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Helen Vinson

Helen Vinson

Birthday: 1907-09-17 | Place of Birth: Beaumont, Texas, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1944
The Lady and the Monster

as    Chloe Donovan

1944
Chip Off the Old Block

as    Glory Marlow Jr.

1944
The Thin Man Goes Home

as    Helena Draque

1944
Are These Our Parents?

as    Myra Salisbury

1940
Beyond Tomorrow

as    Arlene Terry

1940
Married and in Love

as    Doris Wilding

1940
Enemy Agent

as    Irene Hunter

1940
Torrid Zone

as    Mrs. Gloria Anderson

1939
In Name Only

as    Suzanne

1935
The Wedding Night

as    Dora Barrett

1935
Age of Indiscretion

as    Eve Lenhart

1935
The Tunnel

as    Varlia Lloyd

1934
The Captain Hates the Sea

as    Janet Grayson

1934
Broadway Bill

as    Margaret

1933
Midnight Club

as    Iris Whitney

1933
The Little Giant

as    Polly Cass

1932
Lawyer Man

as    Barbara "Babs" Bentley

1932
1932
Jewel Robbery

as    Marianne Horn