Helen Tracy

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Helen Tracy
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Film still (left to right) of Tracy, Alice Gale, Theda Bara, Edward Holt in Romeo and Juliet (1916)
Born
Helen T. Tracy

(1850-05-07)May 7, 1850
DiedSeptember 5, 1924(1924-09-05) (aged 74)
Occupationactress
Years active1916-1924
Children Virginia Tracy

Helen Tracy (May 7, 1850 – September 5, 1924) [1] was an American stage and silent film actress.

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Tracy was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and grew up in San Francisco. [2]

Tracy's stage career began there in stock theater at the California Theatre. From there she went east, acting in stock for two years at the Boston Theatre. On September 20, 1870, she opened with Wallack's stock company, portraying Julia in The Rivals. [2] Her Broadway debut came in Birth (1871), and her last Broadway credit was Romance (1921). [3]

Tracy began working in films around 1916 and did only a few features.[ citation needed ]

She was the mother of Virginia Tracy [2] through a relationship with actor John McCullough.[ citation needed ]

She died at the Actors' Fund Home on Staten Island on September 5, 1924. [4]

Selected filmography

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References

  1. Silent Film Necrology, p.526 2ndEdition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana ISBN   0-7864-1059-0
  2. 1 2 3 Briscoe, Johnson (1907). The Actors' Birthday Book: An Authoritative Insight Into the Lives of the Men and Women of the Stage Born Between January 1 and December 31. Moffat, Yard. p. 109. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  3. "Helen Tracy". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  4. "Lillian Booth Actors Home". Brooklyn Times-Union . September 6, 1924. p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2020 via Newspapers.com.