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Helen Vinson (September 17, 1907 β 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.
Filmography
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Movies 39
The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
Are These Our Parents? (1944)
The Lady and the Monster (1944)
Chip Off the Old Block (1944)
Nothing But the Truth (1941)
Bowery Boy (1940)
Torrid Zone (1940)
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
Curtain Call (1940)
Enemy Agent (1940)
Married and in Love (1940)
In Name Only (1939)
Live, Love and Learn (1937)
Vogues of 1938 (1937)
Love in Exile (1936)
Reunion (1936)
King of the Damned (1935)
The Tunnel (1935)
Age of Indiscretion (1935)
Private Worlds (1935)
The Wedding Night (1935)
A Notorious Gentleman (1935)
Broadway Bill (1934)
The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
Let's Try Again (1934)
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)
As Husbands Go (1934)
The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
Midnight Club (1933)
The Little Giant (1933)
Grand Slam (1933)
Lawyer Man (1932)
They Call It Sin (1932)
The Crash (1932)
Two Against the World (1932)
Jewel Robbery (1932)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1905-09-17
Deathday1999-10-07 (94 years old)
Birth NameHelen Rulfs
Birth PlaceBeaumont, Texas, USA
RelationshipsFred Perry (1935-01-01 - 1940-01-01)
FatherEdward Anton Rulfs
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsHelen Rulfs
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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