Helen Vinson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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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- 1944 · The Thin Man Goes Home as Helena Draque
- 1944 · Are These Our Parents? as Myra Salisbury
- 1944 · The Lady and the Monster as Chloe Donovan
- 1944 · Chip Off the Old Block as Glory Marlow Jr.
- 1941 · Nothing But the Truth as Linda Graham
- 1940 · Bowery Boy as Peggy Winters
- 1940 · Torrid Zone as Mrs. Gloria Anderson
- 1940 · Beyond Tomorrow as Arlene Terry
- 1940 · Enemy Agent as Irene Hunter
- 1940 · Curtain Call as Charlotte Morley
- 1940 · Married and in Love as Doris Wilding
- 1939 · In Name Only as Suzanne
- 1937 · Live, Love and Learn as Lily Chalmers
- 1937 · Vogues of 1938 as Mary Curson
- 1936 · Love in Exile as Countess Xandra St. Aurion
- 1936 · Reunion as Gloria Sheridan
- 1935 · King of the Damned as Anna Fernandez
- 1935 · The Tunnel as Varlia Lloyd
- 1935 · Age of Indiscretion as Eve Lenhart
- 1935 · Private Worlds as Claire Monet
- 1935 · The Wedding Night as Dora Barrett
- 1935 · A Notorious Gentleman as
- 1934 · Broadway Bill as Margaret
- 1934 · The Captain Hates the Sea as Janet Grayson
- 1934 · Gift of Gab as Nurse
- 1934 · Let's Try Again as Nan Blake
- 1934 · The Life of Vergie Winters as Laura Shadwell
- 1934 · As Husbands Go as Lucille Lingard
- 1933 · The Kennel Murder Case as Doris Delafield
- 1933 · The Power and the Glory as Eve Borden
- 1933 · Midnight Club as Iris Whitney
- 1933 · The Little Giant as Polly Cass
- 1933 · Grand Slam as Lola Starr
- 1932 · Lawyer Man as Barbara "Babs" Bentley
- 1932 · I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang as Helen
- 1932 · They Call It Sin as Enid Hollister
- 1932 · The Crash as Esther Parrish
- 1932 · Two Against the World as Corinne Walton
- 1932 · Jewel Robbery as Marianne Horn