Helen Burgess

Helen Burgess

Nacimiento : 1916-04-26, Portland - Oregon - USA

Muerte : 1937-04-07

Historia

Young and full of promise, Paramount contract player Helen Burgess possessed a lovely, sweet-faced quality, but made only four films during her lifetime. Born April 26, 1916, the rather demure Portland, Oregon beauty was given an auspicious debut in Cecil B. DeMille's epic bio-western The Plainsman (1936). Discovered by DeMille himself with only brief stage experience behind her, the film starred Gary Cooper as Wild Bill Hickok and Jean Arthur as Calamity Jane. Helen was fifth billed as Louisa Frederici Cody, the young bride of Wild West showman Buffalo Bill Cody, played by James Ellison. Helen went on to co-star in lesser "B" pictures, one opposite George Bancroft in the drama A Doctor's Diary (1937), and a second femme lead in King of Gamblers (1937) supporting Claire Trevor. She was busy filming her fourth movie Night of Mystery(1937) when she caught a chill that resulted in a serious cold. This, in turn, developed into lobar pneumonia. Helen died in Beverly Hills on April 7, 1937, weeks before reaching her 21st birthday, and only months after the release of her first and best known film "The Plainsman." 

Perfil

Helen Burgess

Películas

Night of Mystery
Ada Greene
One of a series of movies based on the character Philo Vance
King of Gamblers
Jackie Nolan
A fast moving and low budget crime drama seasoned with mystery & comedy.
A Doctor's Diary
Ruth Hanlon
A Doctor's Diary is told through the eyes of Dr. Dan Norris (John Trent), resident physician in a private hospital. In his search for a cure for spinal meningitis, Norris recklessly runs roughshod over the feelings of his colleagues. The doctor's older, wiser supervisor, Dr. Clem Driscoll (George Bancroft), tries to curb Norris' impatience, pointing out that nothing takes place overnight. Angrily, Norris accuses Driscoll of malpractice and is forced to resign from the clinic -- just when a meningitis epidemic breaks out.
Buffalo Bill
Louisa Cody
Wild Bill Hickok busca la ayuda de su amigo Buffalo Bill Cody (llamado así por haber matado a más de 4.000 bisontes) para tratar de detener el levantamiento de las tribus indias en el salvaje Oeste y capturar al renegado que les vende las armas. Calamity Jane, enamorada de Bill Hickok se unirá a ellos... Wild Bill intentará detener una sublevación india incitada por traficantes de armas blancos.