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Helene Chadwick‌

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Helene Chadwick

Chadwicks, New York, USA

Helene Chadwick

Chadwicks, New York, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1897-11-24

Popularity

star1.0

Biography

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.

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Father and Son

Father and Son‌
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calendar 1929

Go-Get-Em Garringer

Go-Get-Em Garringer‌
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calendar 1919

The Naulahka

The Naulahka‌
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calendar 1918

The Last of the Carnabys

The Last of the Carnabys‌
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calendar 1917

The Border Legion

The Border Legion‌
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calendar 1924

Yellow Men and Gold

Yellow Men and Gold‌
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calendar 1922

The Sin Flood

The Sin Flood‌
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calendar 1922

The Glorious Fool

The Glorious Fool‌
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calendar 1922

Quicksands

Quicksands‌
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calendar 1923

Trouping with Ellen

Trouping with Ellen‌
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calendar 1924

The Bachelor's Baby

The Bachelor's Baby‌
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calendar 1927

Night World

Night World‌
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calendar 1932

The Mystery of the Double Cross

The Mystery of the Double Cross‌
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calendar 1917

The Honest Thief

The Honest Thief‌
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calendar 1918

The Yellow Ticket

The Yellow Ticket‌
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calendar 1918

Frisco Kid

Frisco Kid‌
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calendar 1935

The Perfect Set-Up

The Perfect Set-Up‌
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calendar 1936

The Old Nest

The Old Nest‌
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calendar 1921

The Solitary Sin

The Solitary Sin‌
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calendar 1919

The Cup of Fury

The Cup of Fury‌
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calendar 1920

Cupid the Cowpuncher

Cupid the Cowpuncher‌
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calendar 1920

The Angel Factory

The Angel Factory‌
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calendar 1917

Reno

Reno‌
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calendar 1923

Gimme

Gimme‌
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calendar 1923

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes‌
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calendar 1926

The Long Arm of Mannister

The Long Arm of Mannister‌
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calendar 1919

Employees' Entrance

Employees' Entrance‌
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calendar 1933

Hard Boiled

Hard Boiled‌
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calendar 1926

The House of Hate

The House of Hate‌
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calendar 1918

Women Who Dare

Women Who Dare‌
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calendar 1928

Mary Burns, Fugitive

Mary Burns, Fugitive‌
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calendar 1935

The Bad Sister

The Bad Sister‌
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calendar 1931

The Dark Swan

The Dark Swan‌
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calendar 1924

Managed Money

Managed Money‌
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calendar 1934

Merrily Yours

Merrily Yours‌
star5.7
calendar 1933

Say It with Sables

Say It with Sables‌
star5.0
calendar 1928

Godless Men

Godless Men‌
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calendar 1920

Why Men Leave Home

Why Men Leave Home‌
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calendar 1924

A Wicked Woman

A Wicked Woman‌
star5.0
calendar 1934

Good Dame

Good Dame‌
star6.0
calendar 1934

Men Are Like That

Men Are Like That‌
star9.0
calendar 1930

Dancing Days

Dancing Days‌
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calendar 1926

The Woman Hater

The Woman Hater‌
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calendar 1925

The Golden Cocoon

The Golden Cocoon‌
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calendar 1925

So Big!

So Big!‌
star5.8
calendar 1932

School for Girls

School for Girls‌
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calendar 1934

Made in Heaven

Made in Heaven‌
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calendar 1921

Hell Bound

Hell Bound‌
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calendar 1931

Dangerous Curve Ahead

Dangerous Curve Ahead‌
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calendar 1921

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