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