Cause of death Heart failure Years active 1915-1947 | Name Helen Eddy Role Actress | |
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Born 25 February 1897 ( 1897-02-25 ) New York City, New York, U.S. Died January 27, 1990, Alhambra, California, United States Movies Pollyanna, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Skippy, The Tong Man, Mata Hari Similar People Paul Powell, George Fitzmaurice, William Worthington, Marshall Neilan, Marion Gering | ||
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).
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Biography
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.
Career
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".
Filmography
Actress
1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as
Lingerie Saleswoman (uncredited)
1940
Strike Up the Band as
Mrs. Brewster
1939
Blondie Brings Up Baby as
Miss Ferguson, School Principal
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as
Paine's Secretary (uncredited)
1939
Scandal Sheet as
Mrs. Hazel Scoville Marsh (uncredited)
1939
Good Girls Go to Paris as
Tearoom Hostess (uncredited)
1939
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor as
Susan - Laboratory Analyst (uncredited)
1938
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade as
Mrs. Lacey
1938
Tarnished Angel as
Mrs. Thompson (uncredited)
1938
Crime Ring as
Mrs. Myles (uncredited)
1938
City Streets as
Miss North
1937
The Women Men Marry as
Sister Martin
1937
The Soldier and the Lady as
Shepherd's Wife (uncredited)
1937
Jim Hanvey, Detective as
Mrs. Tom Ellis
1937
Nancy Steele Is Missing! as
Nurse (uncredited)
1936
Stowaway as
Mrs. Kruikshank
1936
Winterset as
Maria Romagna
1936
The Garden of Allah as
Nun (uncredited)
1936
The Crime of Dr. Forbes as
Timid Woman (uncredited)
1936
Show Boat as
Reporter Interviewing in Rehearsal (uncredited)
1936
The Country Doctor as
Mrs. Ogden
1936
Klondike Annie as
Sister Annie Alden
1935
The Keeper of the Bees as
Priscilla / Shorty
1935
The Girl from 10th Avenue as
Miss Mansfield
1935
The Bride of Frankenstein as
Gypsy's Wife (uncredited)
1935
Carnival as
Dr. Hodges (uncredited)
1935
Rendezvous at Midnight as
Emmy
1935
A Shot in the Dark as
Miss Lottie Case
1934
Helldorado as
Miss Fife
1934
A Girl of the Limberlost as
Margaret Sinton
1934
Dr. Monica as
Miss Gelsey (uncredited)
1934
Unknown Blonde as
Miss Adams
1934
Riptide as
Celeste
1933
Man's Castle as
Mother (uncredited)
1933
Broadway Thru a Keyhole as
Mrs. Esther Whelan
1933
Night Flight as
Worried Mother
1933
Torch Singer as
Miss Spaulding
1933
The Masquerader as
Robbins
1933
Strictly Personal as
Mrs. Lovett (uncredited)
1932
Frisco Jenny as
Amah
1932
The Bitter Tea of General Yen as
Miss Reed
1932
Madame Butterfly as
Cho-Cho's mother
1932
A Parisian Romance as
Yvonne
1932
The Night of June 13 as
Martha Blake
1932
Make Me a Star as
Tessie Kearns
1932
No Greater Love as
Superintendent
1932
The Impatient Maiden as
Mrs. Gilman
1931
Mata Hari as
Sister Genevieve
1931
Sooky as
Mrs. Wayne
1931
Manhattan Parade as
Delman's Secretary (uncredited)
1931
That's News to Me (Short)
1931
Skippy as
Mrs. Wayne
1931
Girls Demand Excitement as
Gazella Perkins
1931
The Great Meadow as
Sally Tolliver
1930
Reaching for the Moon as
Larry's Secretary
1930
War Nurse as
Kansas
1930
Niagara Falls (Short) as
Wife / Edna Smith
1929
Midstream as
Mary Mason
1929
Railroadin' (Short)
1929
Small Talk (Short) as
