

1915

The Gentleman from Indiana

as

Unknown Blonde

1934

Unknown Blonde

as

Miss Adams

Niagara Falls

1930

Niagara Falls

as

Wife / Edna Smith

Pollyanna

1920

Pollyanna

as

Nancy Thing

Camille

1927

Camille

as

Camille's maid

Carnival

1935

Carnival

as

Dr. Hodges

Mata Hari

1931

Mata Hari

as

Sister Genevieve

The Soldier and the Lady

1937

The Soldier and the Lady

as

Shepherd's Wife (Uncredited)

Chicago After Midnight

1928

Chicago After Midnight

as

Mrs. Boyd

Crime Ring

1938

Crime Ring

as

Mrs. Myles

Blue Skies

1929

Blue Skies

as

Second Assistant Matron (episode 2)

Torch Singer

1933

Torch Singer

as

Miss Spaulding

Night Flight

1933

Night Flight

as

Worried Mother

The Blinding Trail

1919

The Blinding Trail

as

Adele Grey

The Country Kid

1923

The Country Kid

as

Hazel Warren

Winner Takes All

1918

Winner Takes All

as

Frances Landcrafe

The First Born

1921

The First Born

as

Loey Tsing

Midstream

1929

Midstream

as

Mary Mason

Miss Hobbs

1920

Miss Hobbs

as

Beulah Hackett

The Marcellini Millions

1917

The Marcellini Millions

as

Antoinetta Bartelli

Her Father's Son

1916

Her Father's Son

as

Betty Fletcher

The Flirt

1922

The Flirt

as

Laura Madison

Padlocked

1926

Padlocked

as

Belle Galloway

Sooky

1931

Sooky

as

Mrs Wayne

The March Hare

1921

The March Hare

as

Susie

An Old Sweetheart of Mine

1923

An Old Sweetheart of Mine

as

Mary Ellen Anderson

The Red Virgin

1915

The Red Virgin

as

Rose - the Mother

The Boomerang

1919

The Boomerang

as

Nora Yorke

Production

Crew

Directing