From WikipediaHelene 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 Chadwicks 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. Vincents Hospital, Los Angeles, California, aged 42, in 1940. Her death was indirectly the result of an accident she suffered in June 1939.
Miss White
Film 1929
Wilma Wharton
Film 1919
Kate Sheriff
Film 1918
The Kept Woman
Film 1917
Joan Randle
Film 1924
Bessie
Film 1922
Poppy
Film 1922
The Girl
Film 1923
Jane Brown
Film 1922
Ellen Llewellyn
Film 1924
Eleanor Carter
Film 1927
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Film 1932
Edith Marbury
Film 1918
Film 1917
Miss Seaton
Film 1918
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Film 1935
Mary (uncredited)
Film 1936
Emily at 22
Film 1921
Mary
Film 1919
Marie Louise - 'Mamise'
Film 1920
Macie Sewell
Film 1920
Florence Lamont
Film 1917
Fanny Daniels
Film 1923
Mrs. Emily Dysart Tappan
Film 1923
Helene
Film 1926
Sylvia De La Mere
Film 1919
Attendee at Meeting of Department Heads (uncredited)
Film 1933
Marjorie Gregg
Film 1926
Queenie Kate
Film 1918
Stella Mowbray
Film 1928
Prison Matron (uncredited)
Film 1935
Amy, Sam's Wife (uncredited)
Film 1931
Cornelia Quinn
Film 1924
Mrs. Rogers
Film 1933
Mrs. George Myers
Film 1934
Helen Caswell
Film 1928
Irene Emerson
Film 1924
Mother (uncredited)
Film 1934
Mrs. Crosby
Film 1934
Clara Hyland
Film 1930
Alice Hedman
Film 1926
Molly Shannon
Film 1925
Film 1925
Townsperson (uncredited)
Film 1932
Larson
Film 1934
Claudia Royce
Film 1921
Sanford's Sister
Film 1931
Phoebe (Mabee) Jones
Film 1921
Alberta Bradley
Film 1916
Betty Powell
Film 1924
Nan Everard
Film 1924
Atendee at Opening (uncredited)
Film 1935
Helen
Film 1917
Marion De Long
Film 1917
Cynthia Redfield
Film 1924
Secretary (uncredited)
Film 1933
Lucy Fay
Film 1926