Helen Westley
Nacimiento : 1875-03-28, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Muerte : 1942-12-12
Aunt Jessie
Justo antes de embarcarse en su luna de miel, el soldado Kay Kyser recibe la orden de presentarse en el cuartel general para una peligrosa misión: actuar como espía en un club nocturno donde parece ser se ha localizado a un grupo de nazis. Su esposa Terry no parece conformarse con la soledad, así que parte en busca de su nuevo marido. Esto, unido a la torpeza de Kyser y la intervención de una rubia agente secreta dará lugar a todo tipo de situaciones cómicas.
Emma Harper
A Braodway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few 'worlds-apart" discussion of the issue, they get a divorce. The actress marries a banker in a fit of pique only to quickly discover the divorce was not valid. She communicates this information to her not-yet ex-husband and he, to prevent consummation of the invalid marriage rescues her by sending plumbers, waiters, porters, chambermaids, bellhops, desk clerks, exterminators and, finally, a crowd of roistering conventioneers to the suite to ensure no bedtime story would take place there
Grandmother Bentley
Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt hires Lucky Downing to become engaged to her for a month to break the curse. But Lucky becomes a target of what appears to be the ghost of one of the former fiances.
Mrs. Galloway
A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.
Blanche Brunot
John Reynolds debe ir a Nueva Orleans para investigar un juego de apuestas que está siendo un fraude. Allí conocerá a Julie, la hija del General Mirbeau, que está implicado en esta lotería fraudulenta, y ambos se enamorarán. Sin embargo, la historia sufre un giro cuando Mirbeau es asesinado. Entretenido film con el vaquero John Wayne metido de lleno en la justicia y enamorándose de quien no debe. John Reynolds, viaja a Nueva Orleans para acabar con una lotería amañada. En el proceso, se enamorará de Julie Mirbeau, que resulta ser la hija del General Mirbeau, quien maneja la lotería.
Cousin Philippa
Adam y su esposa contratan a Emilie como institutriz de sus cuatro hijos. Poco después muere la esposa de Adam, y Emilie, fiel a la promesa que le hizo en sus últimos momentos, continúa con la familia. Pero una crisis financiera arruina a Adam.
Mrs. 'Ma' Frazier
An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
Madame LeMaire
París, 1840. Una institutriz mantiene una escandalosa relación con un noble. Cuando la mujer de él aparece muerta, ambos se convierten en los principales sospechosos.
Abigail Morrow
Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody finds lodging at a retirement home, but as only single women are allowed, the Captain has to make other arrangements. However, after witnessing their tearful goodbye, the home's residents vote to allow the couple to move in together. The Captain is a reluctant lodger, uncomfortable at being surrounded by so much femininity, and bristles when his pals start referring to him as "Old Lady". The time has come for Captain Peabody to reassert his manhood!
Grandma Leonard
Biopic sobre la estrella de la música Lillian Russell, descubierta en 1890 por Tony Pastor, hasta su retiro en 1912 cuando se casó con el periodista Alexander Moore.
Mrs. Blair
Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops her husband, encouraged by an amorous professional singer tries opera and also flops.
Anais
A seductive music hall star falls in love with a married aristocrat.
Mrs. Willoughby
Jane breaks into the film business while also reviving the flagging career of her film director uncle and getting him hooked up with his secretary.
Aunt Sophie
Roger Grant, un reputado violinista, forma una banda denominada Alexander's Ragtime Band, con la cantante Stella Kirby. El compositor Charli Dwyer se enamora de Stella y la recomienda a un productor de Broadway. Éste ofrece un contrato a Stella, que se convierte en una estrella.
Aunt Miranda Wilkins
Rebecca (Shirley Temple) es una niña de 10 años que queda al cuidado de su tía en una granja. Un día, un promotor radiofónico descubre que la niña puede ser un talento en ese medio y, de repente, la convierte en gran estrella. Adaptación de la novela homónima de Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Countess Sandor
A Butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.
Martha Moriarty
Because Thornwood's portraits of comely model Sally Dennis are in such great demand, he is obliged to spend virtually all his time with Sally, which prompts Toni to seek retribution in divorce court.
Madame Della aka Madella
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he'd be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.
