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)
Grand Slam
1933
as Lola Starr
Midnight Club
1933
as Iris Whitney
The Crash
1932
as Esther Parrish
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
as Helen
Lawyer Man
1932
as Barbara "Babs" Bentley
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Helena Draque
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
as Doris Delafield
In Name Only
1939
as Suzanne
The Power and the Glory
1933
as Eve Borden
Torrid Zone
1940
as Mrs. Gloria Anderson
They Call It Sin
1932
as Enid Hollister
Beyond Tomorrow
1940
as Arlene Terry
The Captain Hates the Sea
1934
as Janet Grayson
Bowery Boy
1940
as Peggy Winters
Curtain Call
1940
as Charlotte Morley
Nothing but the Truth
1941
as Linda Graham
Enemy Agent
1940
as Irene Hunter
Jewel Robbery
1932
as Marianne Horn
Live, Love and Learn
1937
as Lily Chalmers
The Tunnel
1935
as Varlia Lloyd
Reunion
1936
as Gloria Sheridan
The Little Giant
1933
as Polly Cass
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934
as Laura Shadwell
The Wedding Night
1935
as Dora Barrett
Private Worlds
1935
as Claire Monet
Let's Try Again
1934
as Ann
Broadway Bill
1934
as Margaret
Vogues of 1938
1937
as Mary Curson
Age of Indiscretion
1935
as Eve Lenhart
The Lady and the Monster
1944
as Chloe Donovan
As Husbands Go
1934
as Lucille Lingard
Gift of Gab
1934
as Nurse
Married and in Love
1940
as Doris Wilding
King of the Damned
1935
as Anna Fernandez
A Notorious Gentleman
1935
as Nina Thorne
Love in Exile
1936
as Countess Xandra St. Aurion
Two Against the World
1932
as Corinne Walton
Chip Off the Old Block
1944
as Glory Marlow Jr.
Are These Our Parents?
1944
as Myra Salisbury
Second Hand Wife
1933
as Betty Cavendish
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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- Grand Slam (1933) — as Lola Starr
- Midnight Club (1933) — as Iris Whitney
- The Crash (1932) — as Esther Parrish
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) — as Helen
- Lawyer Man (1932) — as Barbara "Babs" Bentley
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