Helene Chadwick
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 24, 1897
- Died
- September 4, 1940
- Birthplace
- Chadwicks, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
The Perfect Set-Up 1936
as Mary (uncredited)
Frisco Kid 1935
as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Mary Burns, Fugitive 1935
as Prison Matron (uncredited)
Mississippi 1935
as Atendee at Opening (uncredited)
A Wicked Woman 1934
as Mother (uncredited)
School for Girls 1934
as Larson
Good Dame 1934
as Mrs. Crosby
Managed Money 1934
as Mrs. George Myers
Merrily Yours 1933
as Mrs. Rogers
Morning Glory 1933
as Secretary (uncredited)
Employees' Entrance 1933
as Attendee at Meeting of Department Heads (uncredited)
Night World 1932
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
So Big! 1932
as Townsperson (uncredited)
Hell Bound 1931
as Sanford's Sister
The Bad Sister 1931
as Amy, Sam's Wife (uncredited)
Men Are Like That 1930
as Clara Hyland
Father and Son 1929
as Miss White
Say It with Sables 1928
as Helen Caswell
Modern Mothers 1928
as Adele Dayton
- Women Who Dare
Women Who Dare 1928
as Stella Mowbray
The Bachelor's Baby 1927
as Eleanor Carter
Stolen Pleasures 1927
as Doris Manning
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes 1926
as Helene
- Dancing Days
Dancing Days 1926
as Alice Hedman
Hard Boiled 1926
as Marjorie Gregg
The Still Alarm 1926
as Lucy Fay
Pleasures of the Rich 1926
as Mary Wilson
The Golden Cocoon 1925
as Molly Shannon
The Woman Hater 1925
Actor
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent 1925
as Betty Joe
The Dark Swan 1924
as Cornelia Quinn
The Border Legion 1924
as Joan Randle
Trouping with Ellen 1924
as Ellen Llewellyn
Her Own Free Will 1924
as Nan Everard
Love of Women 1924
as Cynthia Redfield
Why Men Leave Home 1924
as Irene Emerson
The Masked Dancer 1924
as Betty Powell
Reno 1923
as Mrs. Emily Dysart Tappan
Quicksands 1923
as The Girl
Gimme 1923
as Fanny Daniels
The Sin Flood 1922
as Poppy
The Dust Flower 1922
as Letty Gravely
Yellow Men and Gold 1922
as Bessie
The Glorious Fool 1922
as Jane Brown
Dangerous Curve Ahead 1921
as Phoebe (Mabee) Jones
The Old Nest 1921
as Emily at 22
Made in Heaven 1921
as Claudia Royce
Godless Men 1920
as Ruth Lytton
Cupid the Cowpuncher 1920
as Macie Sewell
The Cup of Fury 1920
as Marie Louise - 'Mamise'
An Adventure in Hearts 1919
as Countess Lucia Bonavia D'Orano
The Long Arm of Mannister 1919
as Sylvia De La Mere
A Very Good Young Man 1919
as Ruth Douglas
The Solitary Sin 1919
as Mary
Girls 1919
as Kate West
- Go-Get-Em Garringer
Go-Get-Em Garringer 1919
as Wilma Wharton
- The Honest Thief
The Honest Thief 1918
as Edith Marbury
The Yellow Ticket 1918
as Miss Seaton
The Naulahka 1918
as Kate Sheriff
The House of Hate 1918
as Queenie Kate
Vengeance Is Mine 1917
as Marion De Long
The Angel Factory 1917
as Florence Lamont
The Last of the Carnabys 1917
as The Kept Woman
Blind Man's Luck 1917
as Helen
The Mystery of the Double Cross 1917
Actor
The Challenge 1916
as Alberta Bradley
Credits from TMDB.