Helene Chadwick
Helene Chadwick is known for Morning Glory (1933), Employees' Entrance (1933), The Bad Sister (1931).
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.
Questions about Helene Chadwick
How many Helene Chadwick films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 18 films with Helene Chadwick, from 1919 to 1936.
What was the first Helene Chadwick film?
The first Helene Chadwick film in the catalogue is Morning Glory, from 1933.
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Known for
Full filmography
66 films — 18 in the catalogue
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6.5 The Perfect Set-Up
1936 · Mary (uncredited)
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7.0 Frisco Kid
1935 · Saloon Girl (uncredited)
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9.0 Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935 · Prison Matron (uncredited)
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6.8 Mississippi
1935 · Atendee at Opening (uncredited)
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5.0 A Wicked Woman
1934 · Mother (uncredited)
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7.5 School for Girls
1934 · Larson
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7.0 Good Dame
1934 · Mrs. Crosby
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5.3 Managed Money
1934 · Mrs. George Myers
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5.7 Merrily Yours
1933 · Mrs. Rogers
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6.2 Morning Glory
1933 · Secretary (uncredited)
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6.1 Employees' Entrance
1933 · Attendee at Meeting of Department Heads (uncredited)
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6.8 Night World
1932 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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5.8 So Big!
1932 · Townsperson (uncredited)
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7.0 Hell Bound
1931 · Sanford's Sister
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5.6 The Bad Sister
1931 · Amy, Sam's Wife (uncredited)
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8.5 Men Are Like That
1930 · Clara Hyland
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8.0 Father and Son
1929 · Miss White
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7.0 Say It with Sables
1928 · Helen Caswell
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9.0 Modern Mothers
1928 · Adele Dayton
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10.0
Women Who Dare
1928 · Stella Mowbray
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7.0 The Bachelor's Baby
1927 · Eleanor Carter
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3.3 Stolen Pleasures
1927 · Doris Manning
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5.7 Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
1926 · Helene
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3.3
Dancing Days
1926 · Alice Hedman
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8.0 Hard Boiled
1926 · Marjorie Gregg
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9.0 The Still Alarm
1926 · Lucy Fay
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10.0 Pleasures of the Rich
1926 · Mary Wilson
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10.0 The Golden Cocoon
1925 · Molly Shannon
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10.0 The Woman Hater
1925
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7.0 The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
1925 · Betty Joe
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8.0 The Dark Swan
1924 · Cornelia Quinn
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7.0 The Border Legion
1924 · Joan Randle
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10.0 Trouping with Ellen
1924 · Ellen Llewellyn
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7.0
Her Own Free Will
1924 · Nan Everard
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7.0 Love of Women
1924 · Cynthia Redfield
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3.0 Why Men Leave Home
1924 · Irene Emerson
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4.5 The Masked Dancer
1924 · Betty Powell
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9.0 Reno
1923 · Mrs. Emily Dysart Tappan
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7.0 Quicksands
1923 · The Girl
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7.0 Gimme
1923 · Fanny Daniels
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10.0 The Sin Flood
1922 · Poppy
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8.0 The Dust Flower
1922 · Letty Gravely
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10.0 Yellow Men and Gold
1922 · Bessie
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10.0 The Glorious Fool
1922 · Jane Brown
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9.0 Dangerous Curve Ahead
1921 · Phoebe (Mabee) Jones
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8.0 The Old Nest
1921 · Emily at 22
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8.0 Made in Heaven
1921 · Claudia Royce
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4.0 Godless Men
1920 · Ruth Lytton
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10.0 Cupid the Cowpuncher
1920 · Macie Sewell
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8.0 The Cup of Fury
1920 · Marie Louise - 'Mamise'
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An Adventure in Hearts
1919 · Countess Lucia Bonavia D'Orano
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9.0 The Long Arm of Mannister
1919 · Sylvia De La Mere
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10.0 A Very Good Young Man
1919 · Ruth Douglas
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8.0 The Solitary Sin
1919 · Mary
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7.0 Girls
1919 · Kate West
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7.0
Go-Get-Em Garringer
1919 · Wilma Wharton
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The Honest Thief
1918 · Edith Marbury
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The Yellow Ticket
1918 · Miss Seaton
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The Naulahka
1918 · Kate Sheriff
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6.6 The House of Hate
1918 · Queenie Kate
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Vengeance Is Mine
1917 · Marion De Long
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The Angel Factory
1917 · Florence Lamont
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The Last of the Carnabys
1917 · The Kept Woman
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Blind Man's Luck
1917 · Helen
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6.0 The Mystery of the Double Cross
1917
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The Challenge
1916 · Alberta Bradley
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