Helen Walker


Actor

About

Birth Place
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Born
July 17, 1920
Died
March 10, 1968
Cause of Death
Cancer

Biography

Helen Walker was an actress who made a successful career for herself in film. In her early acting career, Walker appeared in such films as "The Man in Half Moon Street" (1944), "Brewster's Millions" (1945) and "Murder, He Says" (1945). She also appeared in the comedy "Cluny Brown" (1946) with Charles Boyer, "Her Adventurous Night" (1946) and the Vera Ralston crime picture "Murder in...

Photos & Videos

Murder, He Says - Lobby Cards
Murder, He Says - Publicity Stills
Murder, He Says - Scene Stills

Biography

Helen Walker was an actress who made a successful career for herself in film. In her early acting career, Walker appeared in such films as "The Man in Half Moon Street" (1944), "Brewster's Millions" (1945) and "Murder, He Says" (1945). She also appeared in the comedy "Cluny Brown" (1946) with Charles Boyer, "Her Adventurous Night" (1946) and the Vera Ralston crime picture "Murder in the Music Hall" (1946). She kept working in film throughout the forties and the fifties, starring in "Nightmare Alley" (1947) with Tyrone Power, the Cornel Wilde dramatic sports film "The Homestretch" (1947) and the James Stewart drama "Call Northside 777" (1948). She also appeared in "My Dear Secretary" (1948), "Impact" (1949) and "Problem Girls" (1953). Walker was most recently credited in the Daniel Craig hit action film "Quantum of Solace" (2008). Walker continued to exercise her talent in the fifties through the early 2000s, taking on a mix of projects like "The Big Combo" with Cornel Wilde (1955), "The Marriage Broker" (CBS, 1956-57) and "Birdland" (1991-94). Her credits also expanded to "The Darkest Light" (2000), "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" (2004) starring Clive Owen and "Notes on a Scandal" (2006) starring Judi Dench. Walker was previously married to Edward DuDomaine and Robert F Blumofe. Walker passed away in March 1968 at the age of 48.

Life Events

Photo Collections

Murder, He Says - Lobby Cards
Here are a few lobby cards from Paramount's Murder, He Says (1945), starring Fred MacMurray and Helen Walker. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.
Murder, He Says - Publicity Stills
Here are a few stills taken to help publicize Paramount Pictures' Murder, He Says (1945), starring Fred MacMurray, Helen Walker, and Marjorie Main. Publicity stills were specially-posed photos, usually taken off the set, for purposes of publicity or reference for promotional artwork.
Murder, He Says - Scene Stills
Here are a few scene stills from Paramount Pictures' Murder, He Says (1945), starring Fred MacMurray, Helen Walker, and Marjorie Main.
Murder, He Says - Movie Posters
Here are a few original-relese movie posters from Paramount's Murder, he Says (1945), starring Fred MacMurray and Marjorie Main.

Videos

Movie Clip

Impact (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Her Favorite Nephew Location shooting in Sausalito, CA, Tony Barrett as Jim (but going by “Jack”), involved in maybe-suspicious activities with Irene (Helen Walker), the wife of auto executive Walt (Brian Donlevy), who had driven from San Francisco planning to meet her, taking her bait-and-switch in stride, in the adventurous Noir Impact, 1949.
Impact (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Buy Your Little Factories Dictionary opening from director Arthur Lubin, then Brian Donlevy as California auto executive Walt, whom one would not want to mess with, confronting his board (led by Clarence Kolb as Darcy) then gone soft on the phone with his wife (Helen Walker), in Impact, 1949.
Nightmare Alley (1947) -- (Movie Clip) The Lady's Silence Now a big hit in Chicago, using the fortune telling code trick they stole from their ex-friends at the carnival, Stan (Tyrone Power) and his wife-assistant Molly (Colleen Gray) at work, Helen Walker as unannounced psychologist Dr. Ritter in the audience, in Nightmare Alley, 1947.
Brewster's Millions (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Maybe Them Nazis Are Suing Having just arrived home, soldier Monty Brewster (Dennis O'Keefe), family and pals get news of great wealth from the unexpected Swearengen Jones (John Litel) in Brewster's Millions, 1945.
Brewster's Millions (1945) -- (Movie Clip) On Our Way To The Poorhouse Mickey (Mischa Auer) and Trixie (June Havoc, her first scene) arrive to tell Monty (Dennis O?Keefe, title character) the Philadelphia show, designed to burn money, had to close, fianceè Peggy (Helen Walker) and pals (Joe Sawyer, Herbert Rudley) helping, in Brewster?s Millions, 1945.
Brewster's Millions (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Open, He's Completely Whole Again Most of the key players including Jackson (Eddie "Rochester" Anderson), Peggy (Helen Walker) and soldier Monty Brewster (Dennis O'Keefe) are introduced in the opening to Brewster's Millions, 1945.
Brewster's Millions (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Brewster And Company Suddenly under a secret obligation to spend a million dollars fast, Monty (Dennis O'Keefe) baffles friends and family (Herbert Rudley, Joe Sawyer, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Helen Walker) in Brewster's Millions, 1945.
Brewster's Millions (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Black Magic Watching on an early TV, the Brewster and Company crew (Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Helen Walker, Joe Sawyer and Herbert Rudley) don't realize Monty (Dennis O'Keefe) is trying to lose money on a horse race in Brewster's Millions, 1945.
Cluny Brown (1946)-- (Movie Clip) She's Cold, Conceited And Callous At the cocktail party, we meet pre-War Londoners Betty (Helen Walker), Andrew (Peter Lawford) and John (Michael Dyne), lamenting Hitler, discovering Belinski (Charles Boyer), mistaking him for a famous professor and introducing a key misunderstanding in Ernst Lubitsch's Cluny Brown, 1946.
Murder, He Says (1945) -- (Movie Clip) We Don't Like Gravy Visiting pollster Pete (Fred MacMurray) and his ally Claire (Helen Walker), posing as bank-robber Bonnie, dining with the murderous Fleagle family (Marjorie Main, Peter Whitney twice, Porter Hall, Joan Heather) over radioactive fare, in Murder, He Says, 1945.
Lucky Jordan -- (Movie Clip) Hello Soldier Drafted racketeer Lucky (Alan Ladd) on his first day on base, hanging in the canteen, meets official hostess Jill (Helen Walker), in Paramount's Lucky Jordan, 1942.

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