Helen Vinson

Helen Vinson

1907-09-17 – 1999-10-07 (age 92) Beaumont, Texas, USA
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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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Known For

In Name Only
In Name Only

1939

as Suzanne

The Thin Man Goes Home
The Thin Man Goes Home

1944

as Helena Draque

The Kennel Murder Case
The Kennel Murder Case

1933

as Doris Delafield

Jewel Robbery
Jewel Robbery

1932

as Marianne Horn

Beyond Tomorrow
Beyond Tomorrow

1940

as Arlene Terry

Vogues of 1938
Vogues of 1938

1937

as Mary Curson

Nothing but the Truth
Nothing but the Truth

1941

as Linda Graham

Torrid Zone
Torrid Zone

1940

as Mrs. Gloria Anderson

Private Worlds
Private Worlds

1935

as Claire Monet

Grand Slam
Grand Slam

1933

as Lola Starr

Broadway Bill
Broadway Bill

1934

as Margaret

The Wedding Night
The Wedding Night

1935

as Dora Barrett

Gift of Gab
Gift of Gab

1934

as Nurse

The Life of Vergie Winters
The Life of Vergie Winters

1934

as Laura Shadwell

The Lady and the Monster
The Lady and the Monster

1944

as Chloe Donovan

The Tunnel
The Tunnel

1935

as Varlia Lloyd

Live, Love and Learn
Live, Love and Learn

1937

as Lily Chalmers

They Call It Sin
They Call It Sin

1932

as Enid Hollister

The Power and the Glory
The Power and the Glory

1933

as Eve Borden