Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1907-09-17
Day of Death
1999-10-07
Place of Birth
Beaumont, Texas, USA
Helen Vinson
Biography
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.
Filmography (40)
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944Are These Our Parents?
1944
The Lady and the Monster
1944
Chip Off the Old Block
1944
Nothing but the Truth
1941
Bowery Boy
1940
Torrid Zone
1940
Beyond Tomorrow
1940
Curtain Call
1940
Enemy Agent
1940
Married and in Love
1940
In Name Only
1939
Live, Love and Learn
1937
Vogues of 1938
1937