Wheezer's New Mother (uncredited)
1929
Blue Skies as
Second Assistant Matron (episode 2)
1928
The Divine Lady as
Lady Nelson
1928
The Speed Classic as
Keziah Stubbs
1928
Two Lovers as
Inez
1928
Chicago After Midnight as
Mrs. Boyd
1928
13 Washington Square as
Olivetta
1927
Quality Street as
Susan Throssel
1926
Camille as
Camille's Maid
1926
Padlocked as
Belle Galloway
1925
The Dark Angel as
Miss Bottles
1925
Marry Me as
Sarah Hume
1924
The Fire Patrol as
Emma Thatcher
1923
To the Ladies as
Elsie Beebe
1923
The Country Kid as
Hazel Warren
1923
An Old Sweetheart of Mine as
Mary Ellen Anderson
1922
The Flirt as
Laura Madison
1922
When Love Comes as
Jane Coleridge
1921
The March Hare as
Susie
1921
The Ten Dollar Raise as
Emily
1921
The Other Woman as
Avery Kirven
1921
One Man in a Million as
Flora Valenzi
1921
The First Born as
Loey Tsing
1920
The Forbidden Thing as
Joan
1920
A City Sparrow as
Hester Neil
1920
A Light Woman as
Doris Kane
1920
The County Fair as
Sally Greenway
1920
The House of Toys as
Esther Summers
1920
Miss Hobbs as
Beulah Hackett
1920
Pollyanna as
Nancy Thing
1919
The Tong Man as
Sen Chee
1919
The Trembling Hour as
Margy Webb
1919
A Very Good Young Man as
Osprey Bacchus
1919
The Man Beneath as
Kate Erskine
1919
The Boomerang as
Nora Yorke
1919
The Blinding Trail as
Adele Grey
1919
The Turn in the Road as
Jane Barker
1918
Winner Takes All as
Frances Landcrafe
1918
Old Wives for New as
Norma Murdock
1918
Breakers Ahead as
Agnes Bowman
1918
One More American as
Lucia
1918
The Spirit of '17 as
Susan Brand
1918
Jules of the Strong Heart as
Joy Farnsworth
1917
The Fair Barbarian as
Maid
1917
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as
Hannah Randall
1917
Lost in Transit as
Nita Lapi
1917
The Cook of Canyon Camp as
Marie
1917
The Marcellini Millions as
Antoinetta Bartelli
1917
As Men Love as
Marjorie Gordon
1917
The Wax Model as
Helen Ilchester
1917
His Sweetheart as
Trina Capino
1916
Redeeming Love as
Katie
1916
Her Father's Son as
Betty Fletcher
1916
The Half Wit (Short) as
Teresa (as Helen Eddy)
1916
The Final Payment (Short) as
Effie Ayres (as Helen Eddy)
1916
Pasquale as
Margarita
1916
The Candle (Short) as
Sue (as Helen Eddy)
1916
The Crash (Short) as
Mary - the Maid (as Helen Eddy)
1916
The Code of Marcia Gray as
Crane's Daughter
1916
Madame la Presidente as
Denise Galipaux (as Helen Eddy)
1916
The Old Watchman (Short) as
Hazel (as Helen Eddy)
1916
The Tongues of Men as
Winifred Leeds
1915
The Inner Chamber (Short) as
Marian Day (as Helen Eddy)
1915
The Web of Hate (Short) as
Louisa Pordoni (as Helen Eddy)
1915
The Gentleman from Indiana (as Helen Eddy)
1915
As the Twig Is Bent (Short) as
Grace Thomas (as Helen Eddy)
1915
A Night in Old Spain (Short) as
Mary (as Helen Eddy)
1915
The Strange Unknown (Short) as
Meta Clark
1915
Jim West, Gambler (Short)(as Helen Eddy)
1915
The Red Virgin (Short) as
Rose - the Mother / Fay - the Daughter (dual role) (as Helen Eddy)
1915
Jealousy (Short) as
Mrs. Bob Walker - the Friend's Wife (as Helen Eddy)
1915
The Discontented Man (Short) as
A Girl of the Mountains (as Helen Eddy)
Self
1922
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 (Documentary short) as
Self
1920
Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 9 (Documentary short) as
Self
Archive Footage
1955
The Little Rascals (TV Series) as
Helen Eddy (1955)
References
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