Helen Gardner

Known for

Acting

Born

September 2, 1884

Birthplace

Binghamton, New York, USA

Died

November 20, 1968 (aged 84)

Biography

Not only was Helen Gardner the first American film actress to form her own production company, she was also the among the first filmmakers to embrace making features, and was the first vamp on screen.

Best known work

Cleopatra

1912

The Show Girl

1911

A Tale of Two Cities

1911

The Breath of Araby

1915

By Woman's Wit

1911

The Old Silver Watch

1912

Vanity Fair

1911

An Innocent Theft

1912

How She Won Him

1910

The Inherited Taint

1911

Filmography

1924
Sandra
as La Flamme's wife
1920
The Sleep of Cyma Roget
as Cymba Roget
1917
The Common Sin
1915
Miss Jekyll and Madame Hyde
as Madeleine Jekyll / Madame Hyde
1915
The Breath of Araby
as Clothilde
1915
Snatched from a Burning Death
as Joan Le Grande
1915
The Still, Small Voice
as Musa
1914
Underneath the Paint
as Tryphena Winter
1914
The Moonshine Maid and the Man
as Nancy - the Moonshine Maid
1914
The Butterfly
as Nancy North - the Butterfly
1914
The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray
as Sylvia Gray / Silvery
1913
A Princess of Bagdad
as Princess Ojira
1913
A Sister to Carmen
as Margo
1913
Vampire of the Desert
as Lispeth, Vampire of the Desert
1913
Eureka!
as The Castaway
1913
The Wife of Cain
as Save - the Wife of Cain
1913
Alixe; or, the Test of Friendship
as Alixe
1913
Becky, Becky
as Becky, Scenario Writer
1912
Cleopatra
as Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, Producer, Editor
1912
The Party Dress
as Lydia Borne
1912
The Heart of Esmeralda
as Louise Lennox - a Novelist
1912
The Miracle
as Abbasah, the Caliph's Wife
1912
Yellow Bird
as Song Bird, a Young Indian
1912
An Innocent Theft
as Malcolm's Mother
1912
The Serpents
as Linda