Helene Stanton

Born: 1925-11-04

Helene Stanton (born Eleanor Mae Stansbury, November 4, 1925 – June 7, 2017) was an American singer and actress. Her career began as an opera singer for the Cosmopolitan Opera Company in Philadelphia, before moving to Hollywood, where she became a singer of popular music. In 1949, she married silent film actor Ken Harlan, but the marriage broke down and they divorced four years later in 1953. After being spotted in Las Vegas and offered a part in the film The Big Combo, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, starring in films alongside actors such as Johnny Weissmuller, Arthur Franz and Tom Drake. After several film roles during 1955 and starring in a silent role alongside comic Ben Blue in 1956, she retired from acting in 1957. In 1957, she married Morton Pinsky and had two children with him, including celebrity doctor Drew Pinsky; they were married for over 50 years before his death in 2009.


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The Big Combo

as Rita
Released: 1955-02-13

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to...

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The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues

as Wanda
Released: 1955-12-01

A marine biologist and a government agent investigate mysterious deaths and rumors of a sea...

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Sudden Danger

as Vera
Released: 1955-12-14

Detective Andy Doyle suspects that a suicide is actually a murder. He suspects the victim's son,...

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Jungle Moon Men

as Oma
Released: 1955-04-08

Priestess Oma is forever young in this Jungle Jim knockoff of "She" or the La of Opar stories...

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One Girl's Confession

as Smooch
Released: 1953-04-06

Cleo Moore stars as Mary Adams, whose first step on the road to ruin is a $25,000 robbery. Mary...

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Four Girls in Town

as Rita Holloway
Released: 1957-01-16

Four young starlets, from various parts of the world, are called to Hollywood to test for the...

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New Orleans Uncensored

as Alma Mae
Released: 1955-03-01

William Castle directed this Sam Katzman production, a gritty crime thriller about a...

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The Red Skelton Show

as Fairy Godmother
First aired: 1951-09-30

The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades,...

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Highway Patrol

as Marge
First aired: 1955-10-03

Highway Patrol was a syndicated, fictional police action series produced from 1955 to 1959,...

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