Helene Chadwick (November 25, 1897 – September 4, 1940) was an American actress in Silent and early sound films.
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 (Movies)
The Perfect Set-Up
Character:Mary (uncredited)
Release Date:01/02/1936
Frisco Kid
Character:Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Release Date:30/11/1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Character:Prison Matron (uncredited)
Release Date:15/11/1935
Mississippi
Character:Atendee at Opening (uncredited)
Release Date:22/03/1935
A Wicked Woman
Character:Mother (uncredited)
Release Date:07/12/1934
School for Girls
Character:Larson
Release Date:22/03/1934
Good Dame
Character:Mrs. Crosby
Release Date:16/03/1934
Managed Money
Character:Mrs. George Myers
Release Date:22/02/1934
Merrily Yours
Character:Mrs. Rogers
Release Date:05/10/1933
Morning Glory
Character:Secretary (uncredited)
Release Date:18/08/1933
Employees' Entrance
Character:Attendee at Meeting of Department Heads (uncredited)
Release Date:11/02/1933
Night World
Character:Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Release Date:04/05/1932
So Big!
Character:Townsperson (uncredited)
Release Date:30/04/1932
Hell Bound
Character:Sanford's Sister
Release Date:01/05/1931
The Bad Sister
Character:Amy, Sam's Wife (uncredited)
Release Date:29/03/1931
Men Are Like That
Character:Clara Hyland
Release Date:22/03/1930
Father and Son
Character:Miss White
Release Date:13/05/1929
Say It with Sables
Character:Helen Caswell
Release Date:13/07/1928
Modern Mothers
Character:Adele Dayton
Release Date:13/05/1928
Women Who Dare
Character:Stella Mowbray
Release Date:31/03/1928
The Bachelor's Baby
Character:Eleanor Carter
Release Date:20/02/1927
Stolen Pleasures
Character:Doris Manning
Release Date:05/01/1927
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
Character:Helene
Release Date:02/10/1926
Dancing Days
Character:Alice Hedman
Release Date:27/09/1926
Hard Boiled
Character:Marjorie Gregg
Release Date:06/06/1926
The Still Alarm
Character:Lucy Fay
Release Date:02/05/1926
The Golden Cocoon
Character:Molly Shannon
Release Date:14/12/1925
The Woman Hater
Character:
Release Date:12/07/1925
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
Character:Betty Joe
Release Date:15/02/1925
The Dark Swan
Character:Cornelia Quinn
Release Date:26/11/1924
The Border Legion
Character:Joan Randle
Release Date:19/10/1924
Trouping with Ellen
Character:Ellen Llewellyn
Release Date:05/10/1924
Her Own Free Will
Character:Nan Everard
Release Date:20/07/1924
Love of Women
Character:Cynthia Redfield
Release Date:30/06/1924
Why Men Leave Home
Character:Irene Emerson
Release Date:03/03/1924
The Masked Dancer
Character:Betty Powell
Release Date:15/02/1924
Reno
Character:Mrs. Emily Dysart Tappan
Release Date:09/12/1923
Quicksands
Character:The Girl
Release Date:28/02/1923
Gimme
Character:Fanny Daniels
Release Date:14/01/1923
The Sin Flood
Character:Poppy
Release Date:12/11/1922
The Dust Flower
Character:Letty Gravely
Release Date:02/07/1922
Yellow Men and Gold
Character:Bessie
Release Date:20/05/1922
The Glorious Fool
Character:Jane Brown
Release Date:01/01/1922
Dangerous Curve Ahead
Character:Phoebe (Mabee) Jones
Release Date:02/10/1921
The Old Nest
Character:Emily at 22
Release Date:28/06/1921
Made in Heaven
Character:Claudia Royce
Release Date:01/05/1921
Godless Men
Character:Ruth Lytton
Release Date:06/11/1920
Cupid the Cowpuncher
Character:Macie Sewell
Release Date:25/07/1920
The Cup of Fury
Character:Marie Louise - 'Mamise'
Release Date:01/01/1920
An Adventure in Hearts
Character:Countess Lucia Bonavia D'Orano
Release Date:07/12/1919
The Long Arm of Mannister
Character:Sylvia De La Mere
Release Date:15/11/1919
A Very Good Young Man
Character:Ruth Douglas
Release Date:06/07/1919
The Solitary Sin
Character:Mary
Release Date:01/07/1919
Girls
Character:Kate West
Release Date:29/06/1919
Go-Get-Em Garringer
Character:Wilma Wharton
Release Date:23/03/1919
The Honest Thief
Character:Edith Marbury
Release Date:15/09/1918
The Yellow Ticket
Character:Miss Seaton
Release Date:26/05/1918
The Naulahka
Character:Kate Sheriff
Release Date:14/02/1918
The House of Hate
Character:Queenie Kate
Release Date:02/01/1918
Vengeance Is Mine
Character:Marion De Long
Release Date:16/12/1917
The Angel Factory
Character:Florence Lamont
Release Date:15/09/1917
The Last of the Carnabys
Character:The Kept Woman
Release Date:22/07/1917
Blind Man's Luck
Character:Helen
Release Date:10/06/1917
The Mystery of the Double Cross
Character:
Release Date:17/03/1917
The Challenge
Character:Alberta Bradley
Release Date:10/12/1916
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