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Helen Burgess
Young and full of promise, Paramount contract player Helen Burgess possessed a lovely, sweet-faced quality, but made only four films during her lifetime. Born April 26, 1916, the rather demure Portland, Oregon beauty was given an auspicious debut in Cecil B. DeMille's epic bio-western The Plainsman (1936). Discovered by DeMille himself with only brief stage experience behind her, the film starred Gary Cooper as Wild Bill Hickok and Jean Arthur as Calamity Jane. Helen was fifth billed as Louisa Frederici Cody, the young bride of Wild West showman Buffalo Bill Cody, played by James Ellison. Helen went on to co-star in lesser "B" pictures, one opposite George Bancroft in the drama A Doctor's Diary (1937), and a second femme lead in King of Gamblers (1937) supporting Claire Trevor. She was busy filming her fourth movie Night of Mystery(1937) when she caught a chill that resulted in a serious cold. This, in turn, developed into lobar pneumonia. Helen died in Beverly Hills on April 7, 1937, weeks before reaching her 21st birthday, and only months after the release of her first and best known film "The Plainsman."
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.124 |
Birthday | 1916-04-26 |
Place of Birth | Portland, Oregon, USA |
Also Known As | Helen Margarite Burgess, |
![The Plainsman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ka6BADguVn6ZNYhbwMqDONhbcfR.jpg)
1936
![The Plainsman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ka6BADguVn6ZNYhbwMqDONhbcfR.jpg)
The Plainsman
6.2/30
Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.
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The Plainsman
![Night of Mystery](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/onNfXBA8DPXDPNjOtQT3ciz8XlY.jpg)
1937
![Night of Mystery](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/onNfXBA8DPXDPNjOtQT3ciz8XlY.jpg)
Night of Mystery
0/0
One of a series of movies based on the character Philo Vance
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Night of Mystery
![King of Gamblers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9lKdEUpgGbcqnVDy4HvV1pEujSO.jpg)
1937
![King of Gamblers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/9lKdEUpgGbcqnVDy4HvV1pEujSO.jpg)
King of Gamblers
7/1
Working for a slick restaurateur who has fallen for her, a down-on-life songstress falls instead for a crusading crime reporter, unaware that her empl...
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King of Gamblers
![A Doctor's Diary](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vF3nWK9dxaKCLEBKrkcfDxsoGh4.jpg)
1937
![A Doctor's Diary](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vF3nWK9dxaKCLEBKrkcfDxsoGh4.jpg)
A Doctor's Diary
10/1
A Doctor's Diary is told through the eyes of Dr. Dan Norris (John Trent), resident physician in a private hospital. In his search for a cure for spina...
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