Helen Vinson

Known for ActingBorn 1907-09-17Died 1999-10-07Beaumont, Texas, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Second Hand Wife

Midnight Club

As Husbands Go

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Nothing but the Truth

Curtain Call

The Thin Man Goes Home

Torrid Zone

Chip Off the Old Block

Are These Our Parents?

In Name Only

Reunion

King of the Damned

The Little Giant

Enemy Agent

A Notorious Gentleman

Jewel Robbery

The Captain Hates the Sea

Private Worlds

Beyond Tomorrow

The Kennel Murder Case

The Lady and the Monster

Bowery Boy

Lawyer Man

They Call It Sin

Broadway Bill

The Wedding Night

The Power and the Glory

Married and in Love

The Life of Vergie Winters

Live, Love and Learn

Vogues of 1938

Two Against the World

The Crash

The Tunnel

Gift of Gab

Age of Indiscretion

Grand Slam

Let's Try Again

Love in Exile