Blind Anna
Cuando su tía se cansa de cuidarla, Heidi, una niña huérfana, debe ir a vivir a las montañas suizas con su arisco abuelo (Jean Hersholt), un ermitaño que pronto se encariña con ella. Pero la tía regresa para llevársela a vivir con una familia que necesita una compañera para su hija inválida (Marcia Mae Jones). A pesar de que una malvada institutriz (Mary Nash) le hace la vida imposible, Heidi consigue ganarse el cariño de todos los de la casa y no ceja en su intento de volver a reunirse con su querido abuelo.
Mrs. Henty
Rival advertising firms compete for a radio show's pickle manufacturing account.
Margaret Ridgeway
En París vive el norteamericano Alexis, todo un galán que se dedica a la buena vida utilizando cualquier truco con tal de no dar un palo al agua. Lo malo es que no puede hacer frente a la deuda contraída con Monseuir Lobard, dueño de un café. Así que, para poder pagarle, éste propone a Alexis que saque el dinero cortejando a una rica heredera que acaba de llegar a la ciudad. Haciéndose pasar por un aristócrata ruso, Alexis se dispone a enamorarla y sacarle el dinero, dejándola rendida a sus pies. Pero nada sale como estaba previsto.
Mrs. Hope
Chin-Ching se pierde en Shanghai y se hace amigo del playboy estadounidense Tommy Randall. Ella se queda dormida en su auto, que termina en un barco que se dirige a América. Susan Parker, también en el barco, se casa con Randall para dar una familia a Chin-Ching.
Grandma
A young husband leaves his river shantyboat community in Pecan Point, Tennessee and travels to New Orleans in search of his runaway wife.
Caroline Drew
Shirley Temple vive con el abuelo de bolsillo en la ciudad de Nueva York del siglo XIX. Ella entretiene a la multitud mientras él trabaja su raqueta. Una mujer rica hace posible que la niña se haga legítima. Se realiza "Cabina del tío Tom".
Martha Hargraves
Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is poisoned. Reporter Duffy Giles has faith in her innocence.
Parthenia "Parthy" Hawkes
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
Mrs. Emmeline Lorrimore
When Brighton Lorrimore returns home with his new bride, Phyllis, his family makes their disappointment in his choice obvious. Facing bankruptcy and the loss of their mansion and social position, they had hoped that Brighton would marry wealthy heiress and family friend, Edith Gilbert.
Therese
An elderly bachelor, feeling nostalgic for his youth, seeks out his late sweetheart's teenage daughter, now an orphan forced to attend a strict boarding school.
Roberta / Aunt Minnie
Un jugador de fútbol americano viaja a París donde sin proponérselo se verá regentando una tienda de moda.
Abbie Howland
Zenas Brewster is a seafaring man with a bad reputation. Notorious for his tempestuous nature, Brewster has earned the nickname of "Captain Hurricane." Brewster is smitten with neighbor Abbie Howland, but she doesn't like his temperament. After a period of retirement, a bad investment puts Brewster back at work on the sea. And when fire overtakes his ship, Hurricane proves heroic, selflessly rescuing his crew from a grisly and deadly fate.
Marilla Cuthbert
Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and to the local villagers.
Granny Manson Mingott
An engaged attorney and a divorcee fall for each other in 1870s Manhattan.
Gudula Rothschild
The story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued by his five sons. From humble beginnings the business grows and helps to finance the war against Napoleon, but it's not always easy, especially because of the prejudices against Jews.
Stephanie
La muerte decide tomarse unos días de vacaciones y convivir con un grupo de personas para ver lo que se siente siendo un ser mortal y comprender por qué la gente le teme tanto.
Landlady
Joe y Casey, dos amigos que se dedican a arreglar averías para una compañía telefónica, tratarán de demostrar que el jefe de la novia de Joe es, en realidad, un gánster.
Mrs. Morris
A singer marries a famous composer, and after a while she gets the itch to go back on the stage. However, her husband won't let her. When she hears that a popular French singer named "Raquel" is coming to New York, she decides to go to Raquel with a plan--unbeknownst to her husband, "Raquel" is actually her sister, and her plan is for them to switch places so she can fulfill her dream of going back on the stage. However, things don't go quite as planned.