Helen MacKellar
Helen MacKellar is known for Northwest Passage (1940), Dark Command (1940), Crime School (1938).
Biography
Helen MacKellar (February 13, 1895 – August 5, 1966) was an American actress.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, MacKeller's ancestry was Scottish and French-Canadian. She studied acting in Chicago and Spokane. Her stage debut came in Spokane in The Whirl of the Town, a musical comedy, when she was 14. She went on to perform in vaudeville and in repertory theatre with the Valencia Stock Company in Los Angeles. Her first acting in the eastern United States was with the Poli Stock Company in New Haven.
MacKellar's film debut came in The Past of Mary Holmes. She also appeared in Two Against the World, Draegerman Courage, The Case of the Stuttering Bishop, Crime School, Little Tough Guy, Barefoot Boy, Valley of the Giants, Disbarred, Boy Slaves, Bad Boy, Northwest Passage, Dark Command, Cheers for Miss Bishop, The Great Mr. Nobody, The Great Train Robbery, Gangs of Sonora, Down Mexico Way, The Man Who Returned to Life, Street of Chance, The Sundown Kid, The Powers Girl and Silver Spurs, among others.
MacKellar's Broadway credits included Dear Ruth (1944), Bloody Laughter (1931), Through the Night (1930), Romancin' Round (1927), Open House (1925), The Mud Turtle (1925), A Good Bad Woman (1925), The Desert Flower (1924), The Masked Woman (1922), The Shadow (1922), Bought and Paid For (1921), Back Pay (1921), The Storm (1919), The Unknown Purple (1918), Major Pendennis (1916), and Seven Chances (1916).
MacKellar was married to George McQuarrie. She died in New York City.
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Known for
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6.6 Northwest Passage
1940
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6.4 Dark Command
1940
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5.4 When Tomorrow Comes
1939
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7.3 The Man Who Returned to Life
1942
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5.7 Lady in the Death House
1944
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5.7 Three Faces West
1940
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6.7 Valley of the Giants
1938
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6.5 Honolulu
1939
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7.2 The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937
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6.4 Crime School
1938
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6.0 The Great Mr. Nobody
1941
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6.2 Two Against the World
1936
Full filmography
33 films — 25 in the catalogue
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5.7
Lady in the Death House
1944 · Prison Matron (uncredited)
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4.8 Silver Spurs
1943 · Mrs. Davis
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7.0 The Powers Girl
1943 · Mrs. Hendricks
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9.0 The Sundown Kid
1942 · Lucy Randall
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7.3
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942 · Ma Beebe
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8.0 Gangs of Sonora
1941 · Kansas Kate Conners
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8.3 The Great Train Robbery
1941 · Mrs. Logan
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6.0
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941 · Mrs. Barnes
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6.5 Life with Henry
1941 · Sattherwaite's Secretary (uncredited)
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5.7
Three Faces West
1940 · Mrs. Welles
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6.4
Dark Command
1940 · Mrs. Hale
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4.7 Women Without Names
1940 · Juror
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6.6
Northwest Passage
1940 · Sarah Hadden
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6.5 See Your Doctor
1939 · Mrs. Mabel Doakes
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5.8 The Day of Rest
1939 · Mrs. Doakes
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5.4
When Tomorrow Comes
1939 · Waitress (uncredited)
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4.2 Bad Boy
1939 · Mrs. Fraser
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6.3 The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939 · Secretary
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6.5
Honolulu
1939 · Middle Telephone Operator (uncredited)
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8.0 Disbarred
1939 · Abbey Tennant
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6.7
Valley of the Giants
1938 · Mrs. Lorimer
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5.4 Barefoot Boy
1938 · Martha Whittaker
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5.7 Little Tough Guy
1938 · Mrs. Wanamaker
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7.3 Delinquent Parents
1938 · Judge Edith Ellis
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6.4
Crime School
1938 · Mrs. Burke
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8.0 Federal Bullets
1937 · Mrs. Thompson
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7.2
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937 · Stella Kenwood
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7.3 Draegerman Courage
1937 · Mrs. Mary Haslett
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6.2
Two Against the World
1936 · Martha Carstairs
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5.6 Flirtation
1934 · Mrs. Smith, the baby's mother
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4.7 High School Girl
1934 · Jane Andrews
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10.0 The Past of Mary Holmes
1933 · Mary Holmes
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7.0 The Madonna of the Slums
1919
People data: TMDb.
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