Helen Wright | |
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 Helen Wright in 1910 | |
| Born | Helen Dyer Boyd November 19, 1868 St. Paul, Minnesota, USA |
| Died | March 24, 1928 (aged 59) California, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1915–1930 |
| Known for | A Stranger from Somewhere (1916) |
Helen Wright (born Helen Boyd) was an American character actress who appeared on the stage and screen during Hollywood's silent era. [1] She spent most of her career under contract at Universal. [2]
Wright came from St. Paul, Minnesota, and she attended a women's seminary in Chicago. She acted with the Otis Turner Universal Company and the Wang Company. [3]
Alice Brady was an American actress of stage and film. She began her career in the theatre in 1911, and her first important success came on Broadway in 1912 when she created the role of Meg March in the original production of Marian de Forest's Little Women. As a screen actress she first appeared in silent films and was one of the few actresses to survive the transition into talkies. She worked until six months before her death from cancer in 1939. Her films include My Man Godfrey (1936), in which she plays the flighty mother of Carole Lombard's character, and In Old Chicago (1937) for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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