Helen Broderick (August 11, 1891 - September 25, 1959) was a wonderfully funny character comedienne with vaudeville and stage experience, a close friend of Jeanne Eagels. The story goes, that at the age of 14 she ran away from home, because her mother, who appeared in operatic comedy, was totally obsessed by the theatre. Paradoxically, all the people she met turned out to be performers, and Helen (who needed to make a living, after all) ended up where she hadnt wanted to end up - on the stage.She started out as a chorus girl in the first Ziegfeld Follies in 1907. Her talent for comedy was discovered quite by accident. In 1911, she was understudy to the actress Ina Claire in the Broadway play Jumping Jupiter. One night, Claire was unable to perform and Helen Broderick stood in as the romantic lead. She soon had the audience in stitches, trampling about the stage like an elephant, rolling her big saucer eyes and attempting to croon Cuddle Near Me All Day Long in her rather unique voice. The romance was no more and instead turned into a popular farce with Helen now permanently installed in the lead role. For a while, Helen partnered her husband, Lester Crawford, in vaudeville. In the 1920s, she enjoyed success on Broadway, most notably in Fifty Million Frenchmen ( a role she took to Hollywood in 1931). Her best parts in the movies were as the perennial friend or chaperone of the heroine (an earlier Eve Arden), delivering acidic wisecracks in her inimitable dead-pan manner. She was particularly amusing in Top Hat (1935) and Swing Time (1936) with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers; and in The Rage of Paris (1938) with Danielle Darrieux.

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Top Hat

Madge Hardwick

Фильм 1935

Swing Time

Mabel Anderson

Фильм 1936

Nice Girl?

Cora Foster

Фильм 1941

The Rage of Paris

Gloria Patterson

Фильм 1938

Father Takes a Wife

Aunt Julie

Фильм 1941

Honeymoon in Bali

Lorna "Smitty" Smith

Фильм 1939

Stand Up and Fight

Amanda Griffith

Фильм 1939

Love on a Bet

Aunt Charlotte

Фильм 1936

She's Got Everything

Aunt Jane

Фильм 1937

The Life of the Party

Pauline

Фильм 1937

3 Is a Family

Irma

Фильм 1944

Smartest Girl in Town

Gwen

Фильм 1936

We're on the Jury

Agnes Dean

Фильм 1937

Radio City Revels

Gertie

Фильм 1938

Virginia

Theo Clairmont

Фильм 1941

Meet the Missus

Emma Foster

Фильм 1937

Naughty But Nice

Aunt Martha Hogan

Фильм 1939

Her Primitive Man

Mrs. Winthrop

Фильм 1944

Love, Honor and Goodbye

Mary Riley

Фильм 1945

Stage Door Canteen

Helen Broderick

Фильм 1943

Because of Him

Nora

Фильм 1946

50 Million Frenchmen

Violet

Фильм 1931

The Captain Is a Lady

Nancy Crocker

Фильм 1940

No, No, Nanette

Mrs. Susan Smith

Фильм 1940

The Road to Reno

Aunt Minerva

Фильм 1938