Helene Chadwick

Helene Chadwick

From Wikipedia 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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1897-11-24
Place of Birth: Chadwicks, New York, USA
Also Known As: Mary Helene Chadwick, Helen Chadwick

Movies List of Helene Chadwick

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Father and Son

1929 Movie
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Go-Get-Em Garringer

1919 Movie
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The Naulahka

1918 Movie
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The Border Legion

1924 Movie
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Yellow Men and Gold

1922 Movie
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The Sin Flood

1922 Movie
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The Glorious Fool

1922 Movie
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Quicksands

1923 Movie
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Trouping with Ellen

1924 Movie
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The Bachelor's Baby

1927 Movie
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Night World

1932 Movie
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The Honest Thief

1918 Movie
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The Yellow Ticket

1918 Movie
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Frisco Kid

1935 Movie
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The Perfect Set-Up

1936 Movie
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The Old Nest

1921 Movie
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The Solitary Sin

1919 Movie
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The Cup of Fury

1920 Movie
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Cupid the Cowpuncher

1920 Movie
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The Angel Factory

1917 Movie
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Gimme

1923 Movie
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Reno

1923 Movie
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Employees' Entrance

1933 Movie
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Hard Boiled

1926 Movie
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The House of Hate

1918 Movie
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Women Who Dare

1928 Movie
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Mary Burns, Fugitive

1935 Movie
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The Bad Sister

1931 Movie
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The Dark Swan

1924 Movie
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Merrily Yours

1933 Movie
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Managed Money

1934 Movie
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Say It with Sables

1928 Movie
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Godless Men

1920 Movie
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Why Men Leave Home

1924 Movie
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A Wicked Woman

1934 Movie
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Good Dame

1934 Movie
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Men Are Like That

1930 Movie
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Dancing Days

1926 Movie
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The Golden Cocoon

1925 Movie
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The Woman Hater

1925 Movie
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So Big!

1932 Movie
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School for Girls

1934 Movie
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Made in Heaven

1921 Movie
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Hell Bound

1931 Movie
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Dangerous Curve Ahead

1921 Movie
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The Challenge

1916 Movie
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The Masked Dancer

1924 Movie
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Her Own Free Will

1924 Movie
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Mississippi

1935 Movie
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Blind Man's Luck

1917 Movie
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Vengeance Is Mine

1917 Movie
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Love of Women

1924 Movie