1897-11-24 ( 127 years old ) in Chadwicks, New York, USA
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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.
Movies
The Perfect Set-Up
1936-02-01
Frisco Kid
1935-11-30
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935-11-15
Mississippi
1935-03-22
A Wicked Woman
1934-12-07
School for Girls
1934-03-22
Good Dame
1934-03-16
Managed Money
1934-02-22
Merrily Yours
1933-10-05
Morning Glory
1933-08-18
Employees' Entrance
1933-02-11
Night World
1932-05-04
So Big!
1932-04-30
Hell Bound
1931-05-01
The Bad Sister
1931-03-29
Men Are Like That
1930-03-22
Father and Son
1929-05-13
Say It with Sables
1928-07-13
Women Who Dare
1928-03-31
The Bachelor's Baby
1927-02-20
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
1926-10-02
Dancing Days
1926-09-27
Hard Boiled
1926-06-06
The Still Alarm
1926-05-02
The Golden Cocoon
1925-12-14
The Woman Hater
1925-07-12
The Dark Swan
1924-11-26
The Border Legion
1924-10-19
Trouping with Ellen
1924-10-05
Her Own Free Will
1924-07-20
Love of Women
1924-06-30
Why Men Leave Home
1924-03-03
The Masked Dancer
1924-02-15
Reno
1923-12-09
Quicksands
1923-02-28
Gimme
1923-01-14
The Sin Flood
1922-11-12
The Dust Flower
1922-07-02
Yellow Men and Gold
1922-05-20
The Glorious Fool
1922-01-01
Dangerous Curve Ahead
1921-10-02
The Old Nest
1921-06-28
Made in Heaven
1921-05-01
Godless Men
1920-11-06
Cupid the Cowpuncher
1920-07-25
The Cup of Fury
1920-01-01
The Long Arm of Mannister
1919-11-15
The Solitary Sin
1919-07-01
Go-Get-Em Garringer
1919-03-23
The Honest Thief
1918-09-15
The Yellow Ticket
1918-05-26
The Naulahka
1918-02-14
The House of Hate
1918-01-02
Vengeance Is Mine
1917-12-16
The Angel Factory
1917-09-15
The Last of the Carnabys
1917-07-22
Blind Man's Luck
1917-06-10
The Mystery of the Double Cross
1917-03-17
The Challenge
1916-12-10
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