
Helen Vinson
Known for Acting · 40 credits
- Born
- 1907-09-17
- Died
- 1999-10-07
- Place of birth
- Beaumont, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Helen Rulfs
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helen Vinson (September 17, 1907 – October 7, 1999) was an American film actress, who appeared in 40 films between 1932 and 1945.
Vinson's screen career often featured her in roles in which she played the part of the other woman or (pre-Code) loose women with active romantic lives. Her first film role was Jewel Robbery (1932), which starred William Powell and Kay Francis. She appeared as Doris Delafield in The Kennel Murder Case, which starred Powell as Philo Vance. One of her memorable roles was in The Wedding Night (1935), when she played the wife of Gary Cooper's character and the rival of Anna Sten's, in a story about the Connecticut tobacco fields. Another performance was in the RKO film In Name Only (1939), in which she was cast as the treacherous friend of Carole Lombard, Kay Francis and Cary Grant's characters. Another standout role for Vinson was as an undercover federal agent posing as a femme fatale opposite Richard Cromwell in Universal Pictures's anti-Nazi action drama entitled, Enemy Agent (1940). She followed that role with that of Helen Draque in The Thin Man Goes Home. Vinson's film career ended in 1945.
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Vinson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street. Description above from the Wikipedia article Helen Vinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Movies (40)

Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
1937
as Mary Curson

In Name Only
1939
as Suzanne

Bowery Boy
1940
as Peggy Winters

Live, Love and Learn
1937
as Lily Chalmers

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
as Helen

Let's Try Again
1934
as Ann

Second Hand Wife
1933
as Betty Cavendish

Nothing but the Truth
1941
as Linda Graham

The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Helena Draque

Married and in Love
1940
as Doris Wilding

Jewel Robbery
1932
as Marianne Horn

Private Worlds
1935
as Claire Monet

Beyond Tomorrow
1940
as Arlene Terry

The Lady and the Monster
1944
as Chloe Donovan

Torrid Zone
1940
as Mrs. Gloria Anderson

The Kennel Murder Case
1933
as Doris Delafield

Age of Indiscretion
1935
as Eve Lenhart

Broadway Bill
1934
as Margaret

The Life of Vergie Winters
1934
as Laura Shadwell

The Little Giant
1933
as Polly Cass

Lawyer Man
1932
as Barbara "Babs" Bentley

Reunion
1936
as Gloria Sheridan

Chip Off the Old Block
1944
as Glory Marlow Jr.

The Wedding Night
1935
as Dora Barrett

Two Against the World
1932
as Corinne Walton

The Tunnel
1935
as Varlia Lloyd

Midnight Club
1933
as Iris Whitney

Gift of Gab
1934
as Nurse

The Captain Hates the Sea
1934
as Janet Grayson

They Call It Sin
1932
as Enid Hollister

Enemy Agent
1940
as Irene Hunter

The Crash
1932
as Esther Parrish

Grand Slam
1933
as Lola Starr

Curtain Call
1940
as Charlotte Morley

Love in Exile
1936
as Countess Xandra St. Aurion

The Power and the Glory
1933
as Eve Borden

A Notorious Gentleman
1935
as Nina Thorne

As Husbands Go
1934
as Lucille Lingard

King of the Damned
1935
as Anna Fernandez
Are These Our Parents?
1944
as Myra Salisbury
About Helen Vinson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Helen Vinson (September 17, 1907 – October 7, 1999) was an American film actress, who appeared in 40 films between 1932 and 1945. Vinson's screen career often featured her in roles in which she played the part of the other woman or (pre-Code) loose women with active romantic lives. Her first film role was Jewel Robbery (1932), which starred William Powell and Kay Francis. She appeared as Doris Delafield in The Kennel Murder Case, which starred Powell as Philo Vance. One of her memorable roles was in The We… With 40 credits spanning from 1932 to 1944, Helen Vinson has appeared in 40 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (1937) — as Mary Curson
- In Name Only (1939) — as Suzanne
- Bowery Boy (1940) — as Peggy Winters
- Live, Love and Learn (1937) — as Lily Chalmers
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) — as Helen
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