Helen Vinson

Born: 1907-09-17

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Helen Vinson (September 17, 1907 – October 7, 1999) was an American film actress, who appeared in 40 films between 1932 and 1945. Vinson's screen career often featured her in roles in which she played the part of the other woman or (pre-Code) loose women with active romantic lives. Her first film role was Jewel Robbery (1932), which starred William Powell and Kay Francis. She appeared as Doris Delafield in The Kennel Murder Case, which starred Powell as Philo Vance. One of her memorable roles was in The Wedding Night (1935), when she played the wife of Gary Cooper's character and the rival of Anna Sten's, in a story about the Connecticut tobacco fields. Another performance was in the RKO film In Name Only (1939), in which she was cast as the treacherous friend of Carole Lombard, Kay Francis and Cary Grant's characters. Another standout role for Vinson was as an undercover federal agent posing as a femme fatale opposite Richard Cromwell in Universal Pictures's anti-Nazi action drama entitled, Enemy Agent (1940). She followed that role with that of Helen Draque in The Thin Man Goes Home. Vinson's film career ended in 1945. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Vinson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street. Description above from the Wikipedia article Helen Vinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

as Helen
Released: 1932-11-09

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of...

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Torrid Zone

as Mrs. Gloria Anderson
Released: 1940-05-18

A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.

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The Thin Man Goes Home

as Helena Draque
Released: 1944-12-24

On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.

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Jewel Robbery

as Marianne Horn
Released: 1932-07-08

A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of...

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In Name Only

as Suzanne
Released: 1939-08-18

A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has...

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Lawyer Man

as Barbara "Babs" Bentley
Released: 1932-12-24

Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New...

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The Little Giant

as Polly Cass
Released: 1933-05-20

Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a...

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The Kennel Murder Case

as Doris Delafield
Released: 1933-10-28

Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room...

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Beyond Tomorrow

as Arlene Terry
Released: 1940-05-10

The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help...

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Midnight Club

as Iris Whitney
Released: 1933-07-28

With a sparkling script by Leslie Charteris, creator of "The Saint" - the latest crime wave has...

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Broadway Bill

as Margaret
Released: 1934-11-30

Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons- in-law, Dan Brooks and his...

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Curtain Call

as Charlotte Morley
Released: 1940-04-18

Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring...

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Nothing But the Truth

as Linda Graham
Released: 1941-10-10

Gwen Saunders teams up with her uncle's employee, Steve Bennett, in an attempt to double her...

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Live, Love and Learn

as Lily Chalmers
Released: 1937-10-29

A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get...

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Grand Slam

as Lola Starr
Released: 1933-02-22

A Russian waiter in New York City becomes a national celebrity after he develops a "system" for...

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Vogues of 1938

as Mary Curson
Released: 1937-08-18

An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was...

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The Tunnel

as Varlia Lloyd
Released: 1935-10-27

An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States.

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The Power and the Glory

as Eve Borden
Released: 1933-10-06

A man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker, Tom Garner rose...

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Enemy Agent

as Irene Hunter
Released: 1940-04-18

A man is framed for being a spy. After he is released, he sets out to find who the real spies are.

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Reunion

as Gloria Sheridan
Released: 1936-11-20

Newspapers around the world proclaim the birth in Moosetown, Canada of the 3,000th baby brought...

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Age of Indiscretion

as Eve Lenhart
Released: 1935-05-10

A book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to...

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Private Worlds

as Claire Monet
Released: 1935-04-19

At the Brentwood Asylum for the mentally ill, psychiatrist partners Jane Everest and Alex...

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Bowery Boy

as Peggy Winters
Released: 1940-12-28

Dr. Tom O'Hara takes over a public clinic in New York's desperately poor Bowery section. Boy...

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The Wedding Night

as Dora Barrett
Released: 1935-03-08

While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett...

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The Life of Vergie Winters

as Laura Shadwell
Released: 1934-06-14

A small town politician, kept from marrying the love of his life, eventually marries another...

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The Lady and the Monster

as Chloe Donovan
Released: 1944-04-17

A millionaire's brain is preserved after his death by a scientist and his two assistants, only...

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Gift of Gab

as Nurse
Released: 1934-09-01

Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.

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The Captain Hates the Sea

as Janet Grayson
Released: 1934-11-02

Alcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the San Capador for a restful cruise, hoping to quit...

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Two Against the World

as Corinne Walton
Released: 1932-09-03

A socialite finds herself involved in a murder trial that is prosecuted by her boyfriend.

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They Call It Sin

as Enid Hollister
Released: 1932-11-05

An innocent, young, small-town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted,...

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Love in Exile

as Countess Xandra St. Aurion
Released: 1936-12-09

When a king suddenly abdicates, his subjects are lead to believe that it is for the love of a...

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Let's Try Again

as Nan Blake
Released: 1934-07-06

To divorce, or not to divorce. That is the question pondered by a married couple of 10 years who...

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The Crash

as Esther Parrish
Released: 1932-10-09

Linda Gault is a luxury loving wife who casually seduces other men while getting investment tips...

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A Notorious Gentleman

as uncredited
Released: 1935-01-21

A lawyer sets out to commit the perfect murder.

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As Husbands Go

as Lucille Lingard
Released: 1934-01-27

As Husbands Go charts the romantic misadventures of Lucille Lingard .

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Chip Off the Old Block

as Glory Marlow Jr.
Released: 1944-02-01

The son of a strict Navy officer falls for the daughter of a musical-comedy star.

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Married and in Love

as Doris Wilding
Released: 1940-01-19

Two married couples become engulfed in a storm of emotional fury when Doctor Leslie Yates runs...

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King of the Damned

as Anna Fernandez
Released: 1935-12-31

Revolt on a prison island is a parable of workers revolution. A cruel and repressive penal...

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