Helen Vinson

Helen Vinson

1907-09-17 – 1999-10-07 (age 92) Beaumont, Texas, USA
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Biography

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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

Grand Slam
Grand Slam

1933

as Lola Starr

Midnight Club
Midnight Club

1933

as Iris Whitney

The Crash
The Crash

1932

as Esther Parrish

Bowery Boy
Bowery Boy

1940

as Peggy Winters

The Thin Man Goes Home
The Thin Man Goes Home

1944

as Helena Draque

Lawyer Man
Lawyer Man

1932

as Barbara "Babs" Bentley

Live, Love and Learn
Live, Love and Learn

1937

as Lily Chalmers

Beyond Tomorrow
Beyond Tomorrow

1940

as Arlene Terry

In Name Only
In Name Only

1939

as Suzanne

The Kennel Murder Case
The Kennel Murder Case

1933

as Doris Delafield

The Tunnel
The Tunnel

1935

as Varlia Lloyd

Private Worlds
Private Worlds

1935

as Claire Monet

Nothing but the Truth
Nothing but the Truth

1941

as Linda Graham

Torrid Zone
Torrid Zone

1940

as Mrs. Gloria Anderson

Curtain Call
Curtain Call

1940

as Charlotte Morley

They Call It Sin
They Call It Sin

1932

as Enid Hollister

The Wedding Night
The Wedding Night

1935

as Dora Barrett

The Power and the Glory
The Power and the Glory

1933

as Eve Borden

Jewel Robbery
Jewel Robbery

1932

as Marianne Horn