Place of Birth: Chadwicks, New York, USA
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.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Father and Son | Miss White | 1929 |
Go-Get-Em Garringer | Wilma Wharton | 1919 |
The Naulahka | Kate Sheriff | 1918 |
The Last of the Carnabys | The Kept Woman | 1917 |
The Border Legion | Joan Randle | 1924 |
Yellow Men and Gold | Bessie | 1922 |
The Sin Flood | Poppy | 1922 |
Quicksands | The Girl | 1923 |
The Glorious Fool | Jane Brown | 1922 |
Trouping with Ellen | Ellen Llewellyn | 1924 |
The Bachelor's Baby | Eleanor Carter | 1927 |
Night World | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 1932 |
The Honest Thief | Edith Marbury | 1918 |
The Mystery of the Double Cross | 1917 | |
The Yellow Ticket | Miss Seaton | 1918 |
Frisco Kid | Saloon Girl (uncredited) | 1935 |
The Perfect Set-Up | Mary (uncredited) | 1936 |
The Old Nest | Emily at 22 | 1921 |
The Solitary Sin | Mary | 1919 |
The Cup of Fury | Marie Louise - 'Mamise' | 1920 |
Cupid the Cowpuncher | Macie Sewell | 1920 |
The Angel Factory | Florence Lamont | 1917 |
Gimme | Fanny Daniels | 1923 |
Reno | Mrs. Emily Dysart Tappan | 1923 |
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes | Helene | 1926 |
The Long Arm of Mannister | Sylvia De La Mere | 1919 |
Employees' Entrance | Attendee at Meeting of Department Heads (uncredited) | 1933 |
Hard Boiled | Marjorie Gregg | 1926 |
The House of Hate | Queenie Kate | 1918 |
Women Who Dare | Stella Mowbray | 1928 |
Mary Burns, Fugitive | Prison Matron (uncredited) | 1935 |
The Bad Sister | Amy, Sam's Wife (uncredited) | 1931 |
The Dark Swan | Cornelia Quinn | 1924 |
Merrily Yours | Mrs. Rogers | 1933 |
Managed Money | Mrs. George Myers | 1934 |
Say It with Sables | Helen Caswell | 1928 |
Godless Men | Ruth Lytton | 1920 |
Why Men Leave Home | Irene Emerson | 1924 |
A Wicked Woman | Mother (uncredited) | 1934 |
Good Dame | Mrs. Crosby | 1934 |
Men Are Like That | Clara Hyland | 1930 |
Dancing Days | Alice Hedman | 1926 |
The Golden Cocoon | Molly Shannon | 1925 |
The Woman Hater | 1925 | |
So Big! | Townsperson (uncredited) | 1932 |
School for Girls | Larson | 1934 |
Made in Heaven | Claudia Royce | 1921 |
Hell Bound | Sanford's Sister | 1931 |
Dangerous Curve Ahead | Phoebe (Mabee) Jones | 1921 |
The Challenge | Alberta Bradley | 1916 |
The Masked Dancer | Betty Powell | 1924 |
Her Own Free Will | Nan Everard | 1924 |
Mississippi | Atendee at Opening (uncredited) | 1935 |
Blind Man's Luck | Helen | 1917 |
Vengeance Is Mine | Marion De Long | 1917 |
Love of Women | Cynthia Redfield | 1924 | Series | Cast | Year |