Helene Chadwick
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 24, 1897
- Died
- September 4, 1940 (aged 42)
- Birthplace
- Chadwicks, New York, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography
The Perfect Set-Up
Movie · as Mary (uncredited)
Frisco Kid
Movie · as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Movie · as Prison Matron (uncredited)
Mississippi
Movie · as Atendee at Opening (uncredited)
Managed Money
Movie · as Mrs. George Myers
A Wicked Woman
Movie · as Mother (uncredited)
Good Dame
Movie · as Mrs. Crosby
School for Girls
Movie · as Larson
Employees' Entrance
Movie · as Attendee at Meeting of Department Heads (uncredited)
Merrily Yours
Movie · as Mrs. Rogers
Morning Glory
Movie · as Secretary (uncredited)
Night World
Movie · as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
So Big!
Movie · as Townsperson (uncredited)
The Bad Sister
Movie · as Amy, Sam's Wife (uncredited)
Hell Bound
Movie · as Sanford's Sister
Men Are Like That
Movie · as Clara Hyland
Father and Son
Movie · as Miss White
Women Who Dare
Movie · as Stella Mowbray
Say It with Sables
Movie · as Helen Caswell
Modern Mothers
Movie · as Adele Dayton
The Bachelor's Baby
Movie · as Eleanor Carter
Stolen Pleasures
Movie · as Doris Manning
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
Movie · as Helene
Hard Boiled
Movie · as Marjorie Gregg
Dancing Days
Movie · as Alice Hedman
The Still Alarm
Movie · as Lucy Fay
Pleasures of the Rich
Movie · as Mary Wilson
The Golden Cocoon
Movie · as Molly Shannon
The Woman Hater
Movie
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
Movie · as Betty Joe
The Border Legion
Movie · as Joan Randle
Trouping with Ellen
Movie · as Ellen Llewellyn
The Dark Swan
Movie · as Cornelia Quinn
Why Men Leave Home
Movie · as Irene Emerson
The Masked Dancer
Movie · as Betty Powell
Her Own Free Will
Movie · as Nan Everard
Love of Women
Movie · as Cynthia Redfield
Quicksands
Movie · as The Girl
Gimme
Movie · as Fanny Daniels
Reno
Movie · as Mrs. Emily Dysart Tappan
Yellow Men and Gold
Movie · as Bessie
The Sin Flood
Movie · as Poppy
The Glorious Fool
Movie · as Jane Brown
The Dust Flower
Movie · as Letty Gravely
The Old Nest
Movie · as Emily at 22
Made in Heaven
Movie · as Claudia Royce
Dangerous Curve Ahead
Movie · as Phoebe (Mabee) Jones
The Cup of Fury
Movie · as Marie Louise - 'Mamise'
Cupid the Cowpuncher
Movie · as Macie Sewell
Godless Men
Movie · as Ruth Lytton
Go-Get-Em Garringer
Movie · as Wilma Wharton
The Solitary Sin
Movie · as Mary
The Long Arm of Mannister
Movie · as Sylvia De La Mere
An Adventure in Hearts
Movie · as Countess Lucia Bonavia D'Orano
Girls
Movie · as Kate West
A Very Good Young Man
Movie · as Ruth Douglas
The Naulahka
Movie · as Kate Sheriff
The Honest Thief
Movie · as Edith Marbury
The Yellow Ticket
Movie · as Miss Seaton
The House of Hate
Movie · as Queenie Kate
The Last of the Carnabys
Movie · as The Kept Woman
The Mystery of the Double Cross
Movie
The Angel Factory
Movie · as Florence Lamont
Blind Man's Luck
Movie · as Helen
Vengeance Is Mine
Movie · as Marion De Long
The Challenge
Movie · as Alberta Bradley