Helen Vinson

Actor

About

Also Known As

Helen Rulfs

Birth Place

Beaumont, Texas, USA

Born

September 17, 1907

Died

October 07, 1999

Filmography

The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)

Helena Draque

Are These Our Parents (1944)

Myra Salisbury

The Lady and the Monster (1944)

Chloe Donovan

Chip Off the Old Block (1944)

Glory Marlow, Jr.

Nothing But the Truth (1941)

Linda Graham

Beyond Tomorrow (1940)

Arlene Terry

Photos & Videos

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Captain Hates The Sea, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Down To The Sea In Ships

Captain Hates The Sea, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Could I Slit Your Throat And Love It?

Family & Companions

Harry N Vickerman

Husband

Carpet manufacturer. Eloped in c. 1925.

Fred Perry

Husband

Professional tennis player. Married in 1935; moved to England with him before settling in Hollywood; divorced in 1938 after Perry began a relationship with Marlen Dietrich.

Donald Hardenbrook

Husband

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)

Helena Draque

Are These Our Parents (1944)

Myra Salisbury

The Lady and the Monster (1944)

Chloe Donovan

Chip Off the Old Block (1944)

Glory Marlow, Jr.

Nothing But the Truth (1941)

Linda Graham

Beyond Tomorrow (1940)

Married and in Love (1940)

Doris Wilding

In Name Only (1939)

Suzanne

Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (1937)

Mary Curson

Live, Love and Learn (1937)

Lily Chalmers

King of the Damned (1936)

A Notorious Gentleman (1935)

Nina Thorne

Age of Indiscretion (1935)

Eve Lenhart

The Wedding Night (1935)

Dora Barrett

Transatlantic Tunnel (1935)

Varlia

Private Worlds (1935)

Claire Monet

Gift of Gab (1934)

Nurse

The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)

Janet Grayson [also known as Blanche Ditworthy, or "Michigan Red]

Let's Try Again (1934)

Nan [Blake]

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Laura Shadwell

Broadway Bill (1934)

Margaret [Brooks]

The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

Doris Delafield

As Husbands Go (1933)

Lucille Lingard

The Little Giant (1933)

Polly Cass

Midnight Club (1933)

Iris Whitney

Second Hand Wife (1933)

Betty Cavendish

The Power and the Glory (1933)

They Call It Sin (1932)

Enid Hollister

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

Helen

Jewel Robbery (1932)

Marianne

Two Against the World (1932)

Corinne Walton

Life Events

Videos

Captain Hates The Sea, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Down To The Sea In Ships Opening with extensive use of a real ocean liner, which director Lewis Milestone persuaded Columbia studio boss Harry Cohn to spring-for, we meet Walter Connolly in the title role, Frederic Howard and Fredric Santly his audience, Leon Errol the steward, in the all-star comic-melodrama, The Captain Hates The Sea, 1934, with Victor McLaglen and John Gilbert.

Captain Hates The Sea, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Could I Slit Your Throat And Love It? We discover here that Fred Keating (as thief Danny) is actually in league with Helen Vinson (posing as Janet, a librarian) over the stolen bonds, Victor McLaglen the friendly private eye Schulte, Alison Skipworth as Mrs Magruder, buying drinks for Wynne Gibson as reformed party girl “Goldie,” John Wray her indignant husband, John Gilbert her ex-pal Steve, Walter Catlett the barkeep Joe, in The Captain Hates The Sea, 1934.

Captain Hates The Sea, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) To Part Is To Die A Little Just away from Los Angeles, Akim Tamiroff as Salazaro misses his family, with new shipmates, John Gilbert as ex-reporter Steve, Victor McLaglen as gumshoe Schulte, who, while Helen Vinson introduces herself, predicts that their other pal, Danny (Fred Keating), his suspect in a big bond theft, will turn up, in The Captain Hates The Sea, 1934.

Captain Hates The Sea, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) I Haven't Got Any Trunks Introducing Tala Birell as Gert, Inez Courtney as friend Flo, Raymond Turner the chauffeur but mainly John Gilbert as Steve, leaving LA by ship, with problems not unlike Gilbert’s own at the time, his first appearance in his last feature, in a role won for him by his friend, the director Lewis Milestone, in The Captain Hates The Sea, 1934.

Jewel Robbery (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Kindly Put Up Your Hands First appearance of the star William Powell, who never is named throughout the picture, in his suave invasion of a top Vienna jewelry store, Baroness Kay Francis gasping with her perfectly cordial husband and lover (Henry Kolker, Hardie Albright), Lee Kohlmar the jeweler, in Warner Bros. Jewel Robbery, 1932.

Jewel Robbery (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Neither Am I Short And Fat Victim of an elegant robber earlier in the day, Viennese Countess Teri (Kay Francis) frets with friend Marianne (Helen Vinson), then is visited by the man himself (William Powell), making charming demands, in Jewel Robbery, 1932.

Jewel Robbery (1932) -- (Movie Clip) To Supplant My Jewels Opening in Vienna with Kay Francis as droll baroness Teri, with her friend Marianne (Helen Vinson) lamenting their circumstances, directed by William Dieterle, from a Ladislas Fodor play, in what was primarily a William Powell vehicle, in his Warner Bros.’ period, Jewel Robbery, 1932.

Vogues Of 1938 (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Open, The Town's Best Snobs There can't be many credit sequences in which a roll of fabric, in technicolor, is the medium, seen here, with a brief appearance by star Warner Baxter, in producer Walter Wanger's fashion industry musical comedy mash-up Vogues Of 1938, 1937.

Power And The Glory, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) The Old Sissy Aide Henry (Ralph Morgan) narrates in flashback from Preston Sturges' original screenplay, recalling the time his boss and lifelong pal Garner (Spencer Tracy) received an old rival (Henry Kolker) and his pretty daughter (Helen Vinson), in The Power And The Glory, 1933.

Married And In Love -- (Movie Clip) You Were Always Dancing New in New York diet-doctor Leslie (Alan Marshal) in a chance meeting with also-famous former college sweetheart Doris (Helen Vinson), his wife Helen (Barbara Yates) joining, early in John Farrow's Married And In Love, 1940.

Married And In Love -- (Movie Clip) Try Not To Look Bored New in town Leslie (Alan Marshal) and wife Helen (Barbara Yates), and his college flame Doris (Helen Vinson) with husband Paul (Patric Knowles), before and during their evening together, in Married And In Love, 1940.

Wedding Night, The (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Good Book Opening credits into a New York literary party where host and writer Tony (Gary Cooper) can't get an advance on his next book, from Samuel Goldwyn's production of The Wedding Night, 1935, also starring Anna Sten.

Companions

Harry N Vickerman

Husband

Carpet manufacturer. Eloped in c. 1925.

Fred Perry

Husband

Professional tennis player. Married in 1935; moved to England with him before settling in Hollywood; divorced in 1938 after Perry began a relationship with Marlen Dietrich.

Donald Hardenbrook

Husband

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